HI guys,

I am officially joinging the group here in this forum.

I have ATN or secondary TN from a HSV1 viral infection that was caused by dental work.

I guess the virus lives in my trigeminal nerve and the trauma of the dental work caused it to flare.

It affects the v1 branch on my left side and the v2 and v3 on the right. It has also wreaked havoc on my occipital nerves as well.

Hope to learn from all of you.

I've only had the one attack of TN (thank goodness) but strangely enough, mine too followed a dental procedure. It mostly attacked my jaw along the lower branch of my trigeminal nerve, and was treated with Tegretol.

Thedspeth and Shelley, I have no idea whether my TN was typical or atypical, but I wanted to let you both know that some-one is thinking of you!

I hope you both get relief soon as I sure do remember how nasty those shooting sharp pains can be.

Sending you both lots of positive healing thoughts and prayers.

((((Koala))))) thanks so much for your post and support. I am so bummed that this all seems caused by a dental procedure. It truly sucks especially since I am only half way through the implant procedure.

But I finally think I have some good docs on the case so just hoping they can reduce the pain so I can manage my way through life until this resolves hopefully.