# Need Ideas! **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [May 14, 2019, 9:19pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/t/need-ideas/15466 "2019-05-14T21:19:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bens\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/838e76/32.png) [@Bens\_Friends](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/u/Bens_Friends)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 9:19pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/t/need-ideas/15466/1 "2019-05-14T21:19:05Z")
So we’ve been calling the weekly news item that we send out “Weekly News Item”. Lacks a certain “something” dontchathink? LOL People get so much mail and junk in their email inboxes these days, we need something to **stand out**. Some discards from the Ben’s Friends trash can – _Hoofbeats_ (referencing the old zebras and horses thing) – our editor-in-chief pointed out that there are several equestrian organizations which use that one _Stripes_ – won’t say whose idea that was, but it’s just plain weird! _News from Ben’s Friends_ – _yawn_ , just big _yawn_ . A clever wordsmith friend of ours suggested _Zebra Gnus_ . ROFL, how clever is that, but I think that one’s going to get old really soon. Seriously, we need a new name! Friends. Connections. News. Community. Togetherness. Put your creative caps on … what can you come up with? Seriously, folks, we need a new name! Friends. Connections. News. Community. Togetherness. Support. Put your creative caps on … what can you come up with? Just reply to this post with your BEST suggestion! ---
**Author:** ![ziggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e79b87/32.png) [@ziggy](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/u/ziggy)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/t/need-ideas/15466/2 "2019-05-15T15:43:52Z")
How about News Zaps from Ben’s Friends—just kidding!! I vote for What’s New at Ben’s Friends. Not super clever but not too hard to understand quickly. ---
**Author:** ![ellen6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90db22/32.png) [@ellen6](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/u/ellen6)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/t/need-ideas/15466/3 "2019-05-15T21:58:35Z")
Ben’s Friends Trends ---
**Author:** ![Woman\_with\_the\_elect](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/woman_with_the_elect/32/3635_2.png) [@Woman\_with\_the\_elect](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/u/Woman_with_the_elect)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 1:41am UTC](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/t/need-ideas/15466/4 "2019-05-16T01:41:34Z")
Shock Talk? Pun on Shock Jock plus some black TN humour. Shooting Pains? Pun on shooting the breeze, again with black humour (you can see my tastes here). Electric News? Tingle Talk? Newsralgia? (quite like that one!) ---
**Author:** ![wheels4legs](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/wheels4legs/32/1988_2.png) [@wheels4legs](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/u/wheels4legs)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 11:41am UTC](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/t/need-ideas/15466/5 "2019-05-16T11:41:46Z")
Bens Friends Face Palce ---
**Author:** ![Siminative](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Siminative](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/u/Siminative)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 12:11am UTC](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/t/need-ideas/15466/6 "2019-05-17T00:11:51Z")
I look forward to Ben’s Friends all of the time. I open it eagerly ---
**Author:** ![angel1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5fc32e/32.png) [@angel1](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/u/angel1)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/t/need-ideas/15466/7 "2019-05-17T16:31:37Z")
Hi, I have not been in contact for quiet a while, sorry about that. I have a new treatment for my trigeminal neuralgia pain. It’s name is Vimpat (Lacosamide) I started taking it over a year ago and it works. Ok , I do take it three times a day. It’s side affects are not as bad as Oxcarbazepine. I wish I had heard about this before I had Gammaknife surgery but I can’t change the past and am very happy my life is more or less pain free (when I take the medication. I thing it’s relatively new for TN. Please talk to your DOC about using this medication, it will change your life. I too was skeptical about changing and stopping Oxcarbazepine. But it’s been over a year and it works. Good luck to everyone ---
**Author:** ![angel1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5fc32e/32.png) [@angel1](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/u/angel1)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/t/need-ideas/15466/8 "2019-05-17T16:51:26Z")
I have Trigiminal Neuralgia. I’ve had Gama Knife and Rhysotomy some years back with no positive result so I’ve just consuming Oxcarbazepine for pain. I still had a lot of pain. Last year I found out about another med, Vimpat. I take it three times a day, it has less side affects than Ozcarbazepine. It has changed my life. I basically have no pain. Yes it is unfortunate I have TN but my life is totally normal. I don’t have any pain taking the VIMPAT. I don’t care about the side affects, I don’t really have any symptoms. I have been taking Vimpat for over a year and it has changed my life. I was skeptical about stopping Oxcarbazepine at first and starting Vimpat but after a few days of taking Vimpat I realized it works.