Hey guys and dolls,
I'm wondering if anyone knows the how and why of spasms in your jaw, if i hold open my mouth my lower Jaw now goes into spasm within a few seconds. I can easily see my lower lip tremoring, the jaw is moving and if i lock my jaw trying to stop it moving, the right side of my neck starts to tremor too. It sounds like i'd have to be straining to do this but i'm not.
I have a small head (what a strange thing to say, it is in proportion to the rest of me ROFL), so naturally i only have a small space when i open my mouth, not much more than an inch and a 1/2 gap. To open my mouth any wider than that isn't possible unless i'm unhinging my jaw but to hold my mouth open for any period of time is painful in my right cheek and jaw hinge part (the bit below your ear), the dentist says its like working on a small child. With my right cheek/eye, tongue and eye lid tremors, all muscle related problems, I'm not that suprised when the right side of my jaw aches when i've eaten something that requires a bit more work.
Last night eating steak that was over cooked by hubby on the bbq, didn't produce speach and swollowing difficulty which has happened the last 2 times when i'm in what i think of as an episode but it did make my jaw ache like it does after being at the dentist. My jaw had had a work out (sorry hubby but it was hard to chew) so whilst trying to iron the ache out of my jaw i noticed the tremor was more prominant than usual.
I'm wondering if all the spasms I have in the right side of my face are connected to some particular part in my head or brain, and if it is which part. I do have a numb tingly nose when my right eye tingly thing is happening, most of the time but not necessarily all the time but none of these sensations on the left side of my face at all, it seems to all stop at the centre line of my face.
Any ideas???
Cheers..........JJ