Bell's Palsy possibly a second time?

I don't have Bell's palsy again, at least not yet anyway. I'm just scared that with my symptoms I'm experiencing that I'm going to get it a second time. I'm wanting to get some feedback from anyone that went through it a second time to see if they had symptoms that sort of let them know they'd be getting it again? The first time I got it earlier this year I experienced similar symptoms for a couple of days before the paralysis actually hitjust not as bad as what I'm feeling now. I'm just really hoping that I'm nervous for no reason. 

The residual effects and damage of bells can effect the nerves for a very long time. I had Bell's Palsy in January 2015 and I still have hemifacial spasms (rapid nerve twitches) on the effected side. You can indeed get the condition more than once and it is more likely in the first year of recovery. However I urge you not to worry as the pain you feel is normal, a lot of people who get bell's palsy feel no pain, as compression is slow and unnoticed but for rapid onset where pain accompanies the condition then a burning, thousand needles sensation during regeneration is to be expected. If you're on medication for the condition keep taking it, also you can start a course of ibuprofen 2 tablets 3 times a day, this will ease pain and act as an anti-inflammatory, speeding up healing. You may have regained movement but the nerves are still damaged and areas around them are swollen. Nerves regenerate at about the same speed hair grows. A 4cm section of damage will take roughly 2 months to fully heal. And healing is likely to be uneven and nerves are also likely to get crossed, so twitching is almost guaranteed.

Mark

Thank you for your response! After 9 days the twitch between my eye and nose stopped. You could see whatever it was pulsating out which of course made me pretty nervous and fascinated at the same time. I still have everything else but at least that's not causing the crazy migraines I was experiencing. I do have daily headaches ever since I got bell's but what I was experiencing during this was make you want to puke migraines. 

Sounds like your palsy was aura related. Migraines with aura can reflect stroke like symptoms, have you see your doctor about Migraines? Perhaps you can get some treatment for them.

They don't seem worried about anything since I regained pretty much all of my movement. I saw my family dr 2 weeks ago and let him know I was still experiencing the nerve pain in my face when I touch anywhere on that side. He wanted me to start on gabapentin but I haven't started it yet. I hate taking medication. I told him I always get headaches but he didn't seem to acknowledge it which was likely due to me not making a big deal of it. I usually just accept things and move on and deal with it. Just for that 9 days my head just hurt worse than usual and got to a point I could hardly make it through the day while the area around my eye started twitching out of no where. I wish I could upload a video. It was super weird but fascinating.  

I know exactly what you mean, as a doctor who has experienced bell's palsy first hand I can agree that the visible twitching is worrying yet somehow very interesting. Try the course of ibuprofen, I know you say you don't like taking medication but it will deal with the pain and definitely help healing. I still get twitches especially when I eat for a long time, like chewing gum or a big bag of crisps. Totally normal.

Yeah I've always had issues with my jaws but it's so much worse now when I chew beef jerky or gum a lot or things like that. I start twitching and such but nothing like the one spot at all. I will definitely give ibuprofen a try. Thank you!