Your description of the quality and location of the pain suggests that it is something called trigeminal neuralgia. The trigeminal nerve is primarily responsible for facial sensation. It has three branches (trigeminus is latin for "triplets") that radiate across your face. It is not uncommon for the middle branch (maxillary branch) to be compressed (usually by a blood vessel) causing the exact pain that you describe: Sharp, shooting, lightning-like pain that lasts several seconds. In medical terms, this is called "lancinating" pain, and it is highly suggestive of nerve impingement. Pain is often triggered by lightly touching the affected area (in men, shaving will often be a trigger). Your family doc will be able to diagnose this condition. You may need an MRI/MRA to take a look at what is causing the nerve compression. There are special medications for neuropathic pain that should alleviate your symptoms. I hope this helps! -Reid ORRRRRRRR Frontal Lobes Lesion. The frontal lobes represent a large volume of the brain but the presentation of frontal lobe lesions can be very subtle. Neurological examination and even psychometric testing may miss the diagnosis. It is largely the higher functions and personality that are affected. Epidemiology Incidence Frontal lobe dementia is the 3rd commonest form of dementia, after Alzheimer's disease and multi-infarct dementia but it is very much less common than Alzheimer's. Risk Factors Lesions can be vascular in origin (thrombotic, embolic or haemorrhagic), due to space occupying lesions (tumours or abscess) or traumatic. There may be other mechanisms like frontal dementia or multiple sclerosis. The effect will depend upon the exact location. In infants and young children brain damage results in adjacent areas taking over the function of the affected area but even a little later in life this ability fades and is lost. Most lesions occur in older people. ok. It's 8am and i have to be there at 10. I've been sitting around all fucking night, not able to sleep, not able to talk to anyone (not that i really had/have anything to say). I don't know what to do, i don't want to know what's wrong. I mean...Something is wrong if they scheduled me for further testing. I can't sleep, i won't eat. I don't want to do shit. I am so fucking scared of what's going to come of this. I read so much into it all night that i can't imagine nothing being wrong. I just hope that when it does finally get me, it's quick and fucking painless.