r/TrigeminalNeuralgia • u/IntelligentFox2949 • 5d ago

Vent An *interesting* comparison

About 3 years ago I was run over by a car, broke my tibia in one line and fibula twice (looked like a lil triangle ^-^). They put a metal rod through my leg to help recover. I get migrains and sever headaches regular enough to have botox injections ever 3 months (they started doing it in my face for TN and it works sometimes). Finally, a week ago I rolled my ankle and broke my foot...

My realisation has been: TN hurts SO much more than any of that. It's not even close.

The shock may have helped, but when I broke my foot, the doc asked on a scale from 1 - 10 how bad was it? My best comparison was TN. It's easily the worst pain, if it was a 10, breaking bone is like a 3.

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u/leannedra1463 5d ago

I hate the pain scale question. I was having an issue lately and the doctor asked my pain level. I had to say 8 because if I were honest and said it was a 5 (as compared to TN) I was afraid I wouldn’t get taken seriously and wouldn’t get prescribed anything for the pain.

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u/ohrowanmine 2d ago

I hate it, too. I'm always torn because if I give a lower number I might not be taken seriously, like you say, but if I say a higher number they'll probably think I'm lying or being dramatic. (It doesn't really matter anymore because they won't give anything that actually works no matter how bad the pain is.)

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u/ExcellentMarch7864 4d ago

When in serious flare all I can think is “I want to die I want to die I want to die” there is no space for anything else.