Welcome @roninaustin, I think you are in the right discussion. Even though this is an older discussion, it may be helpful to start at the beginning and read what other members have shared. Here's a link to the first post - https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/77141/

I'm not sure if you and others are familiar with this site for TN but I thought I would share it just in case --- "The TNA - The Facial Pain Association is a national, non-profit organization dedicated to providing information, mutual aid, support, and encouragement to people with trigeminal neuralgia (TN) and their families." --- https://www.facepain.org/