Have you had any success with your nerve pain. Is yours gone? What treatment did you use? I got shingles on my scalp at the end of January and am still having the itching and nerve pain 3 months later.

Did you figure anything out. I was diagnosed 3 weeks ago. Anti-inflammatories help me most. I'm struggling with pressure in my forehead and vertigo.

I hope that you have found help!

I'm into week 5 with Shingles. My first attack. I have previously had cancer/chemo and was pretty stressed so I think I succumbed to the virus. I caught it within 12 hours so went straight to Dr who put me on anti-viral drugs, then tramadol, and oxycodone. Which I didn't think had much effect, to be honest.
The one thing I found that helped with the pain was wearing a compression type singlet (my shingles was across my left side torso from back to front) I have worn a "slimming" type spandex top every day and every night. I found this really helps with managing the pain. It seems to numb/dull the tingling pain. I am still in pain, but I finally feel I am on the mend this week. Fingers crossed, it's not a false alarm.

Thank you for this information. Mine is in the exact same location.

I was diagnosed with Shingles a week ago when I broke out. I went back to work yesterday after a decent nights sleep. Today I stayed home because I awoke in tremendous pain. I'm taking gabapentin for the nerve pain, which works well, however it makes me sleepy. I've been very week.