Anybody suffer with Temporomandibular disorder (TMD)?

[LivingMyBestLife2020]

I’m in so much pain and have been for days ☹️
The dentist won’t see me as doesnt believe its dental (true but the pain is radiating from a wisdom tooth that’s been broken for years so I’d like it checked)
The doctor had just said take ibuprofen and paracetamol and that it’s stress. The over the counter painkillers doesn’t touch the sides. Even codeine that I had for my slipped disk is barely helping.
I’m not diagnosed but I believe it’s my jaw. It’s always been quite clicky on one side, the pain is both sides of my jaw but more on the left. It feels in spasm and like I’m tensing my jaw until I realise and consciously relax it.

I don’t know what else to do! I can sleep, struggling to eat and I’m fed up :(

Thank you in advance for any suggestions

[Starrr123]

@2022IamHavingYa how long did your flare up lat :)? And how many times did you see the osteopath? X

[periwinklepetals]

I highly recommend acupuncture. But a decent DIY acupressure facial roller is good too. Boots and The Body Shop do some but if you can find one with finer spikes then that would be better.

www.thebodyshop.com/en-gb/face/beauty-tools/facial-stimulator/p/1096234?ds_kid=&utm_placement=&gclid=CjwKCAiA5t-OBhByEiwAhR-hmz8bYOI0f84BcdmyXaC_1m_c5OTq_MsOsXDktRVc3y7EUflz2hc_tBoCyK0QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Sorry about the long link

Botox works too! It’s amazing for this

[2022IamHavingYa]

I am all good now, thank you (had a name change recently). The Osteo really helped and I’ve had no trouble since 😊

[Starrr123]

@LivingMyBestLife2020 how are you now ? X

[LivingMyBestLife2020]

That is fantastic news. I take it orally and I’m slowing improving. Today I’ve managed to get my jaw open almost two fingers wide. 2 weeks ago it was hardly anything.

I am under an Osteo and have a daily exercise plan too. It’s so annoying!

[TinyGlassOwl]

Just thought I would update this thread as I bought some magnesium oil and am cautiously optimistic about the results.

Yesterday I took my usual ibuprofen at about 7am. The magnesium oil arrived around midday and I sprayed some on my jaw and neck immediately, gave it a good rub in. Normally I would start to feel as if I needed some more painkillers by mid-late afternoon but yesterday I didn't. There was an occasional achey 'twinge' but no actual pain. I rubbed some more oil in at around 5pm and it seemed to help.

This morning I used the oil again first thing and I've not had to take any painkillers today so far. There is very dull, occasional ache in my right ear but absolutely nothing like it normally is and completely manageable.

So, obviously really early days but I'm going to keep going with it!

Oh, just to say it does give you a bit of a white tide-mark when it dries so do check your face before you leave the house

[DareIask]

Oh @LivingMyBestLife2020 🥺

Have some and . You poor thing.. really hope your luck changes

[LivingMyBestLife2020]

I take oral magnesium but no idea if it helps.

So the dentist pulled my bottom left wisdom tooth as it was too far back and interfering with my jaw closing. It’s definitely helped but it’s still very tight and I can only open my mouth a couple of cm. I am sleeping better though.

I’m due back at Osteo on Thursday but I need to reschedule as my face is still very swollen.

To add insult to injury, I bloody broke my finger today 🤣

[Amrapaali]

@TinyGlassOwl and @Blackenedsoul definitely try it. You will be pleasantly surprised! I used the BetterYou brand but there are many similar pure magnesium sprays out there. Also works a treat for my perimenopausal migraine

[CyberPixie]

I get it so bad it affects my sinuses, ears, shoulders, neck etc. I use a medfit Pro ultrasound on my jaw joint in front of my ear, down around under my ear and jaw, on my trapezius muscle. 1 or 2 treatments of this reduces the lot by 90% by the next day and stops the flare-up. It cost me £100 but god was it worth it. Works on all tight muscles and joint pains.

[Blackenedsoul]

I’m also interested in the magnesium spray! I suffer with recurring bouts of this with horrible earache - I’d love a miracle cure

[TinyGlassOwl]

Yes, me. Funnily enough it's my first day back at work after a week off, and it's so much worse today than it has been all week. I wonder why...

