I'm another newbie as well. I was diagnosed with "atypical facial pain" on Aug. 25th. My neurologist prescribed amitriptyline. I have some percocet too, but it doesn't seem to do much to alleviate the pain. My neurologist insists that I do not have a neurological disorder. I'm getting another opinion and have scheduled with another neurologist (not in the same office) for October.

My pain started Aug 7th after a tooth extraction. The tooth had had a root canal 3 1/2 years ago. My dentist never even discussed a redo of the root canal. He suggested that the root might be cracked and said that would not show up on an xray. Only way to tell was to pull the tooth. I had pain in that tooth for 3 1/2 years, but I'd gladly take that pain back over the 100 fold pain I am experiencing now. Five trips to the ER in 2 weeks! No help by going there. None of the ER docs thought it was TN because the pain is constant.

I too have had earache pain on the effected side for many years. Every time I went to the doctor and mentioned earache, he said the ear looks good. No infection. I went to an ENT several years ago and was told that I most likely had Meniere's Syndrome and to limit my salt intake. I've had TMJ in the jaw on the effected side as well. And once in a great while I would get a stabbing pain in the temple on that side. Sure wish I'd done some research on those pains combined with the toothache. If I could go back to Aug 6th and redo that day, I'd NEVER have had the extraction. I could deal with what I had been experiencing, but now I have CONSTANT pain in my upper teeth, nose and cheekbone. It never goes away.