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Originally Posted by sandycane
I'm wondering if I have Trigeminal Neuralgia?
The pains started Monday night...feels like someone stabbing a hypodermic needle into my skull. Excruciating. 
For the first three days, the stabs lasted for about 1-3 seconds with pain-free intervals of 10 seconds to two minutes, constant all day.
I had some relief yesterday with pains occurring about every 15 minutes but, last night they came back with a vengeance and this morning they are about 30 seconds apart lasting for about 5 seconds each time.
Saw a Dr. Tuesday. She saw fluid in my ears and prescribed antibiotics and gave me Fexmid. The Fexmid had no effect so, the next day I went back and she gave me Skelaxin and Flector patches. Obviously I couldn't put the patches on my scalp, over my hair and put it as near my scalp line as possible - no effect, nor from the Skelaxin.
Last night I tried a heating pad - no effect. It hurt so bad, I was pounding my head and pulling my hair!
At 11pm I took a hydrocodone which usually knocks me out for a day and a half - I fell asleep but, woke up at 6am with excruciating pains.
Today there is also a sort of 'burning' sensation and tightness in the area that won't go away.
Just called the Dr. and am going back this morning for ????
Does this sound like TN to any of you?
I have had TMJ disorder for years and had a real bad flare-up on the other side last year.
What a terrible design flaw - to place major nerves in the area of the jaw!!!!
Can anyone offer help or advice???? |
All I can tell you is that with my TN, I had a horrific burning pain that attacked half of my nose, my eye socket, and the right side roof of my mouth and around the upper right teeth. The pain was like a torch held up to my face and no way to stop it. I recommend strongly to avoid tryptans..(any of the migraine meds popular now) as I was on them for several years before I had the TN attack. Have you tried ice packs on the painful areas? It works for my occipital neuralgia, but not the TN. The only help for the TN was carbomazapine (Tegretol) and time. Because my TN was connected with oral herpes outbreak and a root canal..the doctor told me it was atypical and it eventually went into remission. Hope your pain goes away really soon. Try the ice..it works for some.
