chloebell

Hello everyone. It has been awhile since I have posted on this board. I have been diagnosed with tmj for about a year now, but I have had it for much longer. Neither my health or my dental insurance will pay for my bills, so treatment was on hold until my husband and I could afford it. I was just dealing with my pain, trying to keep myself as stress-free as possible to minimize my problem. Things were going okay until Sunday night when my husband and I hit a deer going about 60mph. Immediatly after the accident, my jaw started aching. The next day, it stopped and all the pain was in my neck and shoulders. I went to the dr on Tuesday and basically she told me I was fine. She felt my neck and asked me where it hurt and then she prescribed muscle relaxers and told me that I would be better in a day or two. I was furious that she blew me off, but she was kind of right about my neck. It is better. However, my jaw now hurts worse that it ever has. I feel like I am stuck with all this pain and no dr to go to that listens to me. I felt like she thought I was a drug seeker and she did her best to get rid of me. I am sorry if I sound like I am rambling, but I needed to vent and to hear from someone who understands my situation. Does anyone have any suggestions? How do you all deal with going to the doctor and having them treat you like you just want drugs? I KNOW my dr feels that way, and to a point she is right, I do. But, it is because I am in PAIN! Does anyone have a great (cheaper) dr that actually did something to help them out of this hell called tmj in the Illinois area? I am at the point where I am willing to travel up to 3 or 4 hours to get this treated properly. I can not live like this anymore. Thank you for listening and in advance for your help.