The intensity of these pains is mind-blowing to me! So far, I've been given carbamazepine to fight the pain, which does help a lot. However, I've been fighting side effects of the medicine ever since I started taking it just over one month ago. I'm in a bad position.

Should I try to be put onto another medicine (hoping that it helps as well) or just continue to deal with the ongoing side effects? It's bad diarrhea...every day. Miserable.

Does anyone here have any experience with this illness?