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Weird feeling in left cheek

It all started a bit longer than a month ago with slight weird feeling under the left eye. For which I consulted an ophthalmologist and got glasses. He also prescribed me some cetrizine.

But now it feels like it have pass down to my cheek. The area around my cheekbone is having this weird sensation. I feel some tightness, some sort of warm feeling. I can move muscles freely and can feel them. There is no pain but it is super annoying. I have been feeling like this for 4-5 weeks. I was trying to ignore it for a while. But it has been more active since yesterday.
I consulted neuropsychiatrist today, they prescribed me esscitalopram oxalate and clonazepam, tofisopam and multivit with methylcobalmin. Though he also suggested me to ignore it and do some work out.

I have been doing work out since I got glasses (so yea a bit longer than month). I avoided working out for 2 days bc of this sensation as well. So I decided to do today and since then that sensation have been feeling more warm. It goes from cheekbone below eye, under the cheekbone and till few centimeters left of my upper lip.      
(Not sure if related ) I also tried to blow nose with mouth closed to put pressure on eye, I feel water pushing through left eye a lot easier than right.
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Let me get this straight:  you saw a psychiatrist for a pain problem?  And he put you on two meds that only deal with emotional problems that can't be fixed by therapy, and didn't suggest therapy first?  Did he diagnose you with anxiety or depression?  I'm afraid if you're telling of this is accurate you saw a complete quack.  If you haven't been on the meds for very long, I'd go see a real psychiatrist and get off of them safely before you become addicted to the clonazepam and are on the antidepressant long enough to cause difficulty stopping it.  Unless there's a lot more to this, such as you do suffer from pretty significant anxiety or depression that is affecting you so badly you'd need medication for it, it sounds like you have TMJ.  Go see a dentist.
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I looked on google maps. He was listed as neurologist in my city. But on reaching the address, I realized he was  neuropsychiatrist. He did not made anything clear to me. Only told if might be weak nerve and I should ignore it. I don't feel depressed, though I might get anxious sometimes. Nothing unmanageable though.

For now, I have only take tofisopam. So I think I will not be taking those meds. Now that you mention TMJ, I am hearing these sounds of muscles on my left (esp.  while chewing). Anything you can suggest what I should ask dentist about?  
One more thing, I dont clench or grind teeth while sleeping or normally and teeth don't have any pain or any visible defect. Can I still have TMJ?
A dentist who specializes in diagnosing and treating it can tell you, but as with most medicine, don't ever expect a doc to truly know to 100% accuracy.  But when you mention that clicking sound and where the pain is, that's a real possibility so do get it checked out.  As for grinding and clenching, you never truly know if you're doing it until a dentist looks at how worn down your teeth are, if they're worn only in certain places, etc.  You may not be aware of it.  But TMJ can be caused by other things, such as a misalignment, lost teeth, a random elbow playing a sport, and the like.  
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I have also had some sort of muscle sound while in left side while opening lower jaw far for  2 days. There was no popping sound or pain just felt like muscles making sound. It is fine today.    
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