Dizziness and grinding sound in left jaw Posted: 02-14-08 19:08pm
Ok..I'll try to cut this down. I've been
dizzy for a year and 3 months now and just
freaked out, scared, looking for answers
and just want to be rid of it. I've had my
eyes and ears checked (clear), CT scan of
my head and sinuses (clear except for a
small sinus retention cyst that is not
causing the problem), MRI of the head
(clear), blood work to check thyroid,
blood sugar and anemia (clear). Been to a
neurologist that said I'm having migraines
(I don't think it's migraines b/c the meds
never worked and made me feel worse). Now
my chiropractor is saying that I have a
weakness of the left lobe in my brain that
is causing an imbalance and that's why I'm
so dizzy. We're trying all kinds of eye
exercises and ways of adjusting my neck
and what not to stimulate my left side of
the brain. So far NOTHING. I have a few
theries. First one is I'm wondering if I
have TMJ. About 5 yrs ago I had horrible
clicking in my jaw, on the left side, and
my jaw would lock. That has stopped, but I
am still getting a small pop and grinding
sound on my left side. To hold my mouth
open for long gets tough. I had 2 crowns
put in and had bad sensitivity to new
fillings (this was about 5 months before
the dizziness started). I started getting
bad pain in my left side of jaw up to my
hear. The dentist made a mouth guard for
me b/c I used to clench very bad. Didn't
help. No one will consider TMJ and I'm
wondering if that's what I have. I am
dizzy just about all day. Tends to go away
at night and if I'm lucky I'll get a day
here and there w/out the dizziness or
minimal dizziness. I get tension in my
neck and face. The dizziness starts at the
base of my skull and shoots behind my
eyes. The Chiro checked my jaw and said it
was a little out, but not a case of TMJ.
My second theory is that it's a
circulation problem in my neck b/c I have
my C1 and C2 vertebrea out of line. When I
bend over to do yoga stretches, garden or
do activity that gets the blood flowing
the dizziness lessens and at times goes
away. Then when things seem to chill out
and my neck gets a little stiffer again it
comes back! I've had no one look into
circulation b/c they all think it's
migraines and all. Well, I don't believe
it's migraines b/c none of the meds
worked! I can live w/ pain..I can't do
this dizziness anymore. If anyone as any
suggestions I would love to hear them!
Thank you so much.
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Tmddyan
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Posted: 02-15-08 13:47pm
there is the possibility that this is tmd.
I think that going to a chiro is good--you
have that covered. it should help with the
dizzy ness too. ask the chiro to adjust
your jaw. see what happens with that. also
hav ethey tested you for anemia?
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windrising
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Dizziness Posted: 02-15-08 16:17pm
The chiro checked my jaw and noticed it
was a little out of wack, but not bad. TMJ
was ruled out. Now the though it is that I
could have something going on in the neck
that is messing up blood flow or nerve
"signal" flow. I feel better when doing
certain stretches of the back and neck or
bending over. It's so weird. I was checked
for anemia back in November of 2006 and I
was fine. They also have been doing a lot
of blood work lately here and nothing out
of major wack has been found.
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kay1234
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Posted: 02-15-08 19:01pm
your chiro could be right about your neck.
go a couple times a week and see if that
helps at all.
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Tmddyan
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Posted: 02-17-08 15:48pm
i firmly beleive that it is your neck. do
go to the chiro as often as is necessary.
get a hold on this you cant be too safe
