It’s now almost 2 years since I first had a zapping pain in my eye tooth, left side. Thought nothing of this until it happened a few more times the next 2 months during eating. Saw my dentist, had X-rays and check. Nothing wrong. Then one day in middle of May woke up with part…
Thank you Fred for sharing providing your members story, each one helps our community. Sometime ago I was first diagnosed with TN and was treated with Lyrica and after some time the pain eased off. About twelve months later it returned to haunt me again and once again I started on Lyrica, after a month…
My first symptom occurred in the middle of 2015 and was triggered simply by just touching my right cheek and it felt like a pin prick. I booked a visit to my Dentist fearful that it was the result of some Dental work performed in Bali. The Dental work checked out OK, so I took…
My long journey with TN began about 2 years ago when I suddenly felt a shooting pain down the left side of my face which was extremely painful. However, that was to be the last pain I felt until about seven months ago. My first instinct was to visit my dentist as I was certain…
I was diagnosed with Trigeminal Neuralgia when I was 25 in 2020 and have been experiencing a milder version of the pain from as early as 2016. I can recall having a slight pain, an aching/ throbbing sensation that would begin in my ear and spread to my jaw. This recurring pain resulted in visits…
Gail is a member of our Facebook group and she shares her story Hi there! I firstly developed pain behind my left eye. Debilitating pain! Unbearable pain, it was around 4.00am, and it woke me up with a vengeance. Two weeks previously, I had experienced cataract surgery and my first thought was that for some…
My TN, by Julian I’ve been a very active DIY kind of feller all my life, and not bothered too much by ’normal’ pain. However, my TN pain began a couple of years ago, at first coming and going, then getting gradually worse. It is ‘classical’ TN, being excruciating, sharp, and transient on one side…
