Ross A. Hauser, MD. Occipital neuralgia – C2 neuralgia treatments without nerve block or surgery Patients who write to us often describe a condition of hopelessness from a diagnosis of Occipital neuralgia or C2 neuralgia. They tell us about unrelenting headaches, pain and even swelling in the back of the head and neck. They will tell us about large doses of medications they take, some later to be found inappropriate or ineffective. They will even describe the problem of not getting enough medications. Such is the seeming hopelessness of their situation. Generally, patients who are diagnosed with occipital neuralgia or …