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metalcrystal

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Joined: 11 Apr 2007
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Location: most boring state, USA,
Anxiety Forum Supporter Introduction
Posted: 07-19-07 17:17pm

My name is Crystal and I want to introduce myself as a supporter on the Anxiety Forums. I actually started out on the TMJ Forums, for jaw pain, and in my journey to take care of this problem, I have discovered it is caused by my old evil nemesis, ANXIETY. Now I have known I had anxiety since I was a small child, but never really confronted it. The thing is it never went away, and in fact kept getting worse and worse. As many of you know at some point anxiety can cause physical symptoms as well, really bad ones. So I sought help from a fabulous Internist, my doc, who suggested medication. Turns out the root cause is actually some depression as well as anxiety. Who knew.
I would like to share some of the things I have learned about all this with others going thru it. That is why I am here. It is not an easy thing to deal with, it is confusing and never really goes away. But I think we can all get it totally under control. There is an excellent list of the symptoms of anxiety posted here. My best advice to you all is DON"T GET HUNG UP ON THE SYMPTOMS. It is only your body reaction to your mental state. Focus on the underlying issues.
Please let me know if I can be of any help to you. Crystal
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futurelovers

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Joined: 10 Feb 2007
Posts: 101

Posted: 07-30-07 03:53am

Hey! I totally agree that TMJ is caused by anxiety - I just recently figured that out myself - the hard way. I ended up dislocating the whole left side of my jaw cause anxiety weakened my jaw muscles...

Anyway, I just wanted to say thanks for pointing that out. You should message the admin on this site so that he can sticky your introduction to the top of this forum.
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metalcrystal

Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 11 Apr 2007
Posts: 112
Location: most boring state, USA,

Posted: 07-31-07 20:32pm

futurelovers wrote:
Hey! I totally agree that TMJ is caused by anxiety - I just recently figured that out myself - the hard way. I ended up dislocating the whole left side of my jaw cause anxiety weakened my jaw muscles...

Anyway, I just wanted to say thanks for pointing that out. You should message the admin on this site so that he can sticky your introduction to the top of this forum.

People with anxiety tense up so much, and the jaw area for some reason suffers the most. It's more common than I thought! I searched everywhere for help with my TMJ disorder. Now at this point I have a TMJ dentist, a massage therapist for trigger point massage in the neck and jaw area, and my doctor who gives me pain meds.
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