Please can someone help. I used to drink very heavy 12 years ago but then stopped for a long time and then started doing it sensibly for 10 years but then stopped to look after my mum who became ill. I haven't drank in 3 years but have started getting shooting pains up and down the left side of my head which was diagnosed with trigeminal neuralgia. I've also been conned out of a large sum of money in the meantime. The pain is now going all over my head. I have nystagmus and tachardiya too which is very unnerving. Could this be down to stress?