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Originally Posted by barb02
But my head is driving me crazy, and it gets worse throughout the day although it is not constant. I has also been experiencing sharp pains in the same area of my head although that seems to have lessened over the past 2 days.
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it sounds like you may be describing Trigeminal Neuralgia...
it's my least favorite symptom of MS.
Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN), also known as tic douloureux, is an acute, piercing, electric shock-like pain in the those regions of the face served by the Trigeminal (5th) Cranial Nerve (CN V).
In MS, TN is often accompanied by feelings of numbness or paraesthesia. In multiple sclerosis, the most likely cause of Trigeminal Neuralgia is lesion damage to the Pons region of the Brainstem where the 5th cranial nerve arises.
Trigeminal Neuralgia is one of the more painful conditions to have to live with and can eat into the fibre of your soul.
http://www.mult-sclerosis.org/trigeminalneuralgia.html
more here:
http://www.mult-sclerosis.org/news/A...Neuralgia.html
hope you learn something of value there... Neurontin (Gabapentin) never worked for me.
the only thing that helped is Butalbital (Fioricet)
hang in there honey...
