I have TMJ like symptoms and all jaw muscles hurt along with forehead and both temples are sore. With muscle relaxers and anti inflammation drug the pain of TMJ subsided almost fully. I kept my teeth apart at night. During time the tightness and soreness behind eyes stopped. Then I got my mouth guard and it is my first night wearing it and I’m bitting down hard on it and and slight TMJ pain is returning and the temples start hurt and feel the muscles get tight in my jaw and my checks feel real hot. The pain is keeping me up at tonight. I just took my mouth guard and my teeth even weirder than before put this guard on. This is just the first night and don’t know what think! I don’t mind the guard in my mouth. although it feels like it’s pressing top teeth inward all together. I feel like I’m screwed either way! The mouth guard feels like it’s okay to bite down now and the temple muscles hurt all over again! What am I to think?😢 With the typical mouth guard and biting down on the guard my pain is back again!!! FYI, all of my TMJ like problems & pain started after I had my deviated septum surgery. Now that I breath through my nose mostly and not my mouth. My mouth closes at night and both rows of my teeth touch & clintch down hard causing me all jaw & temple pain and facial pain. Before my surgery, I mouth breathed at night when asleep and had no TMJ issues or pain issues at all ever! But, my eye lids had dark black circles and the backs of my eyes were always sore. Years ago I started having tinnitus in my left ear for no apparent reason. All though I smoke a lot cannabis at the time off and on for years. I thought smoking cannabis cause my tinnitus at the time. Now with the typical night guard all my jaw my pain and forehead temple pain happens with the typical night guard in my mouth. The tinnitus comes back in both ears now! What’s going on with me? I thought a night guard was suppose to help and it’s causing me temple muscle pain and forehead pain my cheeks feel hot all over again, and this is just the first night wearing mouth guard!😢
Should I contact an orthodontist
I have TMJ like symptoms and all jaw muscles hurt along with forehead and both temples are sore. With muscle relaxers and anti inflammation drug the pain of TMJ subsided almost fully. I kept my teeth apart at night. During time the tightness and soreness behind eyes stopped. Then I got my mouth guard and it is my first night wearing it and I’m bitting down hard on it and and slight TMJ pain is returning and the temples start hurt and feel the muscles get tight in my jaw and my checks feel real hot. The pain is keeping me up at tonight. I just took my mouth guard and my teeth even weirder than before put this guard on.
This is just the first night and don’t know what think! I don’t mind the guard in my mouth. although it feels like it’s pressing top teeth inward all together. I feel like I’m screwed either way! The mouth guard feels like it’s okay to bite down now and the temple muscles hurt all over again! What am I to think?😢 With the typical mouth guard and biting down on the guard my pain is back again!!!
FYI, all of my TMJ like problems & pain started after I had my deviated septum surgery. Now that I breath through my nose mostly and not my mouth. My mouth closes at night and both rows of my teeth touch & clintch down hard causing me all jaw & temple pain and facial pain. Before my surgery, I mouth breathed at night when asleep and had no TMJ issues or pain issues at all ever! But, my eye lids had dark black circles and the backs of my eyes were always sore. Years ago I started having tinnitus in my left ear for no apparent reason. All though I smoke a lot cannabis at the time off and on for years. I thought smoking cannabis cause my tinnitus at the time. Now with the typical night guard all my jaw my pain and forehead temple pain happens with the typical night guard in my mouth. The tinnitus comes back in both ears now! What’s going on with me? I thought a night guard was suppose to help and it’s causing me temple muscle pain and forehead pain my cheeks feel hot all over again, and this is just the first night wearing mouth guard!😢
How are you feeling now did you get some relief?