Hey guys, I fell each one of your pains Ive suffered with trigeminal neuralgia for eight years it started age 16 it just felt like a mild toothache so I paid no attention to it at 18 that toothache was like a painful hartbeat in my teeth the dentist said my teeth where fine and very healthy I said no something is wrong give me a root canal so he did the pain got worse ong story short I got 3 root canals and two teeth pulled one was my front then found out its this thing called TN and the only way to be pain free is microvascular decompression so I had It done and two year later it did not work but thanks be to God I have found a miracle since I have been seeing an Upper Cervical Chiropractor I've only had 6 treatments and I can sleep again! guys I'm sold this is are way out since I've been going here I've learned my trigeminal neuralgia was infact a blood vessel and that was being caused by the crooked atlas bone at the base of my brain Upper Cerical Chiropractic check it out guy please is from my heart.
Sounds so familiar & I forgot I had a tooth pulled but also had stones in my salivary gland removed ( no help with the pain) then took out the salivary gland again no help but the surgery gave great relief for 3 1/2 years until a few months ago. How do you find this typevof chiropractor & where is yours located? I had a vein webbed on the artery & think it reattached & is why. My pain is back bitvi am not a doctor & he is on medical leave. Would consider the chiropractor as I will do anything for relief!!
Linda -- You HAVE to see somebody who is NUCCA certified for this to be a viable treatment --- hard to find
Google NUCCA -- they have a list of doctors --- if my current MVD success ever fails --- I'm driving to OK !
Question: did you get two years of relief from an MVD? That seems to be the implication of your note.
Upper Cervical Chiropractic seems to help some people, Jejuan. The TN Association has had a few sessions in its national conferences, presented by UCC practitioners and supported by their patients. It's also known that some cases of TN emerge after whiplash injury in automobile accidents. However a crooked Atlas very likely had nothing to do with a blood vessel compressing your trigeminal nerve. The physiology isn't consistent. As far as any of us have been able to learn, there are no published trials for this class of techniques in any form of neurological pain management other than back pain.
Thus the cautionary note that I generally offer to patients is try out these techniques if you wish, but realize they are "an" answer for TN in some patients, but not "the" answer to TN in all patients. And you are well advised to cultivate an ongoing relationship with a properly trained neurologist, to monitor your outcomes.
Regards, Red