It was a mysterious pain in my upper left
jaw around my upper molar that led to
being treated for TMJD for the last 8
months. . I have taken all kinds of
medications, bite splints, physical
therapy, exercise...the usual regiment of
treatment. I do grind and clench my teeth
and have had a history of doing such in
the past and the occasional headache and
pain. I am experienceing some constant
pain that don't seem related to any of the
TMJ stuff. Though maybe my crown and
fillings were additive problems to my
TMJ. Had crown and filling redone. I
fear that there might be other things at
play, but no Doctor has been able to tell
me anything besides they can't find
anything.
My upper teeth ache all the time. The
submaxillary glands in my jaw are slightly
swollen (although ENT evaluations have
disregarded it). The skin on top of my
frontal sinuses hurts. It's like I can
pull the skin with my fingers and lift
some of the dull aching pain off of my
cheek bone. My sinuses don't hurt it is
really the skin overlying the sinus (ENTS
and CT scans and MRI have not found
anything wrong with my sinuses). My neck
seems to be getting sore. My skin on my
face, nose, and scalp, have progressively
lost sensation (heat, cold, touch) but I
still have all motor functions. Headaches
have been constant and have been very
intense in back of head, neck, and face.
Constatntly bad with some days that are
very bad. I have been screened for tumors
- nothing found. I just now started in
the care of a good neurologist. I have
been scuttled between many doctors over
the past 8 months, with many of them
dismissing me as an enigma and crazy. So
far the only thing that has helped the
headache pain in my cheeks and the
headaches elsewhere has been exercise,
sleep (or laying down).
Anit-inflammatories don't seem to help
much.
Whatever is going on i snow beginning to
destroy my life.
Is there anyone that has experienced any
of these symptoms? If so, What were
diagnoses? Treatments? Failed treatments?
Any lead on diagnoses?
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Tmddyan
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Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 4438 Location: post falls, id usa
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Posted: 03-25-08 17:11pm
you should try neuromuscular dentistry.
that is what finaly worked for me----ive
had so many treatments. this was the one
thing that helped. you should also look at
trying chiropractic