Low-Dose Naltrexone (LDN) and Trigeminal Neuropathy: What We Know So Far
I've written about LDN twice before, but I feel the topic hasn't been exhausted. In recent years, low-dose naltrexone (LDN) has generated increasing intere…
Pain Diary: How to Track Trigeminal Pain and Why It Matters
Today's post was motivated by my dear trigeminal sister, who is dealing with the difficult experience of constant, intense pain after herpes zoster.
Trigeminal Neuralgia Explained Simply
On this page I share content about painful trigeminal neuropathy and life with chronic neuropathic pain, but I don't forget about classical trigeminal neur…
Trigeminal Neuropathy: A Comprehensive Guide to Diagnosis and Understanding
This article was prepared based on analysis of the publication "Trigeminal Neuropathy" by Karthiki Durgi Veerapaneni, Nidhi Kapoor, Poornachanda Veerapanen…
It's Not in Your Head: Trigeminal Pain Is Real
"I went to a neurologist and he told me it's all in my head"... This sentence, or something similar, repeated by many people with trigeminal neuropathic pa…
Eagle Syndrome: A Rare Cause of Throat, Neck, and Jaw Pain
Eagle syndrome represents a rare cause of pain in the throat, neck, jaw, and ear. The condition develops as a consequence of elongation of the styloid proc…
What 'Acceptance' Really Means When You Live with Chronic Pain
The topic of accepting life with chronic pain has been rolling around in my head for a long time. More precisely, I've been analyzing the meaning of the wo…
Postherpetic Trigeminal Neuralgia: When Shingles Leaves Lasting Pain
Postherpetic trigeminal neuralgia represents one of the most complex forms of neuropathic pain affecting the face. This condition develops as a consequence…
How to Live with Chronic Pain: Learning to Live Alongside the Dragon
This is a question that probably everyone asks themselves — or at least I ask it from time to time. Not only of myself. I ask it of people who know my stor…
Chronic Pain and Mental Health: The Conversation We Need to Have
Today I want to address a topic that sits in all of our minds but is rarely spoken about aloud. Trigeminal neuralgia — in all its forms — also carries a se…
Alpha-Lipoic Acid and Trigeminal Neuropathy: What We Actually Know
Today I want to take a closer look at alpha-lipoic acid (ALA). Many of you probably already know this organic compound well — it frequently comes up in con…
Emotional Anchoring: How the Mind Creates Survival Tools in Chronic Pain
I know I promised you substantive content about supplements, but the work on that topic turned out to be far more time-consuming than I initially expected.…
A Diagnostic Roadmap for Facial Pain: How to Find the Real Cause
A friend sent me a post from a trigeminal neuralgia group that inspired me to write this. The author described how misdiagnoses contributed to years of liv…
Neuroplasticity and Living with Chronic Pain
Things have been quiet on my end again... I don't know if you experience this too (though I suspect you do, since data shows we react most strongly to weat…
Why Trigeminal Nerve Diagnosis Matters: The Cost of Getting It Wrong
Every time I scroll through medical news during my morning routine and come across even a brief mention of the trigeminal nerve, I feel like a child findin…
Emotions and Chronic Pain: What Nobody Tells You
Twelve years have passed since the first surgery that brought me to where I am today. That's enough time to learn to function with pain, but not always eno…
Carbamazepine for Trigeminal Neuralgia: Benefits, Risks, and Why It Works
Some time ago I wrote posts about gabapentin and pregabalin, so the time has come for carbamazepine. For me, it was a medication that became a true "game o…
Breathing Techniques for Neuropathic Pain: The Simplest Tool You Always Have
Today we observe World Breathing Day — celebrating the simplest yet one of the most powerful tools we always carry with us.
Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia: A Detailed Overview
Although my primary focus remains the trigeminal nerve and the pain that arises from its damage, I intend to also share information about other facial neur…
The Trigeminal Nerve: Far More Than Just Sensation
It's great that more and more animations about the trigeminal nerve are being created. Hopefully, future ones will become increasingly detailed.
Sensory Retraining After Trigeminal Nerve Damage
Easter is approaching fast. A time of renewing life, symbolic beginnings, and hope that returns along with the first warm days.
Sugar, Brain Health, and Chronic Pain: Why What You Eat Matters
There's a well-known truth that has persisted for decades: sugar gives you energy. Short, catchy, easy to remember.
Mindfulness and Chronic Pain: Changing Your Relationship with Pain
The first years of living with pain I can confidently call the "Middle Ages in the pages of my private history." I won't go into details, because this isn'…
How the Trigeminal Nerve Works — And Why It Matters When It Doesn't
A video illustrating how the trigeminal nerve works has been circulating online for the past few days — one of the most important nerves in our body, respo…