Preparing for the Next Attack...Whether you have cluster attacks, migraine attacks, trigeminal neuralgia, or another insidious complex neurological disease that makes you wonder why head... By Anna Williams3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments3 comments
Triptans: Targeting the Serotonin Receptor...For example, triptans may actually work by disrupting pain signals from the trigeminal nerves.... By Editorial Team 3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments1 comments
SUNCT - Discovering a New Diagnosis...My new diagnosis is also a member of the trigeminal autonomic cephalgia primary headache family.... By Anna Williams3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
When Should We Question Our Diagnosis?...The trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias (TAC) — including cluster headache, paroxysmal hemicrania, SUNCT/SUNA, and hemicrania continua — can be mistaken... By Ashley Hattle3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
Migraines, Addictions and Dr. Feelgood...She then sent my to a pain specialist who performed a trigeminal nerve Cauterization.... By duncarin4 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments3 comments
Can't understand what it is.......Till the time I didn't know about MS, I believed that I have the worst case scenario of OCD, depression, anxiety, trigeminal neuralgia, optical neuralgia...Reactions 0 reactions Comments2 repliesCopingChronicDiagnosis
Surviving Well with Chronic Cluster Headache Disease...I manage my allergy symptoms which trigger my trigeminal nerve.... By Anna Williams3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
What a New Cluster Headache Patient Needs to Know about Treatments...Cluster headache is a form of trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia and is one of the rarer primary headache disorders, affecting one out of a thousand people... By Ashley Hattle4 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
My Pain Has a Personality and Put Me in the Slow Lane...If that weren't enough, trigeminal neuralgia decided to join the party. I have some form of head pain at all times. People cannot grasp that…ALL.... By 3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
Triggers of my Migraines & Solutions for Resolution!!...SIDE NOTE: As grateful as I am that I no longer suffer migraines, my plight of pain from cluster headaches and Trigeminal Neuralgia (TGN) remains ongoing.May... By ms67gto3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments1 comments
Has anyone heard of TruDenta?...knowledgeable about headaches and told me it's a program that was created by neurologists and dentists and deals with the affect of the jaw and the trigeminal...Reactions 0 reactions Comments1 repliesTreatment
Relief Through Occipital Nerve Stimulation...I had four leads implanted, covering the occipital nerve (on the left), the trigeminal nerve (on both sides), and the supraorbital nerve (on the right)... By juliannealley3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments1 comments
Occipital Neuralgia...Occipital nueralgia is extremely, extremely painful, second only to trigeminal nueralgia in suicides....Reactions 0 reactions Comments2 repliesDiagnosis
Horrible migraines always start when asleep - finally some hope...It occurred to me that that could be what was compressing the trigeminal nerve, which then triggered the migraine, and I wasn't waking up until it was... By sunshine14 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments8 comments
Glossary of Migraine Terms...The trigeminal nerve relays sensations from the face to the brain. Triggers are the factors that can contribute to a migraine.... By Editorial Team 7 min readBookmark for later
Finally sharing...I have dizziness almost everyday and have headaches pretty much daily but not debilitating like they used to be and aside from the trigeminal nerve pain... By spryor4 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments4 comments
occipital neuralgia...Trigeminal has the same two types I've heard. How unlucky that I got this continual type. It's thousand times worse than even my horrific migraines.... By shaundhumphreys4 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments5 comments
Oral Pain and Migraine?...Surgeon General cited facial pain as a major component of trigeminal neuralgia, facial shingles, temporomandibular disorders and fibromyalgia....Reactions 0 reactions Comments3 replies
The Muddled Mind...During most, if not all migraines, the trigeminal nerve that extends its wiry little arms and legs throughout the face and jaw becomes inflamed.... By uncomfortablynumb4 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments9 comments
Finding My Migraine Puzzle Pieces...The way I understand it, is that the SPG and the Trigeminal Nerve start to learn how to only fire their pain cylinders.... By susanmcmanus4 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments