mystery jaw pain
 

Foods I Can Eat:

Overcooked Veg, Pasta, Milk (warm), Ensures/Protein Shakes (warm), Tea (warm)
Soup (no meat), Desserts
Eggs, Baked beans, Potatoes, Rice, Pot Pies (veg only), Cereal (soggy with milk), yoghurt

Foods I don’t eat often –hurts too much
Pizza
Bread

Foods I Can NOT eat
Cold Liquids (milk or shakes)
Veg (under cooked veg or raw)
Anything crunchy or sticky
Corn on Cob
Thick things (greek yoghurt)(hard to swallow)
All meat in any form
Anything requiring chewing


I am able to eat at the earliest 12 (noon) and find it easier to eat late in the day. Otherwise my jaw is too sore. I often wake with jaw stuck open and dry. I am usually hungry enough to eat first thing when I wake but choose not to due to the pain in my jaw.(Would prefer all food pureed – have not done this too often)

Things I have tried:

- Exercises (cause pain) (given to me by cousin who is a Physiotherapist)
- Night guard (cause pain)
- Pain meds (naproxen, Advil, Tylenol, etc)(nothing happens)
- Elavil 20mg at night/10mg in the am (helps with sleep not so much with pain)
- Acupuncture (varied results, tried 3 times)
- tylenol 1s (over the counter) (dulls the pain with out truly lowering)


CURRENTLY on codeine and nortriptyline

Symptoms

Jaw tires and get really pain after a few bites
Pain in jaw
numb chin
popping/clicking in jaw
Headaches
Tired all the time
Tension even when mouth is slack
jaw feels hot all the time

Could it be?
CRPS
RDS
trigeminal nuralgia
Neuralgia of some sort (nerve was snapped in the operation I had)


Year By Year

Year #
Pain Levels- Out of 10
Comments

Year of the operation (april 2008) Hard to tell was numb 5/6, Not to bad


Year 2009. 5+ Started feeling more pain.

Year 2010. 7+. Second half in crease in pain. Summer 2010 – crowns put in

Year 2011. 7+. Constant pain with a major increase in oct

Year 2012. 8+ too much pain. no longer truely enjoy food

*On Feb 1/12, I had 3 fillings done. The dentist used 4X time the normal (before the op probable 1.5X) injectable freezing and some topical gel. With all that I felt most of it. The freezing stuff only numbed the soft tissue.


Triggers

- ice to cool things (spasms and pain)
- hot (spasms and pain)
- touch (pain)
- chewing (tightness/pain)
- pillows (electrical shock)
- vibration (toothbrushes/bumpy roads)

could be lock jaw, check with a dentist , RSD and lock jaw go hand and hand. but see WHAT dentist says first

Or RSD/CRPS with TMJ as the initial trigger?

The meds you're on won't do much if what you're experiencing is RSD. You need to see an experienced RSD doc and dentist.