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The gamma knife surgery was on Oct 16. I am still taking a full dose of trileptal (525mg twice a day) and still have foggy days on that med. But doing well pain wise. I will start reducing tripleptal...

I had the gamma knife surgery on October 16th. Now I have to back off the trileptal to see if the surgery worked.

Had to increase the trileptal to a total of 1050 per day. Getting gamma knife surgery on Thursday the 16 th.

I have a hard time driving a car on 900 mg of trileptal.

Guess it is depression but I am so afraid to walking around the house even  for frear that the TN pain will come back.

Today I could drive my car for the first time since my recent attack. I also made an appointment for gamma knife surgery.

Yesterday I had to increase my trileptal to 450 mg twice a day along with 25 mg of Elavil at nightime. I am a zombie.

I am taking 300 mg of trileptal in the morning and 300 mg at night and still no relief. It seems that the only relief I get is when I am take the hydrocodone. The twitching pain in my right canine...

I am now up to 300 mg of trileptal in the evening and 150 mg in the mornng. I had pain last night a few times and had to take hydrocodone. I feel that I was in remission until I had the auto...

I had an auto accident in June and now my TN pain is back. I should be thankful that the side air bag saved my life. My old friend TN pain came back!

I have been taking 225 mg of trileptal in the morning and and three hundred in the evenng.  Taking this large of a dose causes me to get depressed but eliminate the pain. I see my neurologist on Nov...

I am taking 300mg of Trileptal twice a day and it seems to be working so far.

I give up. My TN pain came back yeserday and today. It is intense like it was last April. I guess I will increase the Trileptal to 300 mg twice a day. I just got off the phone with my neurologist's...

Went to visit my neurologist today. Taking the Trileptal 225 mg twice a day does make me tired and I have to take a nap some days. She stated that I should stay on this does for at least a month...

I have been totally pain free for most of the week. I have an appointment with the neurologist this Tuesday. I am taking 225 mg of Trileptal twice a day and 30 mg of Cymbalta in the morning.