Cindy, I am only a little aware of the inner ear problems being associated with panic. I like your plan to visit ear groups. I am amazed at how close the ears and TMJs are to each other. My ears have always been a problem. Now I have tinnitus and the ENT I just visited (who's supposed to be an acoustic expert) had nothing to say about it even tho that was why I was there. He was more concerned about my degenerative jaw joints and that I might have TMJ (I was trying not to laugh out loud at this point), and that I have hearing loss (I knew that also). So, if it hadn't been for the CT scan of my head (jaw & ear), the trip would have been a complete waste. I didn't developed tinnitus until 26 years after getting TMJ. Now that my pain is controlled, it almost doesn't seem fair to get tinnitus. Oh well, I'm able to live with it but it's always on my mind. Could you see if you can find out how to "cure" tinnitus in your visiting?

How did you develop TMJ?

God bless...
Carol

Oh I'm working on it. all the time, the ear stuff, cause we all have alot of ear problems, including titinitis. when ever i have nothing to do, i pop from group to group trying to find something to help us. i have learned alot from the people(ear menieres) thay are teaching me alot. i like to ask regular people, they know more than docs sometimes. i got tmj from a dentist dislocating my face. Um it is alittle more than that tho. he also pushed out my neck(atlas) so i actually have a neck that shifts my jaws and rams my ear. so i look into necks_ and how they relate to jaws- ears too alot on the ears.all kinds of things. i have done nothing but chiro care for it, i am an odd case as far as that is. like a good experiment on tmj and the chiropracter. right now i am wearing a old fashioned clip on earring in my ear hole, as an experiment. It seems to be working and getting rid of those strange ear sensations that come with tmj.i'll see how it comes along, or if it builds up ear pain or not as time goes on.Looks silly too!!! ha ha ha love cindy

I have been getting "ear infections" vertigo every other month. My doctor says my ears look like raw hamburger. He has been giving me antibiotics and I thought I had something wrong with my ears also. By searching endlessly on the internet, I've learned that TMJ causes ear pain. So I think I've been taking these mega doses of antibiotics for nothing. The pain is like someone has a needle in my ear! Don't know anymore than that but thought I would add my experience.

dont know tho, why does he say they look like hamburger? i get alot of ear pains. love cindy