Trigeminal Neuralgia Support Group

i tried acupuncture but it didn't work, I'm doing cognitive behaviuoral therapy now.

Tried it twice. The first time it seemed to work but perhaps the TN was going away (temporarily_ anyway. The second series didn't seem to help at all.

I am trying acupunture. I've had about 7 sessions. You really need to give it a couple months to really see if it works.
I have noticed reduced pain after each session. I even had a full blown attack, that was taken down to a 6 on a scale of 1-10 (That's the lowest my pain level ever goes) It has helped anywhere from hours to a day, which I'm sure you can appreciate is awesome to have controlled pain even for that long. First and foremost, as with finding an excellent neurosurgeon, if you choose to try this, research and ask around to find an excellent credible acupunturist.
As with all things, there's a lot of quacks out there.
Good Luck to You,
Karrie

I am a patient advocate with the Trigeminal Neuralgia Association. For 10 years I have researched a new diet therapy that stops TN pain by limiting saturated fat. Not all fats, just the excessive saturated fat in the American
diet. I made a presentation on the history and effectiveness of this diet at TNA's 2004 National Conference at the Disney World Resort. For an eight-page report with diet instructions, the diet's history, testimonials, and the amount of saturated fat in 140 foods send your mailing address to Frank Sherwood at frank@sokolitz.com or call 248-642-7235.

If you have typical TN and are currently in pain, or would be in pain if you stopped medication, I would like you to consider enrolling in a study I am conducting to establish the efficacy of this diet.

A patient's success story: Mrs. Churukian is a Michigan patient
with a thirty-year history of TN having taken Dilantin, Neurontin, Tegretol, Baclofen as well as two glycerol injections and three radiofrequency rhizotomies. All were temporarily successful. But ultimately the neurosurgeon at the University of Michigan said nothing more could be done to stop her pain. For health reasons MVD was not an option. She was now experiencing daily attacks of excruciating pain even while sleeping. The diet stopped her pain in less than a week and at 86 she has been pain free for 10 years. She no longer requires medication and there was also improvement in blood pressure, cholesterol, weight loss and other health issues.

I tried it once and the very honest MD told me that this probably would not work for this particular illness. He did a complete treatment, and it did work for that day, but the next day I was back to the usual. I tried it again with the same results. So to me, this is probably not a good avenue for this particular disease, althoughit is excellent for many other things.