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For those folks who are newly diagnosed the treatment is rest and steroids. If pain is present ask your doctor for a pain pill, I have been on tramadol and gabapentin since my second month into this journey. Over the counter pain stuff did not ease the pain.
I also found laser treatments quite awesome at relieving the pain and bringing back some movement-- however 5 treatments only worked for about 2 months before regressing.
Wear the eye patch until your eye closes. I use 'refresh' eye drops during the day and eye ointment at night to prevent dry eye.
In major cities you can find doctors who treat this condition, but for many of us we do not live close enough to where the specialists are. Find a good neurologist local to you and they will help with getting you into PT and other things you need.