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Old 01-08-2010, 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by adimaria View Post
I talked to my Neurologist yesterday and he feels it's atypical trigeminal neuralgia. I asked him if the dentists could be missing something and he feels since I saw numerous dentists, endodontists etc. that they have not missed anything. He took me off the Gabapentin and since I did so well on that but still have a weird taste and sensation along the gumline an as need medication he recommended is Ultram. Do you know anything about this drug?

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Hi Adimaria! You sound so much like me. My pain started after a root canal and then the tooth being extracted. I had some different sensations on the right side of my face and scalp (creepy crawly, stabbing , burning,) from time to time, affecting my eye and ear. I was really bothered on cold or windy days. I would get terrible ear pain after being out in the cold. I went for my regular cleaning appt, and the dentist told me that he thought I needed a root canal. (Right upper molar, not sure what #)..Had the root canal because we were close to losing our dental insurance. As soon at the anesthetic wore off, I had odd sensations in the root canaled tooth. I put up with the boring pain, creepy crawly, stabbing, burning pain for a year, went to the same dentist three different times during this year to be told by the dentist that I had a sinus infection. Took antibiotics all three times and nothing helped. I finally had this tooth pulled (it seemed to me at the time that the pressure and pain I was experiencing would be relieved if the tooth was pulled)..The pressure seemed to leave after the tooth was removed only to be left with the most uncomfortable pain I have ever felt three days later. That was 7 years ago. I have been diagnosed with TN and have tried many combinations of meds. I am currently on Lyrica and Tramadol for my pain and Elavil to help me sleep. Tramadol and Ultram are similar (I believe) and I find it takes the edge off so that I can function. I have continuous pain, that never leaves. This past summer I had my last upper right molar removed, it had a vertical crack and I thought that it may be th cause of this unrelenting pain. The new dentist I went to tried to talk me into getting a bridge, he wanted try to save the cracked molar. I had the filling replaced, only to have the tooth fixed but still lots of pain. Had the tooth removed, a week later, some bone chips removed, and now I have all my upper right molars removed and still extreme pain. I too thought that the dentist was missing an infection, I went to an oral surgeon and he also said TN. I hate that I have this disorder and still don't want to accept it. But for now, it is what it is. I hope you get relief from your pain...Mar
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