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Who knows about occipital neuralgia?
Chronic Pain | Last Active: Jan 7 7:41pm | Replies (42)Comment receiving replies
My pain doctor gives me Botox in head and neck which does keep the pain under control.
I also take large doses 1200x2 of gabapentin that I tolerate well.
And I see a chiropractor who works without bone cracking. She also does acupuncture
I tend to feel, all things considered, that my goal in life is to keep the medical profession gainfully employed.
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@ailsas I plan on asking about Botox. Is that shot a lot deeper than the nerve block?
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My experience with Gabapentin is that is usually feel some temporary benefit quickly, within days then levels off for 6-8 weeks, then improves. But I also believe over time it loses efficacy. But my ON and Migraines started after a mRNA covid vaccine and research is now emerging that explains why my condition becomes treatment resistant over time to individual modalities. Overall Gabapentin helps masks some of my ON specific pain, but doesn’t eliminate the migraine pain fully.