Mild face pain - early sign of trigeminal neuralgia or neuropathy?

[happylife]

Hi

For more than a month i am having mild right side face pain. It pains near eyebrows, eyeball, lower jaw, cheek. Kind of same area as that of trigeminal nerve.

I had same pain one year back and it resolved after taking multi vitamin tablets for 1 month.

Now the same pain has come back again. Im taking multi vitamin.

I wanted to know if some one else has faced this?

Does this sound like an early sign of trigeminal neuralgia or neuropathy or something else?

Thanks

[Sweetcheex76]

It might be wise to see a neurologist to see if they can pinpoint a cause of your problem. I have TN. My pain seems to be in the same area as yours. It started out sporadically then progressed to a point where it was always there. An MRI ruled out a brain tumor, etc. I took Cabamazepine then Gabapentin which helped significantly with the TN and neuropathy but stopped both because each drug made me really depressed. Now, the TN pain is mostly non-existant. Hope you find a cause for your pain.

[Liz D.]

Don't rule out it being dental pain.  I have had some teeth infections that caused the whole side of my face to be in pain!

Liz D.