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.