hello Bonnie,

I developed severe eye pain in 2005. I was told it was all in my head and wasn't taken seriously by any doctors. When I became severely suicidal my doctor put me in the hospital and I was seen by a neurologist. I've been on gabapentin, cymbalta, tramadol, and lorazepam for 6 years now. My pain has changed to more of a constant, background pain with times (sometimes days) of more severe pain. At the same time the eye pain started I also developed severe dry eye. I have to lay down every afternoon for at least 2 hours so my corneas don't get dry spots on them.

My mom developed classic TN this summer. I got her right into a neurologist who put her on Trileptal (Oxcarbazepine). Within 2 days her pain was gone.