Can you still perform your job as normal with the pain the way it is? Maybe that is the BETTER question you should be asking right now.

This is very true Gaztastic! No, I would not have been able to perform my job in that pain. I'd have gone immediately to our 'quiet room' to lie down and sleep. Sleep when I get into such a state, seems to be the ONLY thing that brings me crawling out of it.

I'm actually feeling a lot better today. Sure I still have some burning pain and I'm not 100%, but I was relieved to wake up today and have lessened pain.

Now we're dealing with 3 days of buckets of rain. Which sucks, but at the same time, it's consistent weather. No pressure changes. That means, no weather influencing my head pains, so hopefully a little break in the chaos.

I hope you can get something to relieve the pain and get relief...something a dental surgeon told me once was to take very warm cloth and put over the jaw joint...then open the mouth enough to get a tooth brush in.

With the end of the brush, lightly massage the very back muscle in the jaw between the gums...it did help some...might give it a try and hope it works for you...

Thank you COK.

I try to avoid the jaw because on top of everything else, I have TMJ. Sigh.

That's why I went to the dentist originally, who then told me "You have Trigeminal Neuralgia as well".

Could I get any more pain? For seriously.

Ugg - sounds like a nightmare...so sorry you are experiencing this.

I, too, have TMJ - in fact, my first symptom of the MS was that the right side of my face went completely numb - from mouth to scalp. At first I was certain it was my TMJ acting up - as my jaw was not "hitting" properly. I thought - oh, maybe a pinched nerve.

I went to my dental specialist, told him what was going on - and he told me it was NOT the TMJ and to get to a neurologist as soon as possible. (Scary, huh? - but I still had NO idea it was MS - still kept thinking it must be a pinched nerve!)

Anyhow - I have heard that cymbalta is VERY good for nerve pain. It is an anti-depressant....it also seems to work well with those who have MS. In fact, I had had drug-resistant depression for years - and then two years ago the doc put me on cymbalta - and voila! Improvement for the first time in nearly 15 years! Again, this was before I knew that I had MS. Might be worth a try? Might even had additional benefits!

Good luck - and keep us posted.

~Keri

Cymbalta's one that's actually in my GP and neuro's offices (right up front) so I believe it's one both fully believe in, and very much could be a possibility. I appreciate the suggestion