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Pain relief suggestions

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Sime
Sime

are there certain food and drinks that I should avoid? 

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  • army183
    army183 Sime

    Posted

    Hello Sime

    Eating anything at all without pain would be a great step forward!

    Some people on these forum chains have to try using straws or eating well chopped food unfortunately. Often, the very act of opening the mouth to receive any type of food is a problem. Some report exacerbations if they try spicy or even sugary/sweet food. I don't think there is any type of food that will cause "less" pain. This is particularly true for those of us who have the electric stabs in the maxillary branch of the Trigeminal nerve (upper lip and the nose area usually). As for kissing in any romantic way at all - forget it!! - or whistling! - and shaving or trimming moustache is agony.

    Cheers

    Big D

    • Sime
      Sime army183

      Posted

      Thanks - using a straw is a good idea. 
  • Jewell
    Jewell Sime

    Posted

    Sometimes just touching yogurt with tip of my tongue will bring on the pain. I don't think there's any rhyme or reason to what causes an attack. It just does what it does when and where it wants. Thank heaven for Tegretol. Good luck!

    • Sime
      Sime Jewell

      Posted

      Thanks - sounds like this is going to be quite a journey!
    • army183
      army183 Jewell

      Posted

      Does anyone know if a really big slug or very many slugs of whisky or similar (well over drive limit and at level that most people would be very drunk) does in fact reduce the pain if only for a while? The down-side of this is having a terrible hangover and headache as well as the TN in the morning I suppose!

      D

  • claire3779
    claire3779 Sime

    Posted

    I had suffered terribly for a year then my chiropractors tried Acupuncture (not the Chinese style the muscle type) after three sessions and two weeks it was cured!! Only had a few very slight pains in 8 months. Can't express the relief it was a total nightmare no one can understand unless you have it.

    • Sime
      Sime claire3779

      Posted

      Thanks. I hadn't thought about needles. Interesting. Will seriously consider this option

  • lhicks10
    lhicks10 Sime

    Posted

    Everything is a trigger for me when the pain is bad. When it is I can't even open my mouth.

    • Jewell
      Jewell lhicks10

      Posted

      So sorry Lawrence. I had spells of that in the beginning but thankfully the Tegretol has it pretty much under control. 

      Good luck and take care.

    • lhicks10
      lhicks10 Jewell

      Posted

      That's great. I just switched to Gabapentin. I hope it works.

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