TN is a hard one to get control of. Here's this and there is that and now lets try this and on it goes. I've been on meds
for quite some time. My Neuro just increased my Gabapintin
to 3600 each day, but this med doesn't travel alone. I also
take Lyrica, Amitriptyine, tramadol, paxil,and the Gabapinten etc. This is six yrs. after a failed MVD. and two Brain surgeries at Mayo clinic.
They had to sever my trigeminal nerve as a last resort. What I got in return was a numb left side of my face and that has a lot of issues on it's own. Anesthesia Delorosa, not TN pain but a different pain 24/7 that gets quite vicious. There is no surgery to get it better and med's help some but it seems like this A.D. pain does what it want's anyway. You would think that since the face is numb, how can it have pain? It just does. A.D. is the
dreaded complication after a failed MVD
Do your homework on TN before making any decisions on this.When I had my MVD, I thought that it would be the answer to my prayers. Not!
Some people have an MVD and don't have any problems at all. Bless you, Doodle bug7