Thank you so much for the reply. Now I know that I"m not the only one out there. I'm not certain if I have a blood vessel compressed on the nerve though. Chewing for me during and attack, will not let me move, speak, bite because it hurts so much. Sometimes it goes away after an hour or so. Recently the attacks went away for a couple of weeks and last night I was just sitting on my bed and it happened. The pain was crawling up from my jaw to my cheek to underneath my eye. It lasted for about 20 minutes. I'm guaranteed It's not a tooth problem since 2 different specialists did multiple diagnostics tests and such and determined it wasn't a tooth problem.
The thing is, I read so many threads on the forums, and i understand that everyone has different symptoms but I'm still not secure... Ijust want to know for a fact that my problem is in fact TN or ATN.....
Thank you so much for the reply...God bless us all and I wish we can all survive through this pain we deal with almost everyday.
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Originally Posted by cc smiley
Hello, yes I have the same problem on the left side. I have blood vessels compressed on the nerve. My mouth hurts alot my gums swell, I have a bridge on the upper left side, at times I just want to rip it out! Chewing is impossible on that side, my jaw hurts to the point I can't talk, smile and chew. I had MVD surgery in 05 that didn't work, I take Tegritol up to 600mgs. aday and vicodin, when the pain starts it can last up to 3 weeks. I do the best I can mostly sleep because of the increase medication, I don't always take that high dose of tegritol, I usually take 200 to 300 mgs, when I go higher and in that much pain I just want to sleep. If you have any other questions maybe I might be able to help.
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