mikealbritton
11-25-2005, 01:20 AM
An optical migrane can be described as a partial blindness that generally last up to 15-30 minutes. It usually is not painful and it appears that you have a fan blade spinning in your affected eye. It will make you think you are going blind, but you are not. It is good to have any trouble with your vision checked out by a eye doctor though. I have recently discovered that many people with TMD disorder also suffer from optical migranes. Has anyone else been affected by them?
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bonib
11-25-2005, 06:38 PM
Mikealbritton,
I have had 4 Ocular migraines in the last year. I never really assosiated them with my tmjd. I know one is coming on because what ever I am looking at is hard to focus on. If someone is walking towards me it is as if one side is darker. Then the squiqqley, ziz zags come in right eye. It also looks like ther is a circle of water around visual field. This only lasts a few minutes. I don't have a lot of pain, but I do get a squeezing, pressure and pins and needle sensation after initial onset.. That lasted for a couple of days after.
My other symptoms of tmjd started about the same time as these strange headaches I am going to a new TMJ specialist next Wed. I am going to mention it to him. Do you get any other eye symptoms? Take Care!
Bonnie
I have had 4 Ocular migraines in the last year. I never really assosiated them with my tmjd. I know one is coming on because what ever I am looking at is hard to focus on. If someone is walking towards me it is as if one side is darker. Then the squiqqley, ziz zags come in right eye. It also looks like ther is a circle of water around visual field. This only lasts a few minutes. I don't have a lot of pain, but I do get a squeezing, pressure and pins and needle sensation after initial onset.. That lasted for a couple of days after.
My other symptoms of tmjd started about the same time as these strange headaches I am going to a new TMJ specialist next Wed. I am going to mention it to him. Do you get any other eye symptoms? Take Care!
Bonnie
laskalady
11-25-2005, 10:29 PM
Hello...
I was wondering do either you get pain behind your eyes. This has been a frequent problem I've just started having about 2 weeks ago. It comes and goes all day long. Feels like I've put on some prescription glasses which belong to someone else..is the best way I can describe it. Please write me back if anyone else has had this. oh yes..i also have been gettin pulsating headaches.
I was wondering do either you get pain behind your eyes. This has been a frequent problem I've just started having about 2 weeks ago. It comes and goes all day long. Feels like I've put on some prescription glasses which belong to someone else..is the best way I can describe it. Please write me back if anyone else has had this. oh yes..i also have been gettin pulsating headaches.
bonib
11-25-2005, 11:20 PM
I don't have any pain behind my eye. I do however get a mild pressure feeling behind my eye and it is always the right side. Which to me feels like glasses are to strong and eye is straining to much. When you say pulsating do you mean pulsating pain? I can feel a pulsation at times when I have these headaches. But for me it is not painful, it just feels really weird. Take care!
bon
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mikealbritton
11-27-2005, 11:46 PM
Hey to the both of you! Bonnie, the only other vision problems that I have is that I have floaters. They are the little or sometimes big looking translucent pieces of thread? They look like little amoebas you view under the microscope! Anyhow, they seem to be worse when I have TMD related pain. I personally believe that it is related to the pressure and inflamation caused on the eye from the jaw. I can't prove it, and neither can the doctors disprove it!
The other question is if I get pain behind the eye; yes. The pain is usually dull and nagging. It often is associated with facial pain around the cheek bone and behind the ear in the mastoid area(little bump right behind the ear lobe.
There are other times that I have gotten pain behind the eye which is associated with a headache that starts at the top of the head and seems to go right down through my head and ends in the roof of my mouth. When you get one of these headaches, it generally is pain that is referring to the fifth or seventh cranial nerve. They can be very painful and scary. You will need to see your doctor if you are experiencing these types of pain.
The other question is if I get pain behind the eye; yes. The pain is usually dull and nagging. It often is associated with facial pain around the cheek bone and behind the ear in the mastoid area(little bump right behind the ear lobe.
There are other times that I have gotten pain behind the eye which is associated with a headache that starts at the top of the head and seems to go right down through my head and ends in the roof of my mouth. When you get one of these headaches, it generally is pain that is referring to the fifth or seventh cranial nerve. They can be very painful and scary. You will need to see your doctor if you are experiencing these types of pain.
