I had an awful headache like no other for 9 days,with sinus pain and ear pain, after looking in striking back book and doing research and having trigeminal neuralgia and a mvd 13 years ago I recognised the pain and diagnosed Geniculate neuralgia, for once the des agreed with me. When I first had tn no one knew what it was and didn't suspect tn as I was 21 and they thought I was to young! It was only when I had Bell's palsy and was reading up on it I saw tn and the symptoms described I knew that's what I had, luckily dr then agreed and after awful meds and successful mvd cured. Now this gn is on other side. Very deep throbbing pain in ear it builds up you can't touch around your ear when it's really bad and you get a new wave of pain as well, and if I'm lucky not I have a few of the classic electric shock knife stabs thrown in. Anyone had any treatment for gn or did it show up on scan? I am due for mra scan in 2 weeks and hope it picks up something to give me an answer, I am now 43.