Trigeminal Neuralgia
"I have had severe trigeminal neuralgia for one year,  hospitalized 9 times in 9 months, the pain never left, I had it 24/7. I was taking up to one Tramacet every hour before I had microdecompression in February 2013. I have to say that all other treatments were not available to me as I had abhorrent loop trigeminal and the surgery was my last hope. The surgery was very difficult and was only 75% successful to date, whilst in surgery I actually had a major blood vessel that could not be decompressed.  I have been on Trileptal since October 2012 and I have gained 50 lbs. I am hungry all of the time."