Hi Judy, you certainly seem to have a wealth of information for us and I appreciate you sharing your experience in such detail. Is there any recommendation on having this surgery done for Atypical TN? My Neuro at Vanderbilt in Nashville wanted to set me up with a surgeon 2 years ago and I blew him off because I did not (and still don't) feel like my pain is yet bad enough for surgery. Was that a mistake on my part? Granted, my episodes have increased in frequency, and I have increased dosage of Carbatrol - but still very low dosage compared to others on here - 200 mg. at bed time. Until about 6 weeks ago I was only taking the meds when I had an episode, but decided to go for more of a preventive approach when episodes became 3-4 days a week. I had another episode yesterdy and took another Carbatrol mid day.

Any thoughts on this?

Good Luck for continued recovery,
Rhonda