I have atypical tn and have had it since 2004. been on just about everything under the sun. I tried Lyrica to and it had no effect whatsoever. Each person is different. In Dec. 2006 I had a mvd performed at UPMC, I was told at the inital visit I had a 40% chance of sucess I believe (memory is shot from Gabpentin). Anyways the surgery failed and the neurosurgeon point blank told me there was nothing to do for me and for me to go to pain management and get doped up good. He also trained under Dr. Jannetta but I heard afterwards that Jannetta didn't care much for him. The only thing that has proven effective for me is a Fentynal patch but unfortunately my state is going thru a witch hunt on pill mills and their drs. so all drs. are in terrible fear of prescribing any controlled substance so those of us in need are basically s.o.l.

I wish you lots of luck and prayers that your surgery is a sucess because we all should be able to live pain free