welcome Melissa, Glad you found us. My suggestions to you is to read the stickies on the top of our forum. I am kind of new here to so I wouldn't know why they prescribed those drugs. They are usually not the ones I hear of with trigeminal neuralgia. I have some facial numbness also but I also have the typical trigeminal shooters that are associated with TN. I can not answer if it is temporary. From what I understand it is a progressive disease, but it can stop for long periods of time. I suggest you go to a neurologist for a complete neurological exam to satisfy all your questions and get some answers. You are very young so it may be something else, but a good neurologist is a good start. The trigeminal neuralgia association has a lot of good information for you and can give you some doctors in your area if you need help. Let us know how things go and ask as many questions as you like. Jen