EVERYONE WITH DAMAGED NERVE AFTER SURGERY - PLEASE ANSWER. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME

[Rico]

I have mildly compressed one nerve on the skull. Mild compressions are not well understood by scientists. Not enough well known processes in the nerve in such cases

All of you who have damaged any sensory nerve, especially if only a little. Please make this simple test

take toothpick or other sharp thing and first touch gently then harder on the healthy area (good to compare just between both sides, if only one is affected)
then do the same on the unhealthy area.

The question is. Do you feel more sharp pain on the affected (unhealthy) area  when you touch gently or harder ?  or you just feel dulled sensation ? and nothing more

I will write later why I ask, but I need at least 3 opinions. PLEASE ADD INFO HOW LONG AFTER SURGERY YOU ARE

[Rico]

small doses of antidepressants and benzodiazepines improve nerve function (mildly) in the case of slight compressions - tested
Antidepressants protect nerves in the brain and reduce innflamation due to anxiety / depression. Based on Stahl publications. These are 2 of 4 possible explanations why antidepressants help in the case of permanent stress / depression. The interesting fact is antidepressants works in whole body (mostly).

small doses of antidepressants also reduce pain in nerve entrappments

it's documented

but I'm still waiting for your response about the toothpick test

[nrelax11]

Can I do this if my nerve is still recovering?

[Rico]

hehe of course it's not harmful. but I can;t tell you now enough because I want to avoid placebo effect

Just write your obsservations
then we will be able to compare this with people who have pernament damage without diagnosed compression.
and compare with my case..

but first answers, then explanations

[nrelax11]

Okayy, I'll report back in a little bit. Oh I know its not harmful, I just didn't know if you wanted permanently damaged nerves, buuuut yea lol.

[Rico]

all kind of damages, permanent , temporary (not known possible full effect after 1y due to not finished recovery process) etc....  compressions (but probably i'm the only one with this condition)

BUT WRITE HOW LONG AFTER SURGEY, AND TRY TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH YOUR NERVE IS ALREADY REGENERADED - I MEAN QUALITY OF FEELING IN %

[nrelax11]

Hey sorry it too me so long to get back. So I did the test on my right side of my chin near my lip. Id say I have about 85-90% of feeling in the area and when pocked progressively with a pointy object I felt more of a stinging feeling compared to the side with full sensation.

[Rico]

Question for those who has total numbness just after surgery

How many weeks passed when you started to feel something ?

[NaranjaMelon]

I had a Lefort I and BSSO, almost 4 weeks ago. When i woke up I didnt feel my face from the eyes to the chin. Now i can feel my cheeks and upper lip, a weird feeling as in half numbness and tickling sensations. My bottom lip and chin are numbed yet.
My surgeon told me that he cut a nerve by accident but he repaired it right away, so he wouldnt tell me which one was it, that way i can only hope to feel better everyday without wondering too much.

[Rico]

strange...  i wonder how he repaired this while this can do mostly neurosurgeons..but who knows

the bad thing is that after nerve is cut even when repaired it won't get 100% its function almost for sure..or even for sure... the maximum is about 75% in the best scenario
but you know in medicine there is no 0% and 100%

[Rico]

"These results show that PBR has a role in the early regenerative response of small caliber sensory axons, the preconditioning effect, and that PBR agonists enhance sensory axon regeneration."


Some benzodiazepines act on PBR
PBR - peripheral benzodiazepine receptor

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16099172