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Honey try going to a chiropractor and they can release the muscle in your jaw (TMJ)...sounds like you probably chew on one side most of the time and if you try chewing on the other side for a few days it may go away on it's own. One dentist I went to said to stop chewing gum. I did and it stopped happening. Hope this helps.

I just wanted to add some support i have a similar problem with facial tingling and tightness although mine is related to the congenital facial paralysis i was born with. I know its really annoying and at times you want to rip your face off the only thing i find sometimes helps is to rub/massage that side of your face or to gently slap it, although sometimes that makes it worse. Over my way of dealing is to try to ignore it although it always seems to happen at the least opportune moments! I just try to tell myself that its nothing and push on. It can only interfere with your life if you let it. :)

-Rebecca

Nothing to worry about. Its your muscules contracting and blocking nerves.

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Originally Posted by complikati (Post 289227)

I am starting to think I am losing it. I am a 27/f, with a history if anxiety/panic attacks. Well for several years, very sporadically, i would get this feeling on my face, (either side) that feels like someone is tightening a muscle in my cheek and won't let it go. Well this time I have had it for a month now (left side) and I am totally flipping out. It's not numb,no pain, I have no drooping, no slurred speech or blurry vision. It just feels like I am waiting for it to loosen and it doesn't. Every now and then I will feel very small spasms in it but nothing that noticable. I still have full function of my entire face, it's just this darn cheek that feels like it's tightened. I know it could very well be from stress/anxiety. Especially since I am a bit of a hypochondriac, I think I am going to die from it, and I also think I have had a stroke, (my husband thinks I am nuts) but it is very distressing to have something that you have no idea what it is. Has anyone EVER had anything like this? I also thought maybe it could be TMJ (I am able to repeatedly crack my jaw). Or maybe just a pulled muscle...but in my CHEEK?? I have 2 major cavities on that side on the bottom teeth, but they don't hurt yet. And when I bend over it's like I can feel pressure in that area of my cheek, like when youre on a roller coaster and the wind is pushing on your face, does that make any sense? I have posted this in 2 other forums, and they keep telling me to try different forums, this being one of them..lol...so I hope someone out there can help.Anyways, if anyone has some comforting words for this worrywart, please let me know!!

Hi, I am 21 years old and I'm going through the same thing I have anxiety and my jaw also snaps, sometimes it hurts and causes me headaches, I also get a weird feeling in my face and I just wait for it to twitch...sometimes it doesn't...and rarely it does..but along with that I have constant left arm discomfort starting from the back of shoulder blade down to my fingers (which sometimes hurt and they also feel electric like when you hit your funny bone...this makes me freak out I'm so stressed that I can't work or go out...when i'm in public places i feel as if something will happen to me and ill have panic attacks, I'll start sweating and hyperventilating to the point where I have to just go home......but I just think I injured my left arm somehow because i noticed it causes more discomfort when i lay on it and overuse it.....I just hate the anxiety attacks cuz they really make me feel as if I am dying...but at least I know i'm not the only one I hope you get better.:)

I have been having pinprick sensations on the left side of my face for a few weeks now, and just this past week it has turned into more of a burning sensation, almost feel sunburnt. I do have TMJ, and frequently visit my chiropractor when I have numbness in my left hand. This is the first time I have experienced this sensation in the left side of my face. I know when I pop my neck it makes it go away a bit. I have a few root canals on the left side of my face, and I know that can heighten or alter sensations in the facial area from sinus pressure, or anything really.

Since you've not had visual, hearing or speech interruptions, I doubt it is a stroke type situation.

I DO AGREE! that there is a chance the cavities may be affecting you. Sometimes teeth can have no outward symptoms when in fact they have abscessed behind the tooth. THE ONLY WAY TO KNOW IS GO! If there is a cost problem, try to find a low income clinic that can at least x ray you, and advise you. Then you can take any antibiotics if needed and move from there.

I will be visiting my chiropractor tomorrow for this very reason, he is going to advise me for any further medical attention.

Rlbenitz,

It might be helpful to mention to your chiropractor about those root canals that you have on the left side. If he is Integrative thinking and not just conventional minded, he may suggest to investigate them further with xrays.

All root canal teeth harbor necrotic, infected nerve tissue. So it is not unusual to have constant or fleeting pain or pressure in the area of a root canaled tooth. This is not to say that this is a healthy situation...it's actually quite taxing on the immune system. So it can't hurt to see what the radiographic pathology is on these teeth..... especially since you have what sounds to be neurological pain on the left side of your face.

Rlbenitz.... take a look at the tooth/organ chart posted a few threads down from this thread. You might find it interesting that it shows a correlation between the (L) hand and the lower (L)teeth.

Hope you feel better soon!
Bryanna

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Originally Posted by rlbenitz (Post 805407)

Muscle pulling in the face

Hi I have had muscle pulling in my face for several years. It started whilst suffering from anxiety and panic attacks . There is not a week that gos by when I am pain free. constant pain in my face - pulling muscles which leave me with chronic headaches . I was informed I had tmj and was referred to maxo facial , given a mouth gaurd . it does help and I wear the guard during the night . however , I live with pain in my face and headaches on a daily basis . I have tried all self help , heat on the face - massage - relaxation- acupuncture -medication. But I will b lying if I said I'm coping the constant pain just gets u down , changes ur mood, then the depression kicks in . Basically it's killing me , does anyone suggest any new intervention .

Ive been suffering from face pain, usually on the left side, across my cheeks and experiencing spasms and cramp like pains, off and on for a few months now, im waiting for a CT scan to rule out any underlying problems, but I have been told of this hospital that take the symptoms seriously, although there isn't any real cure by the looks of it, more management of the condition, they can help you manage the symptoms, for those who do not live in the UK there is an address you can write to maybe for some advice? and I agree .. the symptoms although not particularly painful are enough to drive you mad, but I also think once you have a diagnoses whether it be anxiety or another medical reason then usually you can start to work on this and almost learn to accept it, sometimes these things (unless there is a medically issue) can go away as quick as they appeared? a horrible thing to go through, especially when you are not sure who to see regarding this, ENT? Dentist? Neurologist? **

Hi same problem also

Hi I'm a 25 year old female and I have the same problem I've had 2 ct scans and tons of blood and according to the doctors I'm healthy as a horse. I have anxiety which makes it hard for me not to focus on it I can't focus its affecting my job and my personal life, my doctor thought it was a really bad tooth that I had but I had it pulled and it's still going on here said he really don't know what it could be (I know very comforting right) he's thinking that maybe it's my 5th cranial nerve but I've read up on it and usually there's pain that comes from that as well I have no idea what's going on. My face has it from my eye down to my mouth feels like you know when you burn your finger you got that weird numb feeling and it also feels like something is pulling on my face too. My doctor is sending me to see a nerve specialist but it could take a year or two to get in I just want some answer

i have been having the same issue with the muscles under my chin feeling tight and having spasms, i too have a large cavity in a back molar that is getting repaired soon so i really hope that is the issue, but i am not sure...i am really worried that it is related to a larger issue but just wanted to post on here to see what people think

ps i also still have my wisdom teeth at age 29, but they seem to not be interfering with my other teeth so i assumed they were not an issue