Has anyone else struggled to come to terms with being diagnosed with TN. I am finding it really hard. I just cannot believe all the pain i... http://dailystrength.org Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:18:57 +0100 DailyStrength RSS 0.11.3.0.6833 (FeedCreator 1.7.2) http://static.dailystrength.org/v/0.11.3.0.6833.26/images/promo/logo-round-rss.gif http://dailystrength.org http://dailystrength.org/c/Trigeminal_Neuralgia/forum/1915498-coming-terms-tn/lastpage Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:41:44 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/c/Trigeminal_Neuralgia/forum/1915498-coming-terms-tn/lastpage crying! I was recently diagnosed myself. Just last week actually. I was told I had a horrible case of TMJ and I was so relieved that it wasn't something "serious". Although I knew deep down that it wasn't TMJ- I knew it was something neurologi...]]> Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:57:07 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/c/Trigeminal_Neuralgia/forum/1915498-coming-terms-tn/lastpage Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:02:09 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/c/Trigeminal_Neuralgia/forum/1915498-coming-terms-tn/lastpage Tegretol together with 150 mg of Tramadol (dependent on how bad the pain is). I am seeing the GP again today and I think his plan is to gradually increase my dosage of Tegretol. I do suffer wit...]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:33:50 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/c/Trigeminal_Neuralgia/forum/1915498-coming-terms-tn/lastpage tegretol. they put me on dilantin and it worked for a year.thetook me off of dilantin and i was good for a couple of months. they put me back on it and i was having the pain still while taking the meds. finally i decided to have the MVD and boy a...]]> Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:21:43 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/c/Trigeminal_Neuralgia/forum/1915498-coming-terms-tn/lastpage Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:25:57 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/c/Trigeminal_Neuralgia/forum/1915498-coming-terms-tn/lastpage pain management clinic when I moved across the country. It's hard to go from morphine to codeine and be satisfied. I ...]]> Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:10:11 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/c/Trigeminal_Neuralgia/forum/1915498-coming-terms-tn/lastpage Sun, 03 Feb 2008 10:24:00 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/c/Trigeminal_Neuralgia/forum/1915498-coming-terms-tn/lastpage Sun, 04 May 2008 08:47:44 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/c/Trigeminal_Neuralgia/forum/1915498-coming-terms-tn/lastpage Mon, 05 May 2008 18:09:10 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/c/Trigeminal_Neuralgia/forum/1915498-coming-terms-tn/lastpage Wed, 07 May 2008 21:45:04 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/c/Trigeminal_Neuralgia/forum/1915498-coming-terms-tn/lastpage http://dailystrength.org/groups/ne... :)]]> Sun, 11 May 2008 13:07:40 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/c/Trigeminal_Neuralgia/forum/1915498-coming-terms-tn/lastpage tegretol and had it take a while to work? i've been on it for about 2 weeks.. I have ATN so the pain is constant and only at night, and ever since taking tegretol.. the pain has been less severe but i still get the same number of attacks, basically one every night. There hav...]]> Wed, 14 May 2008 01:11:07 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/c/Trigeminal_Neuralgia/forum/1915498-coming-terms-tn/lastpage tegretol for so long that I don't remember how quickly it did or didn't take to work. I do know it's been a godsend for me. As for the pain when I have what I call a breakthrough attack. You know the kind, when your face swells and it hurts to move your eyeballs or tongue ...]]> Thu, 15 May 2008 01:05:21 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/c/Trigeminal_Neuralgia/forum/1915498-coming-terms-tn/lastpage Tue, 20 May 2008 00:34:27 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/c/Trigeminal_Neuralgia/forum/1915498-coming-terms-tn/lastpage Tue, 20 May 2008 08:31:51 +0100