Welcome to Neuro Talk. You found a good site to help you through this. I hope you don't have TN for sure. There are folks on this site that can help you while you get a diagnosis. I would recommend you go to a neurologist, and figure out for sure what is going on. Those Shocks you get sound awful, and you should try to get some testing done to figure it out. Nobody wants to live with that kind of pain. It may be the neurologist would also recommend another field of medicine. Just don't give up. There is help for it, if indeed it turns out to be this. You mentioned you do not have an appt. until the middle of the month. Maybe there will be a few people who can recommend something for the pain until you get to the doctor. Perhaps your primary health care doctor could help out until you see the specialist. I wish you all the best. Keep in touch with Neruo Talk. There are some good people to talk to when you feel frightened. That is the reason why I joined the site two years ago. I have cervical issues, and sure needed the help when I had fusion. I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers. I hope there will be others who chime in to talk about this with you. ginnie