I had similar pains, and still do. I have been to over a 100 dentists, and no one believed my pain either. Turns out that yes I do have tmj, but that wasn't the main problem. The problem was I had nerve damage, from extractions of my wisdom teeth. This can never be fixed, unless I have brain surgery to fix the nerves that are causing me pain. I am now going to an acupuncturist, which helps a little. But I feel your pain, good luck. I wish I had better news for you.

I have been trying to get an answer to the question does tmj cause simptoms as digestive problems or indigestion or what?

Hi- I just wanted to tell you that I had a weird the happen when I had a hysterectomy 3 years ago. I woke up from surgery with pain in my left ear and throat. They thought it was acid reflux, tmj, ear infection, possible stroke during surgery. They asked me if I had any dental work and I had but 2 years before. I was just recently diagnosed, this week with glossopharyngeal neuralgia, where the pain is a burning/sharp pain and is induced by talking, swallowing, stress, or hot and cold foods. I will probably have brain surgery to decompress the nerve. It's not as common as trigeminal neuralgia, which involves the face nerves and is also often misdiagnosed as tmj or sinus infections. If you find a good ent or neurologist they might be of some help. It's taken me this long to get a diagnosis. They say you may get the pain when opening your mouth or chewing, or sneezing also. The pain is in only one ear and may come and go. Each time the pain returns though it is stronger. You might want to look it up on the internet, just do a search on the different neuralgias, (glossopharyngeal). Good luck and let me know if you have any questions.