Ok. How much pain relief should I expect?

How good is your pain relief? I am still getting little zingers from time to time.

Should I expect to feel nothing, or is tolerable, what you aim for?

I am on 100 mg of gabapentin. Ohly one dose of methelprednisone left.

If this stays where it is, Overall I would be at a 1 to 4 pain scale and the 4 are only momentary zingers a few times a day. I don't want to be a big baby about this, and I don't want to take more than I need.

Just don't know what to demand as far as relief goes.

I am way better than where I was. (hammer on my cheekbone and temple).

0 pain is the goal.
You’re on a very low dose of Gabapentin ( Neurontin) if you are still in pain, you need to talk to your doctor about increasing your medication.
No one should have to live in pain.
It might take a few weeks to find your therapeutic dose, but it’s worth it if you can have 0 pain and function normally.
Nobody is a baby with TN, the pain is horrid and exhausting. So please don’t worry about that,
((( hugs )))) Mimi

Look into trying lidocaine patches or creame

prescription and you can keep your meds lower down most times..