How do I know if I have Trigeminal Neuralgia?

When you have symptoms such as sharp, relentless pain on just one side of your face, especially inside your teeth or jaw, that comes and goes, you can suspect a diagnosis of TN.
The pain is often triggered by chewing, cold wind, brushing your teeth or even sitting in a moving car and is usually short and fleeting, but it can also be a more constant dull type of pain.
When you have pain on both sides of your face, it is usually not TN but something else, such as sinusitis for example.

However, you need to realise that there are a lot of different types of facial pain, which are extremely difficult to diagnose.

Therefore, you should consult your GP as soon as possible and ask for a referral to a neurologist who can provide you with an accurate diagnosis.

sudden and horrific pain in one or both side of your face that branch out to your ear and/or eye and/or jaw and/or eye that lasts from 20sec-hours
pain is caused or multiplied by eating,touching,wind...

Extreme facial pain on one side, numbness, electric shock like pain in face, teeth, eye, cheek. Burning pain in same areas. The pain is unbelievable, it's not mild at all, the most intense and extreme pain I have ever felt. The pain can move around and change.,

Face pain that is so strong on the pain scale in nursing chart of 7 or 8. Guarding the affected side ,crying out,going into a fetal position .

Extreme pain unlike anything you have ever experienced before that last for hours on end, or low level of unending Facial Pain are the two most common types. The Facial Pain can extend into the jaw and neck, sometimes it is unilateral sometimes it is bilateral... and sometimes your skull just feels like it's cracking open like the Grand Canyon!
My neurologist took some time figuring out if it was trigeminal neuralgia or cluster migraines, but work with a neurologist for your diagnosis

The main signs/symptoms are the unexpected, sudden shooting pains through one side of the face that can last as little as several seconds to as much as a couple of minutes, sometimes as single bursts, sometimes in waves. Also, there is an accompanying searing or burning sensation before or after an outburst of pain shock(s). It is "dormant" when you are asleep; that is, it doesn't make itself known as you slumber.

Little things can set it off, from chewing your food to sucking soda through a straw, kissing your partner or loved one, a mild breeze, an absentminded brush of your brow, washing your hair, brushing your teeth. Again, it all depends upon the individual.

The first thing to do is not to panic. Next is to educate yourself. The best doctor to see is a neurosurgeon who specializes in such diseases as Trigeminal Neuralgia. Fortunate is the person whose PCP knows what it is—I had to tell mine . . . and he had to look it up before confirming the diagnosis.

You will have such excruciating pain on one or the other side of your face in your teeth in your eyes you will know you won't be able to brush your teeth you won't be able to brush your hair you won't be able to feel the wind on your face the sunlight will hurt you