Hello friends, My name is Dan as you can see by my user name. I am 19 years old, and Suffering from what I believe is TMJ. How It started I'm unsure of, although I have been to see a specialist who is working his best to try to resolve the issue. From what he says my jaw is to far back (Bottem Jaw is waayyy behind the top), meaning it needs to be brought forward. There is alot of crowding in my mouth, my teeth are all swamped together. I have lost quite a bit of hearing from what I believe is caused from the TMJ, the jaw falling backinto my ears.
I have a good understanding of TMJ but I am also very worried about other symptoms I'm having. I have terrible swelling all in my neck and face, If I sit down to drive my car or even on the couch it causes more swelling in my face and neck. The swelling gets so bad that It seriously, makes me look like another person. I'm not sure if TMJ causes that kind of swelling, but its rough! And I'm pretty darn scared. Another Thing that causes the swelling in my face and neck is if i Do any heavy lifting or even tilt my head down for to long it blows up a bit.
Thanks, hope you can help! no one out here has been able to diagnose my situation, I must have spent over 5,000$ trying to get answers or suggestions of the cause.
-Dan