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MountainMama
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I have had some flare ups with my atypical facial pain more and more recently. They are almost always in the same tooth, my upper first molar on the right. That tooth has an old filling and when the flare up hits, I am convinced the tooth is cracked or the filling is bad.
Then the pain goes away a few days later. I have seen a neurologist in the city I now live in and they prescribed gabapentin, but said I could take it as needed instead of daily since it works quickly.
Has anyone else taken gabapentin on an as-needed basis? I don’t like the idea of taking medication but it does seem to help when the flare up occurs. It just makes me spacey feeling, which I don’t like. Is that normal?
Then the pain goes away a few days later. I have seen a neurologist in the city I now live in and they prescribed gabapentin, but said I could take it as needed instead of daily since it works quickly.
Has anyone else taken gabapentin on an as-needed basis? I don’t like the idea of taking medication but it does seem to help when the flare up occurs. It just makes me spacey feeling, which I don’t like. Is that normal?