Sometimes, only on my TN side, right under my eye and next to my nose I get a feeling like there’s a tiny hair or eyelash tickling my skin. Of course when I go to wipe it away it sets off horrible pains all along my cheekbone. There is never actually a hair there. It’ll persist for like an hour, as if every time I try to get it I’ve missed it. It’s become clear that there is no hair, and its some sick joke my TN is playing on me. It’s driving me bat poop insane! Anyone else get this?
Yes, yes, yes! I thought I was going insane, I feel as though I have a hair tickling the side of my nose. I have inspected it every way possible and even plucked a very tiny hair from the side of my mouth which set my face off badly on Tuesday and led me to go to the doctors. It is so annoying though, really, really irritating!!
yep me too. Actually having that going on right now as i type..lol
Mine is right under my nose or right next to it, and when i try to "get it" or just even scratch/rub..it sets off horrible shocks/burning. So i just walk around with that terribly annoying feeling of something on my face.
While i'm not glad to know you are irritated or in pain, i am glad to know it's not just me.
*hugs*
Wishing you peace
~Mistee
I know exactly the feeling..That nerve distribution is the Infraoribtal nerve, which innervates underneath the eye, the side of the nose, and upper lip. That nerve is in V2 of the trigeminal nerve, but I have some kind of neuropathy affecting just the Infraoribtal nerve. On bad days it’s an achy pain or burning sensations. On good days it’s just tingling, water dripping, hair tickling, itching, strange sensations, etc.
Interesting how everyone describes it though, like that nerve is reserved for weird feelings like this…. I found this in which people who have that sort of neuropathy get the strange feelings we described….
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12474717
Yes! I hate it most when it happens while I am asleep. I reach to scratch or wipe away before I remember!
I hate that you all get this, but I’m amazed how many people get this same thing! I wasn’t even sure it was part of my TN and thought I’d be all alone with this one.
Yes! When I’m trying to sleep and forget its the worst. Once I try to get the hair and fail it gets worse too. I sleep with my two dogs in the bed so sometimes I think it’s a dog hair, but there’s nothing there!!! The pain and frustration is terrible!!