Hi Kate, First of all welcome to the tn forum, you are in the right place for help and support, you poor thing i feel extremely sorry for you, you are only 16 i thought i was young having tn i am 27 mine first started at 24 it has ruined my life too, i am on heavy meds too but they dont seem to work either i have accupuncture that doesnt work for me either but everyone is different well it does work but only for a few hours for me my pain is constant its a dull aching pain i also get the sharp shooting pain too, i got tn from bells palsy thats how mine all started and i have it permanately because i have severe nerve damage from the bells palsy, i feel the same about people that criticise how we are feeling, just because you cant see it, it doesnt mean that it is not there i get really angry with my friends they dont understand just how sick we really are! i am here for you if you ever need to chat about anything!

Low pain wishes to you
Melina