Hi pained,

I'm sorry to hear of your facial pain! I was just checking in on this board because I haven't been here for a while and saw your post. My daughter has had really good results with Calmare, but the RSD started in her foot. You're right, the remissions sometimes only last months, but with RSD, it's well worth it. Her remissions are currently about 6 months, but during these remissions, she is pain-free and completely off drugs.

I don't know about facial pain and Calmare, but I've always heard, too, that the injury MUST be healed for Calmare to work. But I thought I would post because I'm actually away from home right now with my daughter, getting dental work done back in California with our old dentist (we moved to Arizona 8 years ago). She's had a lot of pain, and had a root canal done and was going to get further surgery (she broke her front tooth on a rock while camping) but when he did the x-ray, the root canal looked really good, so he started experimenting working on her bite. He took about an hour and a half, making adjustment after adjustment, and she is SO much better. He also found a cavity that had been done wrong and fixed that.

I wish you the best of luck with the facial pain issue, and perhaps look into bite adjustment? Anyway, I just thought I'd throw this in FWIW.