I'm guessing the med the doc gave you was neurontin? You may want to rethink trying that. *** and ADs like elavil are the only thing that usually touch nerve pain.

The side effects may not effect you, and may not be bad enough to bother you. Never know unless you try. A lot of others report good results with neurontin. I did fine with elavil. Did okay with lyrica, but it made me feel too *under the influence* to drive, didn't like that. Plus it stopped helping my pain so I stopped taking it.

I have pain like yours at times (it has not been dx'd as TN though, but then, I don't think I ever mentioned it to my neuro) but I get similar pain in other areas, so who knows? I get it in my arms from a spinal disorder.

People who have mentioned TN, I have not seen them say they have it in the ear. Let's see what responses you get. Hopefully they can help.