... I too have been diagnosed with atypical facial pain. I have been using Neurontin for several years but am not getting enough pain relief. My pain doc did not want to give me Tegretol because of the side effects. She preferred Trileptal. You might want to check into this. ... (3 replies)
... o got Lymes disease years ago and i am wondering maybe he has that. My son also has abused drugs and he had a episoid of snorting xanax before this happened with facial pain. He has also overdosed and almost died 2 years ago because he took all my pills in my medicine cabinet because he had a headach. ... (12 replies)
... e left foot too. I also have nerve damage in the left thigh that I've suffered with for 6 years. I can't stand or walk for longer than an hour and a half. The pain it causes lasts for over 24 hours. The bottoms of my feet burn. I'm a data control clerk and I'm now developing it in my elbows too. ... (16 replies)
... we were at one point we thought the acute chronic facial pain might be caused by an addiction to the Dilaudid....... ... (12 replies)
... geminal neuralgia. My Mom has it and like you, tried all kinds of meds before finding one that works. 7 if I remember correctly. Finally, Neurologist gave her Cymbalta of all things. It works great for her, some side affects but better them then the pain. ... (4 replies)
... I have had atypical trigeminal neuralgia for about 4 years now, and I take Lyrica and Cymbalta together and they work pretty good. It makes the pain bearable. ... (16 replies)
... Hi Folks
I wonder if any one has the same problem. I have SFN in my feet (intolerable
pain) and unusually my Trigeminal Nerve causing pain in my forehead and
face.
I take 120mg Duloxetine (Cymbalta)
300 Mg Lyrica (2 replies)
... ried to reduce meds or eliminate things I wondered about with mixed result. I quit Lyrica after a year and found that I was correct, it really was not helping my pain anymore, it was a trade off though, it apparently was helping my bowels from spasming so now I am on hyoMax for that. ... (113 replies)
