I suffer from severe TMD, one day i woke
up with clogged ears as if i was riding
high in the sky on an airplane. It's been
a year now of trying differnt treatments
and nothing has worked.
I'm currently wearing a splint, I tried
wearing a bottem splint for about 2 months
until the doctor got so fed up with my jaw
not healing that he gave up. I'm seeing a
new doctor now that has me on a top
splint, It helps with the pain feeling as
if my jaw was going to fall right off my
face, but what it doesn't help with is my
hearing loss and swelling. My hearing loss
is so bad that I can hardly even hold a
conversation with a person face to face
without having to read their lips, infact
it's so bad i learnt to read lips... kinda
funny to look over at the car next to me
and listen to their conversation. At this
point in time being 18 years old im
feeling pretty hopeless, I'm a singer/song
writer and love what i do with a passion,
only now im so helplessly depressed that
some days i just don't even want to get
out of bed. It's really hard being a
teenager with this damn disease, cause in
this world you have to be able to play a
part, and with my jaw probelm I'm only
half of the roll.
I don't quite understand why my hearing is
so crappy now, i went to an ENT doctor and
my ears are perfect, so that rules out any
damage to the ear drum. I'm wishing for a
magic wand, some sort of helpful
information that might able to lead me in
the right direction that might save me
from having to live with deafness forever,
I kid you not its that bad. If anyone has
any advice, support, or experiences... im
completly open to listen and willing to do
just about anything now..
thanks
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Tmddyan
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Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 4346 Location: post falls, id usa
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Posted: 12-13-07 13:22pm
I had problems with my ears. I also am a
singer. Neuromuscular dentistry is what
helped me get through it. it took all the
pressure off my ears so i can hear again
use heat and ice on the joints. you wont
have a "fix" over night --it takes time.
if you arent already take an anti
inflamitory. it will help. and keep to a
soft diet.
