Bell Palsy - How long did it last?

How awful for you with BP again.  I have heard from multiple people on this site that it happens.  Send a question about your 2nd. BP and see how many replys you get. 

ive had it 3 times this time its been over 3 months and very little movement back starting to get worried

How long did it take you to recover the last two times? Did they get more severe each time?

the first time was about 2 months i wasnt Completely paralyzed I have a drop-in my face in a twitch second time had to tape eye shut and took about 3 months .and this time total loss of feeling and had to tape eye shut no feeling till sbout a week ago.and can barley see any movement been since feb 29th just alittle over 3 1/2 months .hope it comes back soon

to anyone new to bell palsey in their life the Only advice I could give is try to re patient even though at-times it was very hard for me to meet patient and I'm still working

on that myself but just in the last week after feeling i would never heal .then sering just the slightest movement in my face i regained my positive outlook again that things will continue to get better

You say you have had this 3 times, how did each one happen?  What caused them to happen?  Just curious.

first one was after i was riding in back of a pick up truck second i dont know why this time had a Sinus infection

My brother, who's name is Robert also, got BP from riding in the back of a pickup.

I knew a girl in high school that got Big & Pregnant from riding in the back of a pickup...

I had it the first time in 1992 on the right side of my face.  My symptoms lasted about 6 weeks.  9 months ago I got it on the left side of my face.  About a month ago, I began to be able to move my cheek, chew, raise my eyebrow and close my eye.  Closing my eye took a lot of concentration and was painful.  I pushed thru the pain and concluded it was pain from unuse of the muscles.  It is no longer painful to close my eye.  I also in in the unlucky percentage of getting BP a second time.

well im hoping mine dont take that long .but if it does ill just deal with it .the first time i got it the dr gave me electric shock in my cheek and the side of my temple ..this sight is great ,ive learned alot about b p and hope to help others even if at times i dont want to talk about my bp its imortant to help others know what they may expect

I have been working mentally to prepare myself for it being perminant.  I'm still very aware of the bp even though my family tell me my face looks like a neutral position.  I'm thankful for the droop to be improved.  I do facial exercises.  That helped me when I had it before.  Still can't smile, but hope it will come.  My doctor has other bp patient's who have it perminant.  My eye dr. commented that I had made significant improvements with eye closure since December in his opinion.  I'm grateful for any improvement at all.  Good Luck with yours.  Good thing to help and encourage others.

 

just in the last 2 days ive got so much more movenent its unthinkable .i went from no movement to moving my ear eye and cheek and lips guess its going to start comming all at once .after going on 4 months i thought i wasnt going to get any movement back i figured muscles were going tobe damaged from not using them so long .soo thankful

Great news.  I'm at FIVE months, and was starting to have the same depressing thought.  However, after five sessions of acupuncture (and more to come), I'm now getting some tiny hints of recovery in cheek, taste, blink.  Point is, I share your sense of encouragement that there IS light at the end of this tunnel.  By the way, I've read often that BP 'spontaneously' goes away - so you could be on the home stretch.  Keep posting.

thank you for your responce i try to pud down in jooes it can help others that feel lost .im glad you are getting some feeling .i had electric shock on my first time around seemed to help .dr dont want to fo do anything for me i gave up on drs .keep us posted ,as i will continue to also.thanks

That's wonderful!  I agree and understand that after such a long time of nothing it's great to have some movement return.  Hope it continues on for both of us!!

me too val .i hope we both heal as well as others with this bell palsey .my muscles started to get sore today but i think thats a good sigh .better than not feeling .hope to ser a post from you saying you healed

Congrats - hope things continue to progress well! Wondering: my affected side is so sore and feels bruised especially on my cheek. Did you (or anyone else on this thread) have similar pain? Haven't seen any improvements so I don't know what to think of it. I'm so exhausted.

i had severe pain for at least 2 weeks after i lost feelings .then it went away .now while im starting to get feelings back close to 4 months i have a soreness like muscles are sore but not real painful .from what ive read on tbis is that everyone is defferent .but dont give up im sure u will do fine it just seems like a very long time with no feelings of face but this is my third time with bp and both other times i got full recovery and things are starting to get alittle better with some good movement over 3 days just started comming back iut of the blue .good luck

also a few weeks ago got sore face muscles .but no feelings back that time but this time i did i massaged my face not hard a real soft massage.hopes this helps you

3 times, wow. How far apart were the episodes and how long did it take to recovery the first two times? Did it last longer every time?

I had the 'classic' extreme pain around the ear starting a few days after BP onset. Doctor prescribed LYRICA for short term. It's a med for nerve pain, and absolutely did the trick. Easy on your system, and safe.

I take gabapentin daily for bipolar disorder so maybe that's why it's having no effect on nerve pain. After researching pressure points all the areas I'm having pain are the same places one with TMJ has, interesting.