Any Tips on how to deal with heavy-headedness/disequilibrium? - TMJ Disorder -TemporoMandibular Joint Message Board

susu2007 · 08-03-2008, 12:11 PM

Hello Everyone,

I was wondering if anyone had any tips on how best to deal with the heavy-headedness/disequilibrium that accompanies TMJ. It is quite unsettling and some days it is worse than others. I feel intense pressure in my head as if it is beind squeezed between two iron rods in addition to tightness in my eyes. On such days, I cannot stand for more than a couple of minutes without feeling that the ground is tilted to one side.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks a lot.

pipdog · 08-03-2008, 02:17 PM

It sounds like you need to get your mandible repostioned. The problems you describe can be caused by the bite being off which in turn causes the jaw joints to sit in a compromised position, pressing nerve fibres, causing muscles to go into spasm and affecting the ears as well as a whole bunch of other symptoms.

Dizziness is a part of this picture and the best way to treat it is to deal with the cause.

I'm 4 months into wearing a Gelb appliance to bring my mandible down and forward and very quickly the episodes of dizziness / brain fog eased off and all the weird noises I was getting on opening closing stopped. I am still in pain but it has changed, its no longer diffuse facial pain but its now actually localised in the TMJ itself.

Frodoh · 08-03-2008, 03:43 PM

Fight through it. If you don't then your brain and balance system will never compensate or adjust and you'll never get better.

Worst thing you can do is lay down.

Good luck