I think I have trigeminal neuralgia started around the 4th of July week... it's kinda a blur, the 1st couple of weeks were the worst. I did not walk... but ran to my dentist (since I was just in for cleaning and minor filling) just a couple weeks before, and the pain was horrible and was (i thought) coming from the lower right side of my jaw where I had a root canal last year. He found nothing, gave some pain medication and said to call back after the weekend and he would call in Rx for antibiotics if I was still in pain (I was and got the antibiotic); before another week pasted I was calling him back for more pain medication; he said ok but that was all he could do (go see my MD). Within a couple days I was at my internal MD's office and telling him I was sure this was TN.