Hello, new here trying to find a bit of advice for a problem that seems mysterious to me.
Sun. night, I started having strong tooth pain on the top left hand side where I had received a root canal 2 years before in short intervals. In the
the morning I was mostly Normal with just a bit of pain throughout the day.Monday night it got stronger and only got 2-3 hours of sleep total, so I phoned the dentist first thing in the morning. Got appointment for the next afternoon. I began various home remedies to get me through to Wed. and was able to sleep a bit better Tuesday night.
On Wed. the pain was beginning to be unbearable with longer intervals. The Dentist after xrays and exams said there was nothing wrong with the root canal itself but it was probably infected beyond the tooth itself. She gave me antibiotics and said to come back Fri. Morning. Wed. evening I found something that seemed to dull the pain quite well, chewing raw garlic. I was able to get a bit of sleep. Thurs. the pain was almost constant and the garlic trick was losing effect. The pain was so intense that I rushed to the hospital Thurs. evening to see if I could at least get some stronger pain killers. The doctor there gave me injections around the tooth and another pain killer. Thurs. night I got home and my left upper jaw was numb, but somehow the pain persisted. I found that holding cold water in my mouth alleviated the pain substantially but could not do this while sleeping without choking. Again no sleep.
Fri. morning I returned to the dentist and had additional xrays and exams.at this point she told me the problem was not my tooth. She called in 2 other dentists to double check. They told me I need to see a neurologist. At the hospital The neurologist after exams prescribed me with carbamazepine 200mg. And told me to try it for awhile to see if it helps but as far as they can tell. The Problem is unlikely to be alleviated, and I'd better go back to the dentist. Now 1 night after beginning carbamazepine and 3 nights after beginning antibiotics, the pain was still strong but substantially less and seemed to be respondiwell
to pain killers which before were doing absolutely nothing. The most mysterious thing is that the pain seems to have switched teeth from top to bottom. The top root canal tooth feels almost normal whereas now it is the second wisdom tooth from the outside on the lower jaw that has pain.
I should also add that I am currently living in Germany with only rudimentary knowledge of the German language, which only adds to my confusion as not every doctor speaks perfect English.
Anyways I'm happy to finally have some relief but I am not at this point sure if it was the antibiotic or the carbamazepine that is helping
. I am also unsure how to proceed, if I need to go back to the dentist next week or should I see my gp or another doctor...