I've always had it were I've had dental work toward the back of my mouth/jaw on the right side, but also in my right ear. But recently, I've had some strange bad pains in my nose and once (thank goodness) in my eye area.

Like I said...recently, I have some sharp shooting pains in my right nostril. An ENT said it was related to TN or ATN.

I also had a headache/migraine from "you know where" one night, mostly on the right side. I almost went to the ER. The very weird thing is that my right eye, drooped a tiny bit after that. I think that was related to TN or ATN. Thank goodness, it hasn't happened again. Scared me to death.

I use a compound cream with Gabapentin and other things in it, on my right side 4 to 5 times a day. I now put a little bit of the cream on top of my right nostril 1 or 2 times a day. Voila! Better.

Before getting this cream, I would use Capsaicin Cream. I burned myself many times. Also, found tiny heating pads that I believe skiers use...they heat up chemically and tie them to my face.

I take a med in the same family as Amitriptyline by mouth daily and also use a compounded cream. I've had good luck with this combo. Other meds I tried, ripped my stomach apart and gave me horrible side effects.

A great website to also try is www.livingwithtn.org.