Hi dookie,
Welcome to the NeuroTalk Support Groups.

I can't help you with your Trigeminal Neuralgia at all because I haven't experienced it and only know about it mainly from people who have posted here over the years.

I hope someone will pop by who has some answers for you.

That's a very interesting response that you had when you had influenza. Maybe something to do with your immune response I guess. I did read online about people who had TN who also had auto-immune disorders. I think it can be a symptom of auto-immune disorders but that is fairly rare.

I am curious, however, as to why you were "coerced" into the Royal Darwin Hospital's Covid ward. I hope you were not placed in there when you were Covid free. Were you a traveller?

keep safe.