http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3644765/ hope this works so others can read.
Great article. I have been diagnosed for over a year and have been on Carbamazepine since diagnosed. That’s great, however the year it took to find a doctor to diagnose GPN and get me on the medicine was hellish. I wish I had seen this then so I could have shown it to my ENT and PCP in order to get send to a neurologist sooner.
I had this pain in my tongue for like 4 months back in 1998 when I was 16 years old I went to so many doctors and specialist and never got any info or get diagnose , my mother happen to take me to an acutupunturist and had 4 treatments and pain was gone till January 2 2014 pain came back ,I was lucky to have found this website and research my condition I made an appt with neurologist and acupunturist and all I have to say is that I avoid taking medications I Belive they hurt you more than helping you , I didn’t take any medication my neurologist prescribed , I have had 2 acupuncture treatments and I must say I saw a big difference after the first time pain was almost gone , just had my second treatment on Monday and I have had no more pain I can now talk , eat ,sallow ,brush my teeth and sleep with no more electric shock like pain in my left side of my tongue . I’m going for last treatment next week becouse I bought a 3 treatments package $150 well worth the money , to me no side effects like medication and I’m pain free . I hope this helps others and acupunture can be an option for you too it has done wonders for me …