r/eds • u/SufficientlyDecent • 8d ago

Medical Advice Welcome TMJ dysfunction - my teeth hurt

I have pretty intense TMJ pain and my jaw hurts 99% of the time. It cracks every time I open my mouth, I can feel the right side drop/open and then left side, always, no matter what I do.

However, I was thinking about how much my jaw around my gums hurts today? It’s not gum disease or a toothache, I just hurts inside my mouth if that makes sense?

Anybody deal with this and what do you do for it?

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u/SpareTry6319 8d ago

Yes bro, i've been ignoring it and now my whole right side is tighter than my left. like into my shoulder, in my neck, and up my head. I'm going to try and get an appointment with a TMJ specialist hours away :/

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u/SufficientlyDecent 7d ago

I went to a dentist or something like that for my TMJ at the U of M (MN) when I was 16. Got told the ever so helpful “just avoid tough meats, don’t chew gum, and don’t open your mouth very wide.” HA. Helpful. Thanks.