lauren,

i am also young and have TN, I'm 22 years old. This all started for me three years ago but just like your case I went through all the same doctors and had the same issues. I have been on medicine for four months now and am now on my third medicine which is gabapentin. I could not even bare the side effects of the first two which where the same your having. I was actually in my last semester of college and somehow just made it through. I am now going and getting the MVD surgery this Thursday to hopefully end my pain.

Your not alone in this & trust me i know it is horrible pain and you feel like there is no end but you just have to keep trying things and give the medicine the time. I only waited four months before seeing the surgeon and maybe I should have waited a bit more on the medicine but if you are having side effects that bad maybe try to change it up.

take care!