
Trigeminal Neuralgia Support Group
Trigeminal neuralgia, or Tic Douloureux, is a neuropathic disorder of the trigeminal nerve that causes episodes of intense pain in the eyes, lips, nose, scalp, forehead, and jaw. Trigeminal neuralgia is considered by many to be among the most painful of conditions.

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Can someone please tell me if trigeminal neuralgia is due to permanent nerve damage or have there been cases where it has turned itself
around and gone?
This is probably a stupid question but I guess Im just trying to dig for some hope.
Dona
around and gone?
This is probably a stupid question but I guess Im just trying to dig for some hope.
Dona
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Im not in the "young " years .. over 50.
I did try medication but felt like a zombie on it even in small dose so I didnt even attempt to go a higher dose .
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Dona
It depends on where on the 5th nerve the damage is. With MS the TN comes and goes even then it still depends on where the damage is. Mine is right where the nerve starts at the pons in the center of the brain and to give you some hope my pain comes and goes but my last MRI the other day you could barely see the plack build up on the 5th nerve at the pons. By the pictures I shouldn't have pain at all. OH well.
Hang in there and take care of yourself,
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I have actually made an appointment with a neuro for next April and maybe he will do some testing to see which nerve is my problem . I guess it will be an MRI which is not something Im looking forward to ,thats for sure...but Ill just take it step by step....and yeah hang in there...
thanks Mike
Dona
My neurologist told me there's a type of TN that comes with shingles in the nerve ganglia. In this type of shingles it's all internal so you don't know you have it. That kind of TN can resolve itself in 6 months or less.... and it may never return. There's another type caused by shingles in the nerves that is permanent.
One gal who was here for awhile had the other kind of shingles that are visible and once she treated the shingles her TN went away.
Like Mike said, MS is another possible cause.
Bone infections can also cause it.
Do you know what has caused the onset?
Take your earplugs to the MRI if you're sensitive to noise. Boy, I sure wish I had done that.
C
My TN developed with all my Lyme disease symptoms.. Treatment took care of a lot of symptoms but the TN just hangs on so after 8 years Im assuming that its permanent and something is damaged.
When I had an MRI 8 years ago nothing showed up . Maybe something will show up this time.. I hate MRIs . i cant do it without some sort of sedative...although Ive heard of open MRIs but I dont know if they are used for head scans.
Dona
I've heard of that...Lymes being the cause. As though Lymes is not bad enough, Dona.
Is this next MRI going to be the kind I've heard of but never had, the "thin cut" MRI ? It shows more minute details I guess.
Maybe someone here has had that.
I'm so sorry you're having a mega dose of pain. The nerve damage is a thing I'm dealing with. I still have a numb tongue from the onset of TN that began 9 months ago. I bite it and burn it with drinks that I don't realise are too hot. I do this frequently. Not good. I know it's what they call nerve damage, but no one has figured out why I have it.
I'm a claustrophobic person too. The MRI machine that I've been in twice had the opened end near my head. I think it really helped. I also prayed the whole time, really had to pray to keep myself still. (And I wished I had worn ear plugs!!)
I hope your pain will lessen.
XXO
Im not looking forward to having the MRI but I dont have to worry about it until April..maybe I will completely chicken out by then.. I am claustrophobic as well . If its not going to be an open one ,I dont think I will be able to handle it..
Ive been reading some reports from someone who had the botox and I have to admit it didnt sound too hopeful. Maybe I will chicken out of that too.
Im just very confused. Im hoping that by April I will find some good reports on its efficiency .
I dont have any numbness in my face but I have a slight droop on the left side..no one else would notice it but me.
anyway I guess Ill just wait until April.
Take care
Dona