Definitely warnth.....aroma heat pad, tea, rice, laying my face on my dog's fur, and (believe it or not) smoking.

I believe it. I quit smoking in September 08... so only 4 months ago, and since I quit my TN has been kicked up fierce.

I wouldn't go back to smoking personally, but I do agree that it did calm down the pain for me at times.

one of the things that I do is put deep heating mentholatum on my face right in the area where I get the deep burning ache it makes my eye on that side water and sometimes the lid even swells a little (this is probably so unhealthy) but the burning of the deep heat on my face makes it hard for my brain to process what sensations are coming from that area. I lay a t-shirt over the area quickly and it cuts down on it bothering my eye the eye watering is bothersome but worth it when the pain gets so bad I can't bare it esp. at night.

Has anyone used Accupunture for relief? Did it help out any?

I've been going to a chiropractor who also does acutens (electronic unit) on points in my face that are on the trigeminal nerve. I do find it helps, the only problem is the help is short lived