what else did your neurologist say?
trigeminal neuralgia symptoms9 (from the Mayo Clinic):
•Episodes of severe, shooting or jabbing pain that may feel like an electric shock
•Spontaneous attacks of pain or attacks triggered by things such as touching the face, chewing, speaking and brushing teeth
•Bouts of pain lasting from a few seconds to several minutes
•Episodes of several attacks lasting days, weeks, months or longer — some people have periods when they experience no pain
•Constant aching, burning feeling that's less intense than the spasm-like pain
•Pain in areas supplied by the trigeminal nerve, including the cheek, jaw, teeth, gums, lips, or less often the eye and forehead
•Pain affecting one side of the face at a time, though may rarely affect both sides of the face
•Pain focused in one spot or spread in a wider pattern
•Attacks that become more frequent and intense over time