Tamz27
21-07-14, 17:21
I am a 32 year old female. About two weeks ago, i had discomfort in my upper molar on my left side. I went to my dentist who took an xray and could not find anything wrong. He sent me away with two tubes of sensodyne. A few days later, the pain got a lot worse i.e. throbbing/aching. In the meantime, my fear of trigeminal neuralgia (TN) surfaced as i knew there was a connection with teeth. As the pain of my toothache got so bad (keeping me up at night) - i made another appointment to see my dentist who said that i needed root canal treatment - i asked if this was necessary (also told him of my fears of trigeminal neuralgia) and he said that based on my symtoms, it was necessary.
After the root canal treatment, my dentist said i had irreversible pulpitus and said it was not trigeminal neuralgia. This obvioulsy was music to my ears but the next day after the root canal treatment, i started to feel pressure/very slight pains in my cheek/temple and upper head area so this made me panic and think it was trigeminal neuralgia and so the vicious cycle began again. I had a mini panic attack and called NHS24 and spoke to a senior nurse about my fears and she too said that it was very unlikely to be trigeminal neuralgia as the pain i would have been feeling would be excruaiting and i was also young. In order to get on top of the anxiety this has been causing me, i made an appointment to see a GP who i saw today. She also thinks it is unlikely to be TN and said that upper root canal treatment can affect the whole side of the face affected due to the sinuses etc. I am now back on citalopram so hopefully that will help.
Given that my dentist, a senior NHS nurse, a GP and my family think it is not Trigeminal Neuralgia, i want to believe this but i am finding it hard because i am stilll getting aches around my cheek/temple region. Any rational thoughts will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
After the root canal treatment, my dentist said i had irreversible pulpitus and said it was not trigeminal neuralgia. This obvioulsy was music to my ears but the next day after the root canal treatment, i started to feel pressure/very slight pains in my cheek/temple and upper head area so this made me panic and think it was trigeminal neuralgia and so the vicious cycle began again. I had a mini panic attack and called NHS24 and spoke to a senior nurse about my fears and she too said that it was very unlikely to be trigeminal neuralgia as the pain i would have been feeling would be excruaiting and i was also young. In order to get on top of the anxiety this has been causing me, i made an appointment to see a GP who i saw today. She also thinks it is unlikely to be TN and said that upper root canal treatment can affect the whole side of the face affected due to the sinuses etc. I am now back on citalopram so hopefully that will help.
Given that my dentist, a senior NHS nurse, a GP and my family think it is not Trigeminal Neuralgia, i want to believe this but i am finding it hard because i am stilll getting aches around my cheek/temple region. Any rational thoughts will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.