Here is what I have been dying to know almost all my life. Has anyone had shooting pains in their temple and on their side at the same time. Mine was under my rib cage. It is piercing and debilitating. It only lasts a second, but its brutal. I have been asking everyone since I was very little, like 7. (I am 35 now) Nobody has. I asked Dr after Dr growing up and it was always "thats different, oh well,...." and "there are so many nerves in the body that it could be anything" But always blown off. When I was 30 yrs old or so they got so much worse and came more often leaving my temple sore. Now I get those pains right before an attack. These attacks will last days or even weeks. They make all my upper teeth feel like they all have toothaches and my earaches like a baby's would, and a sharp migraine pain in my temple and behind my eye. All on the left side. I know now I have ATN. But those sharp pains have to be related. I think anyway. Anyone know what I am talking about?