I get the worst ‘brain fog’ in the world. Sometimes, my mind just won’t co-operate with the rest of me! I get it both from the medication and from simply being in pain. I could possibly call it ‘pain fog’!

I’m not here to claim my pain is worse than anyone else’s, or that I know better. I hope your pain isn’t worse than mine, I hope you’re not struggling like I am, but I’m okay if you ‘win’ this…

I often talk about how much I can do, living with Trigeminal Neuralgia, but I don’t often blog about the things I can’t do. I realised that I probably should, because this is the kind of post I’d like to…

My main problem with going to the dentist is that the biggest trigger for my TN is pretty much anything to do with my mouth, so that includes eating, touching my face, sometimes even speaking and – the second problem…

When I wake up in a morning, I feel like I’m about to collapse sometimes, but when I log onto my work computer, I can (for the most part) function like a hard working adult. When I get home from…

I wouldn’t change my life, not even the most painful moments.

I used to really struggle to swallow pills. I remember my nan trying to get me to take a cod liver oil capsule when I was about 12 or 13; it simply would not go down. When I had a…

So, before I start the dreadful task of coming off my medication again, here are my top tips from the last time (that I absolutely must not forget) for anyone else who is deciding to brave the pain too..