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Trigeminal neuralgia: What helps stop the pain?
Brain & Nervous System | Last Active: Mar 26 8:10pm | Replies (150)Comment receiving replies
One 100 mg of gabapentin takes care of the pain for me. I “should” do the surgery. I dread an MRI to find the nerve. I hear there’s a place north of me that has one day a week where scared folks like me can be put under to do the brain MRI. I need to check that out. It is absolutely the worst pain I have ever felt.
I ran out of gaba on a vacation once and it came back in full force. I used a mild muscle relaxer and tylenol and that helped.
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MRI is painless and a scan similar to CT. Please do get one for your peace of mind.
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Hi. I was on a larger dose of gabspentin for s couple of years. Over time the pain subsided for a couple of years just slight pain now and then but I could live with that. This time it's come back worse than ever and medication not working . Iv had three different medications over the years but the pain has a mind of it's own. I'm mainly pain free when I lay down so I think the nerve moves away from the blood vessels on that position. Been referred to a neurologist but it's upto 21 weeks waiting list unfortunately.