Mine also started after a spell of long and intensive orthodontic treatment about 10 year ago and has just got worse. My jaw has always been misaligned but was never painful until then.

I take ibuprofen pretty much every day and try to consciously relax my jaw whenever I think about. The referred pain in the ear can be agony sometimes.

I'm interested in the magnesium spray story @Amrapaali! Might give it a go, nothing to lose I guess.

[Pinkpowderpuff]

I've been seeing a physiotherapist for TMJ/muscle tension issues and she's been doing some acupuncture to help. Can't recommend it enough.

[Amrapaali]

My DD had it. Tinnitus, muffled hearing, clicky jaw, sharp pains in ear canal. Two GP appointments, two specialist ENT referrals before we even twigged it was TMJ!!

Prescribed pain killers and exercises. Nothing worked. She was in so much distress I felt on the verge of tears just looking at her.

Do you know what finally worked? Magnesium!!

DD was complaining of a tight neck and I sprayed some Magnesium; rubbed some on her jaw as well. The effect was startling. Her ear pain vanished in 5 minutes. She used the magnesium for a few more days (less than a week) and her TMJ hasn't returned. At all

It was one of this miracle cure moments. Very surreal

[dizzzzzy]

I had raging tinnitus from what turned out to be tension in the TMJ, possibly due to clenching. ENT prescribed two weeks Ponstan and 95% of the noise went away. My advice would be to see an ENT pronto and see what they think. And if they can’t fix it, you can always tel the dentist you did try other avenues.

[LivingMyBestLife2020]

I’m back from the osteopath and oh my goodness, it wasn’t pleasant! He loosened and cracked my neck first then spent about 30 minutes on my jaw. It was very uncomfortable and then very painful afterward. I’ve taken some painkillers and it now feels great. Much looser and I’ve just eaten some Jaffa cakes quite easily.

He’s said weekly, for 4 weeks.

I’ll update tomorrow!

I’m at the dentist tomorrow too, to check there are no dental issues, but right now, I feel loose and relieved

[DareIask]

OP yes, quite recently and I sympathise.

Dentist gave me exercises to do (which I also found online). Not sure if it's them but it resolved after about a month.

Definitely the thing that helped the most was letting your jaw hang loose as much as you can. Just look totally shocked or gormless. I was even walking round Sainsbury with my mouth open last week thanking heaven for face masks!

[LivingMyBestLife2020]

I haven’t, no, but I will do.

I’m at the Osteopath at 4pm so I’ll update later

[WrongKindOfFace]

Have you tried a topical pain reliever on your neck, like voltarol?

[LivingMyBestLife2020]

Thank you everyone. I think it’s stress and poor posture whilst wfh.

I’ve booked a dentist appointment for Friday to check it’s nothing dental.

I was so desperate and tight in my neck today that I had to ask my ex to rub my neck when he dropped my son off. It has helped actually. I’m still very tense and sore, but not in lots of pain.
Last night I was in agony and didn’t sleep a wink. Let’s hope for a better sleep tonight and then I’m a day closer to the osteopath

[bevelino]

One of my dds suffers very badly from this and a couple of weeks ago could hardly open her mouth. Osteopathy helped along with painkillers.

[MadCatLadee]

I had it. It started suddenly one morning during a period of high stress. I had acupuncture from a physio which helped and improved it, but it wasn't until the stressful situation passed that it vanished. It's interesting as at the time the physio asked me about stress and I didn't think it was having any impact. Now I can see it was the cause.

[Onlineshop]

Me, I’ve been in so much pain over the past month. Jaw aches, teeth feel all out of alignment, dreadful sharp ear pain when I clench my teeth. Aching neck, shoulders also aching, sometimes on one side, then the other.

I find if the jaw feels like it’s improving then my shoulders hurt loads but when’s my jaw hurts loads my shoulders don’t.

So I’m clearly over compensating one for the other all the time.

I think it’s due to stress, WFH, poor posture and peri menopause.

The only thing that seems to work is regular ibuprofen, cold packs on the shoulder / neck and trying to physically relax my mouth rather than hold it tensely all the time.

[LivingMyBestLife2020]

Thank you both!