Sorry to see newcomers here. Since nerve pain is difficult (if not impossible) to alleviate, it's not surprising to see your post.

I've found relaxation and meditation are my mainstays for minimizing my pain. I just posted a response to AM222 about it, if you're interested.

My TN is not typical as when it is active, my pain is constant, as in does not stop until I sleep. None of these searing pain flashes caused by a breeze across my face. It just starts one morning and keeps going until it decides to go. Sometimes hours, sometimes days, occasionally weeks. I didn't really think about that aspect of it when I posted earlier, though. In that case, meditation may not be any good for typical TN.

I do sympathize though. The last time my ATN was really bad, I could hardly open my mouth for a week, and the entire right side of my head felt like it was on fire. People were asking me if I was mad at them because I wasn't talking to anybody...lol.

The coolest thing is now it's starting on my left side too.