Is it just me who feels like i am scrambling around in the dark, clutching at the same straw over and over in hope of feeling normal. Gosh what id give to be pain free, or even just to have this pain reduced so i could function and be like theoldme. To be able to leave my house without fear, to have my car window open (feel the breeze on my face and through my hair) without fear, to eat and drink without fear, to brush my teeth without fear. My life is centred around two things...PAIN and FEAR or in a nutshell TN. This isnt where life was supposed to take me. I am only 35 but feel like i have aged a century in a year. Please, please tell me theres a light at the end of the tunnel, because i seem to have lost sight of it. Is there anyone else out there feeling this way, i have searched long and hard in this darkness and have found something that lets me know i am not alone…you and this wonderful site.
hi sue…u r certainly not alone…i was told i had TN at 22yrs old. I can totally understand, and i have defernatly been where u are, there is a light, trust me, ur nerve will settle down, its just a very viscouse circle ur in, cos stressing about it makes it worse, fearing life, makes u feel like there is no piont…ur nerve will settle, and u need to then live life to the full. DONT let this horrible TN destroy u and those around u. I am only on tramodol at the min, only due to niggles, but i have been off meds for 5months, i tried, in my dispare, smoking canabis, it help me very much and relieve the pain more so then the tablets did, im not saying go out n try but when all else fails what is there left to do then try new things, i mean, some of the meds i take are far worse, and harmful to the body than any amount of canibis can be. u stick in there any be a fighter and a surviver cos otherwise tn becomes the winner.
HAYLEY