I need a straightjacket

So, it just never ends. I've been getting this horrible pain in my face that is pretty close to being up there with pancreatitis. Seems silly, but it is just excruciating. I, of course, have self-diagnosed and think it's something called trigeminal neuralgia (TN). http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigeminal_neuralgia (Hey, I self diagnosed my pancreatitis, so I'm not all that bad with this sort of thing.) Anyway, they have nicknamed it the "suicide disease" because of the pain. Of course, it's not easily controlled and your two options are more drugs (just what I need) or brain surgery. Fantastic, right? And there's no way to clinically diagnose it. I'm going to the neurologist on the 29th, so won't know anything until then, but the description matches my symptoms exactly. The odd thing is that one of the drugs they use to treat it is a med that I'm weaning off of. Seems awfully coincidental, don't you think? It's still odd, though, because TN is caused by a blood vessel laying on the trigeminal nerve, so it's a physical thing. Who knows, maybe I've had it for a while, but the med I was on just masked it. That seems to make more sense. I swear, if I didn't refuse to go to the ER at all costs, I sound like a perfect example of Munchausen Syndrome! Whine whine whine, I know. I think it's about time to just check me in to the looney bin. There must be people there who are crazier than I am, right? Right? Sigh...