Such a shame that your surgery wasn’t enough to take away any symptoms, & that you’ve still had pain since, that’s a very long time…
ES is listed as a possible cause of GPN, so yes, it could be possibly be caused by styloids. Quite a few of us here have had Trigeminal Neuralgia too, as the TN exits the skull base close to your styloids too, as does the facial nerve, so that can cause facial pain too. ES can also compress the Vagus nerve, which can cause anxiety, digestion issues, and cardiac arrhythmias for example. Have you had a scan with contrast, do you know if you have vascular ES? If it is the styloid causing the carotidynia, then that pain won’t go away…
I had TN, it is helped with Amitriptyline, 20mg. Before surgery it was getting worse, & I was getting numbness & tingling over my face & jaw, but this went away after surgery, I’m left with the Type 2 facial pain now, aching in the jaw, teeth & over my eyebrow, but it’s much better than it was. There are other nerve pain meds which might help though, like Gabapentin, Carbamazepine…
There’s info about which nerves can be compressed by the styloids & what symptoms they cause in the Newbies Guide Section:
ES Information: Common Symptoms And Possible Explanations For Them - Welcome / Newbies Guide to Eagle Syndrome - Living with Eagle
And info about pain relief here:
ES Information- Treatment: Pain Relief - Welcome / Newbies Guide to Eagle Syndrome - Living with Eagle
Scroll up to the top of the discussions for the info as the links take you to the last post I think.
Hopefully others will chip in with their experiences & other options rather than medication.
Are you thinking about trying to get revision surgery?
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