That sounds like migraine pain. uh.... do you also have migraines?

Where is your pain? Is it the top nerve that runs through your temple and eyes? If you struggle with pain in the top third of your head/face it would make sense that you'd be light sensitive. Squinting could be a trigger for nerve pain.

I wish I could figure out what my trigger is. I have kept a journal and not one thing special causes it. It just happens.

Smiling, laughing, chewing, talking and cold air are some of my triggers. Or sometimes the pain just comes on suddenly without any of those triggers. I've never had trouble with bright lights. Sometimes my eye will feel like it is being pulled from inside my head but again that just comes on suddenly ~ no trigger. I hope you figure out what is going on.

I do get eye pain, like being stabbed. It's only in my right eye. There is no trigger. Certainly bright lights haven't brought it on before. Like others here, it just occurs.

Are you wondering if you have TN? Your profile doesn't say much about you.

Hope you can get some help!

thanks to all for replying
I have been told by the neurlogist that i have TN. been seeing him for about 9 months. But when i read about triggers i don't have any thing like what they list.
i do not get migraines.

I'l walk out side and wham the pain goes from my tooth to behind my eye pulses a few times

keely, some TN people are sensitive to heat or to cold. Cold can bring on pain for me, particularly in my temple and jaws.

Could it be a temperature change causing the TN to start?

Just a thought.

i did read somewhere that light is a trigger. my main trigger was breezes on my face. i was allergic to tegretol and taking dilantin. the dilanting stopped working. are you on meds?
elaine

I have been told colder months flare ups will be more often where i live the temparture is never really cold

I am not on any meds i have lryica (i think i spelled that right) but have not taken it yet. I do not have pain every day.

Light does not trigger the TN for me but I can understand how it could. The movement of your mussels contracting and releasing could irritate the 5th nerve thus causing a trigger point. When I get a really horrible attack my right eye tears up to the point where it looks like I am crying; maybe I am crying because we both know the extreme pain levels TN can reach. You might want to ask an optometrist if the 5th nerve is involved with the eye movement. This may be a stupid question but have you tried sunglasses even when inside? It may help. I know that I am reaching here but I loath to see anyone go through TN flare ups.
Take care
Mike

Certain sounds will trigger mine. My neuro told me it was a form of auditory pain triggered by a lesion on my brain. My son takes violin lessons, and I have to plug my ears when he plays. lol I also have trouble talking on the phone, and certain music, like Boston (one of my favorites) will trigger TN. It also makes the side of my face and sometimes my entire right side go numb. Stress can also trigger it for me. I take chewable Tegretol, and that almost always works on the pain...but not the numbness. I haven't noticed bright light triggering TN, but I am very sensitive to bright light. ~Jlynn

I found out that touching my chin/above my lips is the big thing and around my cheekbone. I have a bad time if I ever have to pluck hairs.

Cold does effect me, as well as wind (so cold windy days are my enemy), and speaking. Tegretol usually manages the talking pain (which is more aching/throbbing), but the pain I get from light touches (burning/throbbing/crushing/agony!) and the cold can rarely be relieved by anything.

Smiling and laughing are big triggers for me. I'm a compulsive smiler too, so I'm in pain A LOT. I've worked at that and tried to just not worry about being friendly to everyone in the world.

The "eye pulsing" you're describing is something I get from bright light, especially from the sun glinting off snow. It can sometimes last and make my eyeball hurt for minutes, an hour, even two hours. I believe, and this is pure speculation, that it's inflammation of the optic nerve.

It doesn't need to be VERY cold to set off your TN--that's what makes TN so frustrating. That nerve is geared to be sensitive. For me... my face has determined that anything below 75 is cold. It's rather frustrating. I think your eye pain and your tooth pain may be a separate evil, but that's just from my own experiences.

Hi
Sorry to hear you are experiencing light as a trigger ,I had the same trigger last winter and was in agony , with the light causing a deep stabbing pain in my eye, sunglasses do help , years ago I had iritis I wonder if thats has anything to do with it .
my other triggers are drafts, drop in temperature, laughing causes shooting pains up right nostril into eyeball. have to brush teeth with warm water . walking more than few yards sets teeth jangling. vibrations from music , cold food from fridge and drinks. bending can increase pain ,and increase dizzyness but think thats the meds . touching face sometimes a no no .
lol think we should write a list of things we can do with Tn . hope everybody finds relieve soon . liz

Any stimulation makes it worse, bright light, lound sounds, lots of movement around me.
We all seem to differ in our triggesr,symptoms a and the severity too.

Sometimes strong wind blowing past my ears but for the most part, the pain seems to come out of nowhere. I always get pain in my ears, sometimes right, sometimes left; it feels like an ice pick stabbing in my ear. I take Tegretol and that has helped tremendously.

Some things that trigger my pain is gritting teeth (if driving or stressed at all), chewing gum or anything hard. Tensing up when it's cold, alot of talking, singing, or whistling, laughing, eating, sucking through a straw.
Probably the major factor is stress, because anything from a scary movie, to anger, sadness, etc., causes my teeth to clench.
Hugs