Well, I may be giving up on the trileptal and trying a different medication pretty soon. The doctor is trying moving me up to a higher dose, and taking four pills in the morning (1200 mg at once) just seems like it's too much for me. I've been too drowsy to drive and certainly confused and not a good judge of what's going on... the Mrs. has stepped in and is going to be coordinating my care because I'm just making bad decisions (and not just about my neuralgia, either).

One of my ongoing things has been wondering whether this really is neuralgia or a "root canal gone bad" problem, but we just got back from another dentist consultation this morning, who came to the same conclusion - this really is a neuralgia problem, even if it feels like a terrible toothache sometimes. This has been one of the things that I've been back and forth on way too much, just hoping that there is a dental solution that will provide a quick relief from the pain... but the general opinion of the experts seems to be that this really is neuralgia, and needs to be treated as such; pulling a tooth isn't going to fix it and could make it worth.

Sorry if this is kinda confused, the trileptal seems to be doing that to me...