I have had Bell's Palsy for 5 weeks now.  It happened to me while I was driving to work and I freaked out thinking it was a stroke.  I was given medication, and am doing physical therapy.  Everyone tells me it will take time, we are all different.  Im just struggling with adjusting like many people have.  I have trouble in sleeping and driving with vision and dryness in my left eye, I wear glasses and sometimes have to take them off because it becomes uncomfortable.  I have lots of ringin, pain and sensitivity in my left ear that sends me to the point of tears.  I work in the education field and things have become diffilculy to deal with.  I work on the computer and take frequent breaks to not overwhelm my eye and being that I spend a big portion speaking to people, it has become extremely diffcult to speak during a presentation or in a meeting, my mouth drys up, becomes "flared" and more difficult to speak and get my words out, super frustrating where I have to stop speaking in general.  I have a toddler who requires lots of play time and interaction and with my vision and speech being affected, it now becomes diffcult to keep up with him and I become very emotional.  I know I am not alone, just looking for some support because as some or most us, this has had an impact of my every day life at home and work.