[dmplaura]

Ok, so the burning mouth is not burning nearly as much as it was before, after 2+ weeks of no smoking. I'd say, it reduced to 10% of it's original intensity, and I only really experience it on 1 spot on the right side (easily taken care of via chewing gum, drinking water... but generally is on the mend).

Now the fun stuff... and I'm wondering if anyone has experienced this.

I have burning pain from the top left point of my scalp, down into my cheek and around my left eye. This is there daily. Taking Clonazepam can usually 'break' the burning pain to a degree, but .5mg doesn't. It's generally when I take 1mg of Clonazepam that it finally skedaddles.

On top of this, my sense of smell is UNREAL heightened. Phantom smells (plastic and such) are plaguing me off and on.

I want to guess this is the cranial nerve and it's flared up for whatever reason. Before you ask, no this is not a new symptom at all. These pains were there before, and they finally 'broke' when I started Clonazepam. When I quit smoking just over 2 weeks ago, this burning pain in the head came back, and only responds now to 1mg of Clonazepam, versus previously where it was responding to .5mg of Clonazepam.

I see my doctor on the 23rd, but honestly.. I didn't want to be up to 1mg of Clonazepam daily! But I am smoke free and that's what matters.

Anyways, has anyone else experienced this burning type of pain through the scalp and down into the face? Right now it's ONLY the left side. Just makes me overall feel completely rotten. As I said too, it seems that I need 1mg of Clonazepam in me daily for it to even break it at all or calm the burning.

(I think the smell thing is more that my sense of smell is returning due to having quit smoking, but who knows? I've had the phantom smells before).