Possible TMJ???

[butterflychica]

Hello.

Ever since June 30th, I have experienced the following:

*Headaches
*right sided jaw pain
*eye pain (feels like I've been kicked in both eyes)
*ear pain/fluid in the ears (feels like I've been on an airplane and haven't flown since 2008).
*stiff neck
*threw up twice since June 30th
*Ringing in the ears
*dizziness

My primary doc told me to take a decongestant and put me on a medrol dose pack of predisone.  When that didn't work a week later, he put me on a straight predisone taper.  My jaw hurts right in front of my ear.  There is also this clicking noise whenever I open and close my jaw.  I was involved in a car accident back in 2001 where I got hit in the face by the airbag.  Could my jaw have slipped out of place now?  I heard that sometimes it doesn't show up until years later.  The headache has been horrible...I've had to miss a work a couple of days because it has been so bad.  If anyone could please enlighten me on what this could possibly be, I would greatly appreciate it!

[butterflychica]

what type of splint is it?  does it help?  what type of doc did u see to get that?  the er doc said i might have to get braces :-\  
thanks.

[butterflychica]

hi

i went to the er today because i called my doc office twice with no success because the pain had gotten so bad to where i couldn't even talk.  the er doc said it was tmj and for me to keep my appt with the ent doc on thursday.  how do i find a tmj specialist?  like would an oral surgeon be one?  thanks.

[Arum10]

Being a TMJ suffer myself, it sounds similar. If you have a significate other you sleep with at night, find out if you grind your teeth as well. This could result in the horrible pain in your jaw with a headache in the a.m. My dentist has been able to help the symptoms by fitting me with a spint that I wear at night.

[scottma]

most of your symptoms are classical presentation of temporomandibular disorders.Seeing a tmj specialist is advised.