#TMJ Disorder

[itwasntaphase]

Strange Sensations I crave:

1: taking my spine out and wringing it real good so it cracks every area and helps the pain (fuck scoliosis)

2: taking my eyes out and putting them into a glass of cold water (refreshing for dry eye)

3: Take my skin off and give it a very good scrubbing and moisturizing (no more itchy eczema)

4: taking my brain out and deep cleaning it then soaking it in an ice bath (I'm convinced this would cure my migraines)

5: Scratching behind my eyes (they are often itchy)

7: eating my many pica cravings without it causing issues (i.e. sand, foaming soap, decorative bar soap)

8: taking my muscles apart and soaking each one in a warm bath and then giving it a deep massage (bye bye achy body)

9: Pulling my sinuses out and rinsing them thoroughly (I think it would help my allergies)

10: removing my bottom jaw to give me a break from my TMJ for a while (self-explanatory)

Please reblog this and add yours so I know I'm not crazy in wanting these things. My therapist says these are symptoms from my OCD so that's fun.

[spacejax]

wow i just love suffering from an incurable unexplained illness. I especially love experiencing daily excruciating pain that is completely resistant to tylenol

[narcpocalypse]

Tmj culture is snap crackle pop with a side of OIUHVHHHBH OUGHHHH FUCKKK SHITTT UGHHHH OAUGH

[decodedlvr]

meanie sadist!eddie forcing his spit in your mouth but you have tmj ☹️☹️

*grabs my jaw*

‘Open your fuckin mouth’

..I can’t sir

What the fuck did I just say huh??

I have tmj sir..

*he remembers* sighs*

‘Open as wide as you can’

*opens mouth an 1 1/2 inches*

*he cups your mouth as if he’s gonna do cpr and spits deep inside where it hits your uvula*

‘It’s ok, it’s not your fault you’re fucked up’ *tilts his head to the side and pouts*

*..🥲*

reblogs appreciated:>

[becauseanders]

i hate you ehlers-danlos syndrome i hate you pots i hate you chronic migraines i hate you brainstem auras i hate you central nervous system complications i hate you degenerative disc disease i hate you hypotension i hate you osteoarthritis i hate you fibromyalgia i hate you tmj disorder i hate you carpal tunnel i hate you mcas

[victusinveritas]

[skellysedsbattle]

Welcome to my Blog!

Hi! I'm so happy to have all of you here. On this blog, I will document my experiences, troubles, treatments, interventions, and life with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. Secondary to my EDS I have gastroparesis, dysautonomia, ASD, hip dysplasia, OSA, Iron Deficiency Anemia, POTS/OH, and more. I display my life with these disorders in order to raise awareness for EDS in the public eye AND in the medical feild!

[thechronicpaingame]

Has anyone had Botox for their tmj pain? I'm not getting a splint made for another 6/7 months and I simply think I will ✨perish✨ before that comes around with this pain. I worry about the affects as I don't have a very square jaw, and I don't really want to change my face shape but at this point I don't know what else to try! Already have one of those head wrap things with the gels you cool and heat and it's not helping. This has been like 2 years of this now but the last 4/5 months have been constant and today is the worst it's ever been.

[friendraichu]

might be just me being paranoid or a series of coincidences but it seems like the entire left side of my body is fucked up.

occipital neuralgia? almost exclusively runs up the left side of my head

left eye more nearsighted than right

TMJ seems like it might be worse on the left side (difficult to tell)

i have overarching neck and back pain, but left shoulder blade is more frequently in pain than right

left hip some sort of fucked up, probably related to my left L5 vertebrae being fused to my pelvis

all this to say, maybe i just tend to put more pressure on the left side of my body?? idk if one of these things instigated the rest or if it's all just happenstance, but it's fuckin weird and also im so tired of being in pain.

[popcorn-plots]

me: [pops jaw, it hurts a lot]

mom: again? how often does this happen?

me: [staring her dead in the eyes] literally every time I open my mouth.

mom: what did the dentist say last month?

me: to get a mouth guard to sleep with and do some jaw excersizes

mom: and why haven't we found a solution yet?

me: because you insist on taking me to a specialist to get me professionally diagnosed even though we already know what this is and have known for months

mom: huh. [pauses] we'll figure something out soon

[facingfibro]

Happy Friday 🦔🪵🤎

Friday’s are my days to romanticize every single moment of the day. Throughout the week I find it difficult to maintain a “whimsical, care free, soft-loving” attitude at all times due to career stressors, chores, errands, appointments and all of the crazy hustle and bustle of the world. As much as it’s something I hope to obtain one day, a genuine care-free approach to life, I try to remind myself that it’s baby steps that will help get me there.

This morning I swapped out my typical matcha tea with an iced pumpkin spice latte with a huge drizzle of caramel and a massive dollop of pumpkin spice whipped cream. Because I felt like it and I slept for a total of 2 hours and I don’t want to sleep my whole Friday away as I typically would have.

I mean, I’ll still definitely have a nap but a half wasted day is not a full one and we owe it to ourselves to be at least half productive to maintain our lives so they don’t totally crumble away.

I used to strive for perfection and once I got ill I realized I simply want to strive for rhythm, routine and ritual.

I don’t care anymore if I don’t have the pretty baskets with the labels from Hobby Lobby. I don’t care anymore if my space is in a bit of chaos. My home is lived in and loved in. And my body is healing.

I simply strive now to get food in my belly and everyday it’s not “homemade from scratch food” and other days it is. But everyday I get food in my belly and I prioritize my nutrition.

I challenge myself to drink 10 glasses of water a day.

I stand outside in the sun or the rain or the clouds or the snow even just for 5 minutes to feel the air on me.

I throw a load of laundry into the dryer even if it will live in there for the next 4 days. I run my dishwasher and I’ll probably just take clean dishes out to use as I need them.

I make my bed around the piles of clean clothes that need to be put away and folded.

I take my medications and my vitamins to make sure my body is getting what it needs.

I try one new yoga pose a day and I prioritize my stretching and curate a stretch routine that fits me that day. What feels good in my body today?

All of this because it’s progression not perfection.

And we will get to where we want to be and need to be when it’s simply our time to be there

[softservecbd]

TMJ pain relievers🩵

[padawansuggest]

Two things have happened tonight that might change my medical history:

They gave me an anti inflammatory shot and it, for the most part, worked very well. My teeth still aren’t fully great but my light sensitivity and neck and cheek pain are gone for now. This means that I have a precedence to ask my GP for cortisone or something like it as soon as possible so I can possibly not have this issue for a few months. If I tell them I’m also taking probably 3 times recommended doses of ibuprofen already because I’m so sick all the time and my stomach always hurts on top of my newly fucked up face, yeah, they’ll probably finally give in. I need to get STABLE before I’m physically able to travel to another town to get doctors appointments!! Travel is expensive!

And also, my TN might actually be TMJ, which is primarily a jaw issue, and the nerve pain stems from jaw hinge issues causing swelling and frankly she might be right because my sister also has TMJ, I just didn’t know till now because she doesn’t get the nerve pain from it. I have most all the symptoms tho, sooooo…

Anyways. A very nice cop gave me a ride home (yes I know ACAB but sometimes that doesn’t apply to small town deputies who’s main job is curtesy rides from the ER at 5am lmao) and I’m gonna take a shower and then sleep for so long. So. Long.

I have no doubt the swelling might return, probably will in fact, but maybe that flare up I had a few hours ago was a fluke and I can ride the rest of this flare up in relative peace till I can pester my GP about anti inflammatory shots. Hopeful.

[pinemartin]

Can't get lockjaw if you already have lockjaw amirite