Just like there is no one on earth who could not understand neuropathy, unless they experience it for themselves, believe me, when TMJ hits you, there is no way to explain it.

It's like someone punches you in the side of your head by your ear. Your head hurts, your ear hurts, your jaw aches. Sure, it subsides, but when it hits you, boy it hits you.

Been there, done that. Don't want to do that any more.

The trouble is, you never know when it's going to hit you.

I watched a Discovery Channel show one day (years and years ago), like 15 years, so hopefully they have invented new techniques to battle this condition.

Well, this poor girl (she was 30 or so), she had this TMJ problem. They operated on her and it made her worse. It made it SO MUCH WORSE, that she couldn't even get out of bed or comb her hair. It practically destroyed her marriage. She was on so many pain killers, and I remember the narrator explaining that "there is nothing they can do for this woman, this condition is permanent". And the poor girl was trying to comb her hair and even the putting the comb through her hair was setting off the TMJ. I never forgot that program. I remember saying "Oh my god, this didn't have to happen, someone screwed up". It was so long ago.

I hope, that as technology and lasers, etc. that SOMEBODY did something for that person. She was in her bathrobe 24 hours a day.

Look into a night guard if you still have the bruxism.

Melody