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Old 04-22-2015, 09:13 PM
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Socks,

Do you jaw clench or grind your teeth ? This is often a sleep habit that messes up TMJ and makes head aches worse. There is a procedure where the doctor injects Botox into the jaw muscle to weaken it. It needs to be repeated from time to time but for some, it saves their TMJ.

While considering the Botox treatment, I found a physical therapist who did myofacial release and was able to get my TMJ to settle down but I needed to resolve the jaw clenching to get long term results. My jaw clenching was likely due to an SSRI I was taking. I took gabapentin and it helped reduce the jaw clenching.
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