Drs and other pseudo knowledgable peeps...step inside pls

[shirlene29]

trigeminal nerve was brought up at pt....but I think I'm confused as to how it differs from tmj

and what plunkey said....

the idea I got from the pt was the muscles in the neck around c2 were knotted up on the left side and causing me to clench my jaw unconsciously...
I know tapping each of the teeth doesn't hurt..IDK

I know the watsons nixed 95% of the pain and I actually got to sleep..
weirdly they long wore off and its only a minor ache this morning

 

[shirlene29]

and the diagnosis is according to the dentist and the unbelievable pain from the muscles...tmj

 

[smurf2]

Ouch. Mine would come And go, so at least there's that. Are you going to get a mouth piece fitted to wear at night?

 

[shirlene29]

yes, and was shown how to pinch the muscles to get them to relax, and told moist hot compresses on both sides as often as I could stand it. The moist hot compress should be interesting with how dry my skin is from retin A...and a new script was added...*sigh*

she also suggested I get an implant to replace a missing molar to try and even out the bite but did say no guarantee it would help

A diagnoses is cool...that seemed pretty definitive but I think I would have preferred needing a root canal

 

[smurf2]

yeah my jaw muscles get very tense. are you taking stims or under a lot of stress? these things make it worse for me.

 

[WoodyO]

have you been giving a lot of hummers?

 

[shirlene29]

yeah my jaw muscles get very tense. are you taking stims or under a lot of stress? these things make it worse for me.

under a shit ton of stress and haven't been to yoga in two weeks


I noticed coffee made it worse yesterday (temp didn't matter) but I'm not on any other stims
I'm guessing I shouldn't take any until it calms down




and no woody

 

[mistaballoonhands]

lol woody

 

[nangiggles]

maybe you should... you know... exercise the area

 

[WoodyO]

start harmonica style, then go from there