Question: HI...I am 53 yrs. old and believe I have develop bi-lateral trigeminal neuralgia (atypical form) from taking a lot of Ambien over the course of over a year. I have stopped the ambien about a month ago...but I continue to get pains, tinglingling and numbess in my chin, nose and cheek; my upper and lower teeth ache on and off...I get electric little shocks into my eyelids, and my upper lids have strong twitches. I have pain going into both sinuses by my eyebrows...rubbing my brows makes my eyes twitch and cheek twith. Worst is the stabbing knife pain from the nerves on the sides and top of my head. It feels like something is sticking in there...and then radiates into my sinus area casusing terrible headaches...and it switches from left to right. My ears also have a fullness and fluttering sound in them. Question: If this was caused by the Ambien, will something like this resolve over time on its own?

Thank you doctor. My body revs up during the day...almost like I'm sticking my finger in an outlet...and that is when the nerves start firing most and going into my head and face and eyes, lips, ears and chin. I can scratch my scalp and cause a cascade of electicaly activity to flow and it makes everything worse. It's all the nerves in my face and scalp...isn't that the 3 branches of the TriGeminal nerve?At night, I wake up XXXXXXX my entire body is vibrating with electrical activity shooting into my head and face...but also down my arms and legs...and I'm in a pool of sweat. This goes on every night.