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Originally Posted by braingonebad
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.
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I get the "ice-pick" thing in my right ear.
very sharp, sudden stabbing pain that makes me gasp aloud, and grip the chair arms until it lessens.
maybe lasts a minute, and the fading lasts another 10 minutes.
it comes in waves, sometimes a dozen "stabs" in a span of three hours.
last flare involving TN was last summer, lasted about 3 weeks.
have had maybe 15 or so isolated "stabs" since that time... possibly "pseudo-exacerbations" (I dunno, MS can be tough to figure out)
I'd say 85% occurs in my right ear, 10% in my right cheekbone and right temple, and 5% in my LEFT ear.
doc called it bilateral MS-associated trigeminal neuralgia
hope that helped.