Hi guys,

I was diagnosed with ON about two months ago. My ON started the day after a car accident I was in back in July 2008. It usually consists of pain in my upper neck, which then is felt all the way around to my forhead. It can be a shooting pain, a throbbing pain, a steady pain. Any kind of headache pain you can imagine, I've felt it.

I have been seeing a neurologist and a pain specialist for this. I am in my 2nd set of Facet Blocks. My pain specialist says after the first set, he usually see's a 30%-50% improvement, and a 70%-80% improvement by the 2nd set. This is not the case for me. I only feel minor relief from the headaches for the first couple days, but my neck is in so much pain from the injections, that it's almost like no relief at all.

The only other treatment I've had is a nerve block, but that only made my neck unbearably sore for about a week.

Has anyone else had these same affects from these procedures? Did you find anything that worked? I am at my wits end with all this pain. I'm only 27 and feel like I can't even function a normal active day to day life anymore.

Just looking for some support. So sad to see there are so many other people out there with the same condition, but glad to see a forum about it with everyones experiences. I can't imagine living with these for years like some of you have.

Has anyone tried the botox injections? I've heard about these, but wondered if there was any success with them.

Thanks,
Lisa