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  1. Jami
    13 January 2015 @ 10:03 am

    Hi,

    I am a 22-year old female who has been suffering from chronic head pain for about the last year. I was told that I could have trigeminal neuralgia or nerve damage in my head when going to the ER one night for the intense pain and when scheduling visits to a few neurologists. About once a month I suffer from sharp, stabbing pains on the top left side of my head that will come about every 5-10 seconds and repeatedly affect me throughout the day for anywhere from a few minutes to multiple hours. The pain will last anywhere from a few days to more than a week. It’s extremely debilitating. Along with the stabbing pains, I usually experience a crawling sensation, tingling, and numbness on the left side of my face/head. This is sometimes accompanied by a burning sensation inside/around my left ear that feels as if my ear is on fire and heating up. The cold weather and icing my head often eases the pain. Taking two alleve has helped to alleviate the pain on a few occasions. I got an MRI and went to a few neurologists, but they all said everything was fine. They tried prescribing me a few different anticonvulsants, but they didn’t seem to help with the pain. Do you think that I have trigeminal neuralgia or perhaps something else? If so, can you suggest some at home remedies for me or medications to go on? Thanks!

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  2. Jazzy
    22 January 2015 @ 4:03 pm

    Jami, does your teeth bother you too, that happened to me and it was from shingles virus it is very hard to be diagnosed, it took me a few years. I thought I had a brain tumor, then I had caps removed, then ears, nose, and throat doctor for sinus, and finally a neurologist determined Trigeminal neuralgia. Good luck I go for osteopathic cranial massages and use heat on my face along with pain pills. I didn’t like any of the anti-convulsion drugs and I am trying Herbal medication.

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