QUESTION? - TMJ Disorder -TemporoMandibular Joint Message Board

SCAREDGIRLALWAYSDREAMING · 07-27-2003, 02:56 PM

TMJ has effected my balance and ears, causing pain and pressure to both ears along with vertigo. my question is does this disorder do any permenant damage to your ears? AND has anyone eles had the dizziness subside with wearing a splint? ALSO I NOTICE my vision goes off does this happen to anyone eles?
scaredgirl

DianeTMJ · 07-27-2003, 03:16 PM

HI scaredgirl-
I had all of that, vertigo, dizzeness, nausa and a bunch more symptoms. With splint therp and a chiro it is gone. I see a neuromuscular dentist. He saved my life
Hope this helps
Diane
TMJ has effected my balance and ears, causing pain and pressure to both ears along with vertigo. my question is does this disorder do any permenant damage to your ears? AND has anyone eles had the dizziness subside with wearing a splint? ALSO I NOTICE my vision goes off does this happen to anyone eles?
scaredgirl

SCAREDGIRLALWAYSDREAMING · 07-27-2003, 04:02 PM

Hi DianeTMJ
thank you so much for your relpy, you have given me so much hope that it is possiable to get my life back! I have had these symptoms for about 5 years and am only discovering now that my TMJ may be the whole cause. Did you also have alot of pressure like feeling in your head? I can only explain it as my head feels Alot of pressure as if I were in an air plane. Do you or anyone eles feel the same?
THANK YOU AGAIN!!!
be well.. scaredgirl

DianeTMJ · 07-27-2003, 05:41 PM

Hi Scaredgirl!
You are very welcome!
Oh yep, I had the fullness in my head, like the pressure was off in my head, like taking off in an airplane. Kind of hard to explain it though. Here is a list of most of the symptoms I had:
Fullness in right ear
Ringing in the ear
Pain in the ear
Pain, right side of my face,
Numbness right side of face, running down jaw line to right corner of lip.
Shoulder/neck pain
Dizziness
Vertigo – queasy stomach when that happens, not an upset stomach, just queasy.
Eye Pain
Sensitive to light
Sensitive to noise
Droopy eye, right eye
Headaches, forehead, all over head
What I thought were sinus headaches
Ghost tooth pain, back upper right, sometimes spreading to lower back teeth but not as strong.
Right lymph feeling swollen
Crackling sound in ear
Crackling sound in neck
Watery eye – right one only
Blood shot eye, right one only
Problems with vision in right eye
Temple area pain.
Soft food diet as eating hard things really irritates and makes symptoms worse
Jitters – controlled by no longer taking tylenol

You can get your life back, I did and I didn't think that would ever happen. Check our neuromuscular dentists, that is who helped me
Take care
Diane

SCAREDGIRLALWAYSDREAMING · 07-27-2003, 06:09 PM

THANK YOU so much Diane for all the reasurance! Your symptoms sound aot like mine! I am amazed. I never had a problem before with my TMJ and then I got lymes disease about 5 yrs ago, Now 31 yrs old and I noticed alot of these symptoms. Then I had two wisdom teeth pulled and I think that's what put me over the edge! They say lymes affects joints, and Tmj is a joint.
I had seen a dentist who specializes in TMJ and I copuldn't believe the symptoms he was telling me was just what I was feeling. ALL these years DR.'S didn't know why I was having these headaches or balance problems. they blamed it on stress and anxiety which I have now developed over the years from not knowing.
I am happy to know that there are people as yourself who are recovering, It gives me nothing but HOPE that one day I shall too! I am getting marred in 2 months and the stress and anxiety of that does make it worse for me. so I am trying relaxation things to help ease the stress cause mine does act up more during stress. I live in NY I don't know if the doctor your speaking of works here. May I ask what kind of treatment you had from the chiro?
Thank you again for your insperation!
scaredgirl...not so scared anymore!