As I read through the discussions, blogs & profiles I am quite humbled by the consistency & persistence of the pain felt by what seem like most here on this site... I have not yet been diagnosed with TN but suffer episodes of severe pain that last 15 - 24 hours. These episodes have increased in intensity, duration and frequency since the one I recognize as my official first back in 2004. I have been working with the idea that I had TMD but have been recently told that the description of what happens to me is more likened to TN - and after reading some more on it, I feel, for the first time, that somebody is actually describing what is happening to me. I will have my first neurology apt related to this within the month.
What I want to know is are there any of you who have experienced this episodic presentation either currently or as a pre-cursor to your current condition? After my last experience with the pain, I have been more motivated than I have been before to figure what might be wrong with me.