[GaryG]

Hello. I am a new member who has suffered from Occipital Neuralgia for 25 years and more. My family doctor and I have tried just about every medication he could think of to prevent these attacks but nothing has prevented the attacks for very long. After chiropractic treatments, going to 2 neurologists, having physical therapy and even trying accupuncture I finally had my first injection ( lidocaine and steroid) into the nerve at the base of my scull that stopped the attacks for about 10 days. The pain came back but I now have hope that a surgical procedure can be done on a more permament basis. I am really interested in people who have had the nerve abalated (if this is the correct term) and how successful the procedure was and how long it has lasted. The neurologist at Mayo Clinic told me that they wouldn't do the procedure because these nerves tend to come back and may have even more branches and be a lot more painful than the original.

[weegot5kiz]

Hello Gary and welcome to Nuero Talk, hopefully you may be able to find some answers in this forum and or post your question there to get some reply's

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum105.html


good luck and again welcome to NT

[Koala77]

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Hi there Gary. Welcome to NeuroTalk from me as well.

I see you already have the direct link to the right forum, so do visit there and hopefully you'll get advice and support from others who are going through similar issues to yourself.

Welcome again. It's good to have you with us.

[Darlene]

Hello and welcome to NeuroTalk. Great to see you have come to be with us. Just let us know if we can be of any help.

Again welcome, looking forward to seeing you around.

Darlene