I was 29 when I began having dire pain in a bottom left tooth, every single day. For three months I was in and out of dentist offices and the ER. I begged them to pull that tooth out. I was given pain pills and was looked at like I was crazy. I was sent to a specialist and was diagnosed with TMDD. I had a night guard made. Still in dire pain. All day, every day. My Dr. finally gave me Amitriptyline and all the pain went away. I stayed on that med for two years. I went off when I wanted to get pregnant and the pain was gone. Until...

Last March when I was 37. I started experiencing terrible pain in a bottom left molar. Then it was in the top teeth, the jaw and into the ear. I already had one TN experience but it really felt like it was the tooth and I was hoping and praying that it was. I went to the dentist. They redid the filling, antibiotics, pain pills, medicated filling and finally convinced me to have a root canal even though there was NO physical evidence of anything happening.

The root canal was successful and did nothing to rid me of pain. Finally conceded that it was TN. Started on Amitriptyline and it took all of the pain away. I have had xrays, scans and an MRI. I now have bilateral TN pain. Not just in the teeth on both sides. Also in the cheek, jaw and ear on the left. And the tongue, roof of mouth, ear and under my lip on the right. Increasing meds and waiting to see a specialist.