@Opal7 hey there and welcome to Living With Facial Pain! I’m so sorry to hear about your diagnosis, but I hope you’re doing fine now. I see that you wanted to talk to more people with Trigeminal Neuralgia and I think you just came to the right place! It’s also good to know that you’ve already spent a decent amount of time viewing topics and reading posts here. And you’ve already made your own discussion thread as well! So, please continue doing so.
I’m so glad that Google brought you here. If you have any questions, please feel free to message me. You can do this by clicking my avatar (The circle with an “E”), you can see my profile, and from there you can message me! 
Eymie