I have had occipital and trigeminal neuralgia with pain and numbness these last two days. I wish I could tolerate gabapentin! I feel fortunate that I am retired. I took some Klonopin (1/4) to be able to sleep. I don't sleep on the affected side if I can help it. Lying on a pillow on the affected side is a trigger so I would imagine a facial massage would be too.

I was evaluated for acoustic neuroma but cannot do contrast and MRI exacerbates tinnitus, so CT w/out contrast may not have been sufficient. If things get worse I will have an MRI.

Good luck everyone!