Hi, guys.
I have recently been pretty much diagnosed with occipital neuralgia. I say pretty much because I am waiting for an MRI for my brain and vertabrea to rule out that.
I have severe burning on the back of my head, stiff neck, and headaches and had my first round of steriods yesterday. They went into the base of my skull area.
I am currently on 60 mg of baclofen and 1200 mg of Neurotin. Both have really helped with the pain alot.
Right now I'm having some kind of reaction to those shots, my face is burning and the doctor informed me its just the meds moving around and to take benedryl but that has not worked.
Anyway, I look forward to reading up here and learning.

Hi Shelbyrhay- I am new here too. I am sorry that I don't have any advice for you but I wanted to welcome you and I hope that you feel better People are friendly here and offer great advice and information.

Flyersfan

It's very good to meet you! Unfortunately, there's not much I can do to help you either, though I wish there was. I suffer from some neuralgia, but it's in my leg and side, so it's a whole different game. I can tell you that I took Neurontin for quite a while, and I've talked with others who took it, too. It can cause weight gain in quite a few of those who take it. Hopefully that won't include you, though. I hope they get you all straight, Shelby. Good luck and best wishes!

hello shelby and welcome to neurotalk ... i do not personally have any answers for you but.... we have an excellent forum on occipital neuralgia ... hopefully there you will find the answers you seek .... http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum105.html i hope this helps some .... i hope to see you around in some of the other threads .... again ...

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. We are all here to assist each other as possible.

Again welcome, looking forward to seeing you around.

Darlene

Thank you for the fine welcome, everyone!
Oddly, I've dropped about ten pounds in a week and a half on these meds. Basically since I started the Neurotin. It kind of makes me manic or OCD.
The doctor just about fell over when I asked him about this. He said this was not normal and prepped me for weight gain. Hopefully that won't happen. I'd love to drop 15 more pounds, ha ha.

Welcome to Neuro Talk, do not hesitate to explore the site and post your questions and concerns and advice, this place is filled with a lot of helpful and kind people, again welcome to NT