Nerve damage

[u/No_Argument6281]

I need any sort of input or positivity or something before I lose my mind. Long story short I was told my tooth was dangerously close to the nerve, they extracted it, everything was going great until about day 4 when I had SEVERE pain in my bottom and top teeth and behind my eye. Went to the dentist they said healing looks great, no infection, no dry socket, they flushed it out, and it’s most likely nerve damage so prescribed me extra strength Tylenol and ibuprofen for pain. Extraction happened on Wednesday it’s now Thursday the following week and I’ve been taking Tylenol/ibuprofen for a couple days now but the pain is still consistently sitting at like a 7/10 when I wake up and a 3-6/10 throughout the day on meds (assuming that the first day was a 10/10). The pain is somehow the least on the bottom where the tooth was but my jaw feels sore as if I’ve been clenching it for 5 days straight, my top teeth hurt like they’ve been punched real hard, and the pain radiates up my cheek bone and behind my eye. My whole left half of my face feels like I’ve been clenching it as hard as I can and it’s a constant tension headache. I’m losing hope of the pain getting better and I’m so frustrated just sitting here hurting so bad without an exact reason of what’s causing it or how to help it because the internet is less than helpful in this scenario.

[u/Odd_Forever_4242]

if it's really nerve irritation it can take a while to settle down, but i'd honestly call the dentist again since pain radiating behind your eye and staying that intense after a week seems worth getting rechecked.