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Originally Posted by Jshorty
I went to the doctors a few weeks ago because of pain on the left side of my brain. I went to have an MRI done because they could not pinpoint what it could possibly be. Had an MRI done, nothing shows up. Nothing. Thinking I could just ignore the pain, I tried. Yesterday, it came back to the point where it made me stop whatever I was doing. Although it has happened before, it felt like it was going up and down, from my brain, to the jaw(it never went down to the jaw area).
After having the MRI done and nothing show up, all it did was make me feel like a liar. But at the same time, trying to live with this pain isnt the best or smartest idea anymore.
I don't know what to do. I am fairly young, and just do not know what to do at this point. I know living with it is becoming less of an option, especially if it can make me stop whatever I am doing. While the pain has been going on for few months now, it seems that it is starting to get more "aggressive". Wasn't nearly as bad when it first started.
Could this possibly be TN, something else, or just nothing at all ?
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Try to describe the pain in detail..is it constant or episodic, and in exactly which areas of your face? MRIs don't show everything, including TN.... I felt stupid also when docs kept telling me there was evidence of nothing, I went through a very stressful period where I saw over 10 physicians...many of them looked at me like I was crazy, as if i enjoy pretending to be in pain. This made me very angry and confused... the healthcare system became my enemy. I saw a group of dentists, a few family docs, orthodontist, tmj expert, ear/nose/throat- who stuck a camera past by broken septum to look into my throat, also prob the worst doc ive ever met with, no compassion seemed to think i was making it up or exaggerating greatly- his final diagnosis was take acid reflux meds..thanks jerk. Finally I switched my dentist for about the 5th time and she actually was very concerned, sent me immediately to the same oral surgeon who removed my wisdom teeth when I was a kid, he did some quick tests, also found nothing and said "gotta be nerves" sent me to neuro where i was diagnosed atypical TN.
have you seen a neurologist? If not i recommend so.