I Have Tmj

I'm 17 years old and have been suffering with TMJ since I was 14. I recieved muscle relaxers that helped me sleep but the popping in my jaw got worse and my doctor sent me to an othodontist for a bite plate and instead he gave me braces...

About a month ago, my sister woke up and could hardly open her mouth.  She has barely been able to open it since.  She can barely chew.  Today she went to the doctor and they diagnosed her with Tmj.  She is going to...

       Ok so i was told when i was 25ish that i grind my teeth. Didnt care too much and since my husband didnt say it bothered him,i never thought that it was a bad thing. Well,im dumb!!!       A couple months ago i was...

I had a TMJ massage last night! The therapist says that she has had a lot of patients who get better with each visit! My jaw stayed in the same place all night and isn't sliding this morning! I don't have my normal headaches and my...

Well I woke up one random day to my jaw shut. And I couldn't open it very wide and I was quite scared but I eventually got it clicking, yawned and it fixed itself. I'm 18, 17 when this first happened, and when I googled for answers I...

I have had TMJ for almost 15 yrs now and doctors still havent found the right meds to keep me out of pain. I am in pain 24/7. I wear a mouth gaurd at night and take muscle relaxers and non narcotic pain meds at night just to sleep and...

I remember it first started hurting when I was ten. I tried to chew a peanut and my jaw cracked. I was so scared I didn't move for twenty minutes. Then went back to my business.

One day in Grade ten, I yawned in class. My jaw popped...

I've had TMJD for 10 years. I'm 24 now, turning 25 in March. I could write a book about my live dealing with this horrible disorder but I'll keep it short. I've visited many dentists who made me use diferent bite splints, but none of...

I am very clumsy, and fell right on my face when I was 14, fracturing both sides of my jaw and my chin. My jaw was wired shut for two months.
At 23, I was in a car accident that aggravated the injury threw me into severe TMJ. It...

I have had TMJ almost all of my life. My jaw clicks when I eat, but it has never caused me any pain.
Is there a chance that pain may start to occur over time?

Hi everyone,I have TMJ Syndrome. It is not easy indeed to find food that I can eat. I truly empathize with everyone suffering from TMJ disorder. But we need not be despair. I am learning how to manage this disorder and I must say there...

The symptoms became noticeable when I was twelve. I am now thirteen and getting treatment. I used to be in constant pain, but after six months of seeing a chiropractor I've been hurting less and less. However, sometimes (because I am...

Hello everyone, I am only 16 years old. It has been almost four years since I started wondering about my sore jaw.
It had started out as just a small, unpainful, pop in the joint, every now and then, when I opened my mouth, on ONLY the...

For as long as I can remember, both sides of my jaw have made popping sounds(usually worse on the left side).

My jaw pops so loud that people around me can actually hear it! My dad awlays jokingly says "Stop making that noise!" One...

Almost every morning I wake up with shooting pain in my neck and the base of my skull. For a while I can’t really move, then I can ease myself into a different position very slowly. After I'm out of bed, it usually feels better...

It is frustratingly temporary, but I have found that the most effective treatment for my tmj pain has been to get botox injections. I don't even have to wear my mouth guard at night for 3 months...then it wears off. Rats!

Having TMJ/TMD (Temporomandibular Joint Disorder) was never much of an issue when I was younger. I grew up fairly poor and going to the dentist wasn't a frequent event, but I was able to. When I turned 18 and my name was no longer under...