Hi, Ive only just joined and, admittedly, haven't had time to read a lot of what has been offered, so if it has already been considered, forgive me and fair enough.
However , the last couple of times that I have had an attack, whether it be bought on by dental work or not, I have held a flexible ice pack ( inside a thin towel to prevent unnecessary injury) to my face. Sometimes it has worked in half an hour, sometimes it has taken 3 hours and a change of ice packs... but IT WORKS FOR ME. I offer this as a possibility and not a guarantee, you understand. But relief is relief - is it not?
The first time I had nueralgia attack in 2000 my Dr kept telling me it was an abcess ed tooth so I was alternating between ice and heat packs and making it worse. For me excessive cold or heat blows it up but if it works for some awesome. Oddly I am getting a small bit of relief using young living oils -panaway and peppermint.
I don't find that the ice pack works to make the actual pain go away, but serves as more of a distraction from it. Kind of like pinching yourself when you get a shot. Still, it has value and helps me a lot, if only as a distraction. My great-grandmother had this condition, and for her heat helped, but for me it sets it off.
I don't find that the ice pack works to make the actual pain go away, but serves as more of a distraction from it. Kind of like pinching yourself when you get a shot. Still, it has value and helps me a lot, if only as a distraction. My great-grandmother had this condition, and for her heat helped, but for me it sets it off.
I agree that it certainly starts as a distraction and anything that gives respite when it is in full fling at least lets you think rationally. Considering that tegratol also serves as an anti-convulsant for epileptics -I wonder that maybe the whole trigeminal system calms a little and then , with a little persistence goes back to bed. But not for all, unfortunately?
The first time I had nueralgia attack in 2000 my Dr kept telling me it was an abcess ed tooth so I was alternating between ice and heat packs and making it worse. For me excessive cold or heat blows it up but if it works for some awesome. Oddly I am getting a small bit of relief using young living oils -panaway and
peppermint.
If any pain is due to injury - heat will nearly always make it worse, I think. A reduction in swelling , if that is what it is , is far better to have ice introduced. There seem to be many situations where something in the face will swell and put pressure on the surrounding nerves. If you are lucky enough, so to speak, to have this as a cause of a flair up then you have a fighting chance, at least, of a reduction in pain. Of course, you could always be unfortunate enough to have a secondary cause and then.. well enough said.