# New to site - any advice on eating?

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**Created:** [April 27, 2015, 2:16pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/t/new-to-site-any-advice-on-eating/11085 "2015-04-27T14:16:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![David7](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/david7/32/2259_2.png) [@David7](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/u/David7)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 2:16pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/t/new-to-site-any-advice-on-eating/11085/1 "2015-04-27T14:16:40Z")

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I am new to the site and have been prescribed by my doctor with Carbamazepine which seems to have helped as I no longer have the multiple attacks but still get single attacks especially when eating. I tend to eat stuff I don't have to chew and sit with my head on one side using a small spoon and swallow as quickly as possible to try and avoid an attack but I can still get 4 or 5 attacks during one meal - so I tend to give up before I finish the meal. Can't really identify anything that particularly triggers an attack. Any advice on eating out there? Also I seem to have developed an itchy rash which I suspect is down to the medication - any thoughts/advice?

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**Author:** ![Madere\_dancermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a5b964/32.png) [@Madere\_dancermom](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/u/Madere_dancermom)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2015, 11:22pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/t/new-to-site-any-advice-on-eating/11085/2 "2015-05-05T23:22:10Z")

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Hi, David, can you report in discussions? That is the best place for questions like yours.

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**Author:** ![Gilbert](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/gilbert/32/2299_2.png) [@Gilbert](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/u/Gilbert)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2015, 12:39pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/t/new-to-site-any-advice-on-eating/11085/3 "2015-05-30T12:39:14Z")

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David:

When my trigger point reaches my palate, I use a "Ninja" food grinder. E.g., last week I liquefied a cooked chicken leg. with cooked veggie + cooked pasta + chicken broth. I poured it into a mug, put my tongue on the trigger point and chug as much of the 'soup' as I can without stopping (it hurts to do this with my tongue, but by covering the trigger I find it better than the liquid hitting it with each gulp). You need to eat, esp. if you opt for a surgical treatment in the near future.

Good luck with this.

Gilbert