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Kim (Mac Arthur, Wv) on 08/05/2015
5 out of 5 stars

I experienced nerve pain in my face that was excruciatingly painful and since my mom has had trigeminal neuralgia I knew I had all of the symptoms. I decided not to take medication and to explore natural options and lots of prayer. One day I started to get a cold sore on my lip as I have gotten them all of my life so I took a very high dose of the amino acid l-lysine. My pain completely went away after a few days. My doctor said that it's possible that the herpes simplex virus could have attacked my nerves. Now I take 1 500mg capsule of l-lysine every day and praise the Lord I am still pain free after several months. I hope and pray that this will help others because I know how terrible it is. You can get L-lysine from any vitamin store. They cost around $5.00 for 250 capsules (don't get the pills cause they're hard to swallow). May God bless you!
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Replied By Ang (Pensacola, FL) on 05/16/2024

Thank you so very much for posting your experience with TN and taking L-lysine. I've been suffering for a week with horrible, debilitating TN pain in my right cheek and into my mandible under my wisdom tooth. After I read your post, I realized I was having a lot of symptoms that I get with cold sores but without any actual cold sores present. I already had a bottle of L-lysine on hand in case I get a cold sore so I immediately took some and within an hour, I kid you not, ALL my symptoms are starting to dissipate rapidly. All good blessings to you, tysm!
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Replied By Lynn (MO) on 12/30/2024

I have battled this for 6 years. Had MVD on both sides of my head in 2019 and 2020. I the pain came back 3 years after on both sides and different times. I have tried EVERYTHING! I used to take L-lysine for cold sores and quit way back when because cold sores went away. I am going to try L-Lysine starting today. Stay tuned and thank you!
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Replied By vin (MO) on 03/12/2025

Did it help you? I am struggling too for the last 2 months. Started L-Lysine today.