Hello there Complikati, and welcome to NeuroTalk.

I'm sure that no-one thinks you're being neurotic, in fact your symptoms sound a little like Trigeminal Neuralgia to me. TMJ is also an option, but I know little about that one.

Your best option for TMJ related problems is to ask Bryanna in the Dentistry Forum, and here's the link to that: http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum89.html

I am not a doctor Complikati but I have had TN, and something sounds familiar from what you've said. Of course I may be wrong, but why don't you post your question in that forum as well as the Dentistry one, and see what others with similar symptoms to your own think.

Here's the direct link: http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum26.html