insanely severe burning pain in maxilliary sinus area

hi holydiver,

I really relate to pushing through with it, there is not much choice, so that is what I do too. My family don't know I am in pain most of the time, unless they see me rubbing my face, that reminds them I think. Rubbing is something I do throughout the day to relieve the pain, though I think it makes it worse really. Sometimes I fear that all the rubbing might cause a cancer in the end, hope not.

Lyrica does not stop the stinging pain, nor does it make the pulling and tugging subside but without it I know I am in a LOT of trouble, it is so scary. I am so sick of the pressure sensation, it feels like it is squeezing my face as far as it can be, and more!

Hope you are still reading this site, and I pray that you are doing a lot better, hopefully the pain has gone away. :)

hi-
I am new to this forum but wanted to let everyone know something so simple that solved so much intense pain and empty doctor visits and tests. I was talking with my massage therapist on my issues, since we were new to each other, and it was a horrible face pain day, and long ugly story like all yours and with a clear CT made short, I went to the dentist and she checked my teeth for severe clenching at night, which I have done for so many years, and it turns out in stressful periods (when we might not even think we are stress unless we stop to think everything that is really been going on) I clench my teeth at night. I confirmed with the doc and the dentist and when we do clench then our teeth can exert approx. 200lbs of pressure in our mouth...that adds up. Just giving you some history if you want to check with your dentist, but in the end I had a mouth guard made (you could try a football mouthguard but my mouth is small and this custom is not too bad to sleep with). It has helped so much. I still get very bad bouts of pain so I need be more aware of my daytime clenching.

Hope this helps!