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tmj disorder

does anyone have swallowing problems from tmj disorder ? or a tight throat n neck all the time and sinus problems in throat n head???
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also anxiety attacks these days cuz of my tmj disorder  alot before was only little cuz of stress i have tmj disorder for about 2 years so far and also have braces on to try to fix my bite have a cross bite my jaw is side ways a bit but dun help my pain much only helps my bite a bit with elastics i am also sensative to light as well
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do u feel like something is in ur throat but there is nothing and do u feel hard to breath sometimes ? anyways u too good luck hun tc later
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also i get a shocking pain from jaw to all the way down to neck to shoulders to arms to hands in my bone scan it said my neck and shoulders normal and said that i have a mild joint problem in face which is jaw and the suggestion was arthopathy oh it said that my head is normal as well
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did mri the specialist i went to was a facial pain specialist which was a very dumb one that my doctor sent me to thats why my mri was not clear and now am very upset cuz i am clusterphobic i have to take a sedative to calm down and relax have to do it november 28 so to help my pain abit i take a gabapentin muslce relaxant and i put cream medicine on neck and face and shoulders and ice anc heat but still dun help much i feel soo depressed really i find it hard to see my life also my nose feels tight my head is sensative to the touch
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aww thnxs good luck to u hun ur much worser than me my ear plugg i mean alot get tired of chewing easily my neck is very tight wich affects my swallowing even my shoulders hurts alot of dizzy spells my jaw locks up as well i get clicking and poping sounds and alot of neck and shoulder spasms very hard to swallow and sometimes can't swallow at all i get tingling numbness sensation in my fingers loud noise really hurts my ears sometimes i feel soo weak i can't stand up at all like a wobily feeling  i feel very fatigue hard to stand up straight sometimes get very tired of swallowing as well i get alot of headaches my whole head hurts i get sinus head achs which is a sinus problem with no infection and i have to eat everything creamy or almost like liquid like baby food my mom blends every thing for me so like i did an mri it didn't turn out cuz of the braces cuz the people did know get the picture right so i have to go to different hospital to get it done cuz my tmj specialist wants it done there the last time i
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Hi!
    I definitely have trouble swallowing with my TMD.  I have had to go to the emergency room and get these hard core narcotic shots to be able to swallow.  I have been on only liquids since about May now.  And, yes, I do eat baby food at times.   My jaw locked up a year ago and all I could eat was soft foods because my jaw hurt so bad.  Then my dentist had me get an MRI, and since then I haven't been able to chew anything.  They jacked my jaw open past where it wanted to go and I am in constant pain and cannot eat anything that needs to be chewed.  Swallowing becomes a problem sometimes where it feels like someone is sticking a knife in my ear and I cannot swallow at all.  I just drool out like a baby.  And then the pain is intense.  I also have a heart condition that requires medication so I have to go to the ER or I can't take my heart meds.  I have spent so much money trying to solve this TMD problem and nothing seems to work.  I just started going to a neuromuscular dentist.  I am hoping sooooo much that he will be able to help.  I have been having TMJ problems for over 30 years now.  I think I may be beyond hope.   Good luck to you and I hope you find some answers soon.
                                                         Melanie
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Seeing a tmj specialist is advised.
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like after 6 moths of wisdom teeth extraction i started to feel tired of chewing more ear blockage n then more dizzy and then one day i was at cousins house before i ate my neck was hurting me like hell she offered me a banna and an apple so i ate banna n i was fine and then when i ate apple my ears got plugged and my neck got even tighter  and shoulders as well and my throat got very tight oh and i got more dizzy n plus i got one cheek bigger than other
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ya but i know i heard alot of people that have my problem eat baby food and can't chew or swallow the doctor checked my throat nothing wrong she said from muscle so dat means from tmj and my ent said nothing wrong with throat i have cartilage problem from tmj
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Swallowing problem is not a common presentation of tmd.You may  go to hyoid problem of this website, ent forum.
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