Is this TN? Or a one-time thing?
About a month ago, I woke up one night in excruciating pain - terrible stabbing, shooting, pins and needles, electric shocks into teeth/right side of face. I was in excruciating pain for about 3 days until it subsided a bit. I could barely function or even sleep and found no relief through over the counter pain killers. Ruled out sinusitis with general physical and got X-rays at dentist that came back clear. Numbness and “erupting” sensation in right side teeth lasted about 2 weeks along with spasm-like shocks from right ear and jaw/right side forehead into teeth. All signs pointed to TN based on my own research. I was referred to a neurologist by my primary physician and was diagnosed with TN. I am getting an MRI with and without contrast next week, but nearly all symptoms have gone away since. I still have some sensitivity on the right side, but teeth are about 99% back to normal and haven’t had a spasm “shock” in about a week. One thing I have noticed is a VERY strong metallic taste in the right side of my mouth that comes and goes multiple times throughout each day.
Curious how long others “episodes” have lasted, or if this was a random one-time thing? I’ve read other posts where pain lasted for months…. I’m more so nervous/extremely terrified of it happening again. Tough to tell what caused this and understand we may never figure out the cause (especially if MRI looks fine) but curious if anyone has had a similar experience/did it ever come back?