Hello,
you need to totally rest your jaw as much as possible (just like a knee) for a while. A liquid or soft diet is a must. I can't tell you how long "a while" is for sure but at least 2 to 4 weeks. Physical therapy, I believe, is an important must do at this time also, as well as, no or little talking (again, for a while).

Are you wearing a good bite splint? You sound like you are grinding your teeth at night and you need all the help you can get to stop this. A strong medication at night while you sleep might help. Ice and/or moist heat directly on the jaw joints is great.

There seems to be a theory that sleep apnea and tmj may be closely linked. I would recommend getting checked for sleep apnea.

This all I can advise at the moment. Your posting sounds like you are stressed, duh! You must get rid of any and all stress even if that is a drastic change (i.E., changing jobs, etc.) I hope you get some relief soon.

God bless...
Carol

Hello there,
unfortunately, there is no miracle solution to cure tmj.
However, I found this website on which I downloaded some relaxing excercises. Here is the site:
it really helped me. I am not saying my pain totally went away but I feel much better.
I hope this will help...
Sebastien

I understand there will never be a pill or so that will just remove the tmj .
But
is it possible to ever be 100% good again?Reverse the problem?
I'm desperate at getting this done as soon as possible as I feel it's getting worse and worse which also means it'll be harder and harder to "cure"

also I didn't see your link to the site u talked about?