Miss L
11-28-2005, 05:56 AM
I get a lot of pain behind my ear in the mastoid area also its now moved to my shoulder above my colarbone and top of my arm do you think its related to my tmjdthe muscles in my neck feel tight and sore above my colarbone, my neck also cracks a little i have pain all over my face like you say very nagging my ears are always full can anyone relate. I ended up in casualty last week they said i had matoiditis ( i didnt have an ear infection )its no longer inflamed but still sore could it be related ive had this sorta pain for a year now i go to the dental hospital but the most they have done for me is give me muscle relaxers im waiting to see and ent doctor on january 4th
Miss L
Miss L
mikealbritton
11-28-2005, 12:07 PM
Missy L,
Hey! I can relate very much. I am wondering if you are experiencing ringing in the ears? Let me know. Try and find a massage therapist who can do trigger point therapy for the TMJ area. This is a painful process, but brings great relief. I can't stress how important it is to find an experienced massage therapist. You will waste money on someone who doesn't know how to work on the TMJ area.
If the pain is just too much to deal with at this point, their is a procedure called a ocipital nerve block that can be performed at any pain management clinic. Usually you will get referred to this clinic by another physician such as a neurologist, but you can call and set up an appointment without having a referral. This is a painful procedure where they numb the nerves in the back of the head with a needle. Doesn't last very long and you will be able to drive home. It's kinda like getting a cortisone shot in the head! OUCH! But it will defintitely relieve the facial, jaw, and neck tension & pain.
Hey! I can relate very much. I am wondering if you are experiencing ringing in the ears? Let me know. Try and find a massage therapist who can do trigger point therapy for the TMJ area. This is a painful process, but brings great relief. I can't stress how important it is to find an experienced massage therapist. You will waste money on someone who doesn't know how to work on the TMJ area.
If the pain is just too much to deal with at this point, their is a procedure called a ocipital nerve block that can be performed at any pain management clinic. Usually you will get referred to this clinic by another physician such as a neurologist, but you can call and set up an appointment without having a referral. This is a painful procedure where they numb the nerves in the back of the head with a needle. Doesn't last very long and you will be able to drive home. It's kinda like getting a cortisone shot in the head! OUCH! But it will defintitely relieve the facial, jaw, and neck tension & pain.
Miss L
11-28-2005, 07:32 PM
Hi there yes i do get ringing in the ears and another horrible thing that happens if i bite something sometimes my ears really ring so loud and i sorta go dizzy? have you had swelling in the mastoid are before some of my nodes in that are were up also? anyway thanks for listening also i have a sore throat like a tight throat in the area were my muscles feel tight do you think this is normal
Miss L
Miss L
mikealbritton
11-28-2005, 09:22 PM
I strongly feel that tightness in the throat can be part of your TMJ condition. It may give you the feeling of a sore throat; I'm not sure if it would actually cause a sore throat? How long have your ears been ringing?
Miss L
11-29-2005, 05:49 AM
since i had an iner ear infection 18months maybe i dont hear it all the time just now and then do your ears feel plugged
all the time?
Miss L
all the time?
Miss L
mikealbritton
11-29-2005, 09:08 AM
From time to time. I mainly have the ringing on my left side. That is wear I complain the most with TMD and facial & neck tension.
Miss L
11-29-2005, 10:58 AM
My neck at the back feels hard its muscle spasms i think i wish it would go away mine moves around a lot sometimes my right is worse sometimes my left at the moment my right face is sore and so is the back of my neckto my shoulder can your glands become a little swallen due to inflamation in this area i asked my doc she said it just feels like there swallen because of the muscles being so tight my dentist said the same
Miss L
Miss L
mikealbritton
11-29-2005, 07:30 PM
My glands tend to stay swollen in my neck as well. This is especially true with a gland that runs up and down in the neck just behind my right ear. It stays swollen for months at a time. I use to worry that I had some type of chronic infection, but it usually doesn't bother, and it hasn't killed me yet, and doctors really don't seem to worry about it, so I just overlook it. I would definitely say to have it checked our, but not to worry to much about it after that..
taylorsmom93
05-09-2006, 05:02 PM
I know this is an old topic. I thought I would cry when I read it. I had my first apparent Optical Migraine a few days ago. I thought I was going crazy, or dying..one of the two. When you said fan blades, I felt ecstatic! I recently started taking Paxil. It seems like it is making all my symptoms of TMJ worse. Ecspecially the clenching. It seems to be a thousand times worse. I don't think my new DR takes the TMJ seriously. I wish he could feel my head for one day. Anyway, I don't have anything to add. I was just really relieved to see that post..........Have A Great Day! Amy
eclipse27
05-23-2006, 12:41 AM
i keep having the pain behind the eye :(. The pressure, its only behind my left eye!