Hi Anonymous,
Thank you for your question and for finding EmpowHER. Your condition sounds like it was super painful. Glad it's diminished with your hard work and medication. Did doctors tell you it was because of your weight gain? From what I read, it can be triggered by stress, so just the fact of being pregnant (a possible major stressor in itself) could cause your condition to come back. It can go into "remission" for an extended period, but from what I've read on this website and on the Mayo Clinic website, it may never fully go away.
You may want to ask the questions you have of your neurologist and general practitioner or gynecologist.
For more information, here is an article about the condition: Trigeminal Neuralgia article
Good luck and let us know if you need further support or have more questions.
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Hi Anonymous,
January 21, 2011 - 9:06amThank you for your question and for finding EmpowHER. Your condition sounds like it was super painful. Glad it's diminished with your hard work and medication. Did doctors tell you it was because of your weight gain? From what I read, it can be triggered by stress, so just the fact of being pregnant (a possible major stressor in itself) could cause your condition to come back. It can go into "remission" for an extended period, but from what I've read on this website and on the Mayo Clinic website, it may never fully go away.
You may want to ask the questions you have of your neurologist and general practitioner or gynecologist.
For more information, here is an article about the condition: Trigeminal Neuralgia article
Good luck and let us know if you need further support or have more questions.
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