Anything to Provide Some Relief??? Posted: 04-23-06 22:43pm
Hi, I am new to this forum. I have
suffered from tmj for as long as I can
remember. I had a terrible overbite when
I was 12 and had that corrected with
braces and headgear but I think it's come
back. I think since then everything has
sort of been out of place. I got a
mouth-guard to wear at night but it seems
to make it easier for me to grind and
clench, if that makes sense. 2 years ago
I got a slu of strange symptoms i.E.
Black dots, weird visual disturbances and
numbness in my face and was sent for an
mri. I didn't seem to notice the link to
my jaw at the time, but do now. I have
really bad visual problems with my tmj.
My eyes are so tense and constantly feel
like they are being pulled and if I move
my eyes too quickly I hear a snapping
sound from the back. I am always
squinting to relief the pressure, which
ironically makes my jaw worse. My eyes
are really dry and i'm super sensitive to
light (which makes my jaw worse too) the
pressure and pulling is really bad in my
sinus and jaw too, my jaw is totally
swollen and I cannot relax it at all. I
consciously try not to clench or grind in
the day but I still can't relax. I went
to 2 different chiroractors to try to help
and the problems seems to have gotten
worse. My dentist basically told me that
if my night guard doesn't work, there's
nothing I can do and I just need to relax
and take yoga. I am at my wits end. My
days are terrible wtih this constant pain
and pressure. I get really nausested from
the pressure and pulling in my eye and my
face feels like a balloon. Any advise on
what to do...Anything you've tried that
provided some relief. I tried icing my
face but that doesn't work. Heat doesn't
seem to work. Thank you and sorry this is
so long!
