Hi, all,
I have been struggling since February of this year to find a way to end my headaches and sometimes migraines that started after I had a crown put on a molar. I evidently am grinding and/or clenching my teeth at night when I'm asleep. My dentist has made me two night guards. The current one is softer thankfully. My doctor referred me to a neurologist who doubled up on different medicine therapies that ultimately made me sick, but not free of the pain. I now see a physical therapist for TMD (Dentist says I don't have it, and the PT agrees, saying I am a candidate for it though.) I am to see a new neurologist, an osteopath, in July.
It's going into month 5 now, and though I know I am doing what I can to solve the problem, I am anxious, fearful and desperately sad at times that it just won't end. I can't plan anything without the fear that I will have pain in my neck, sholders, jaw and head. It's not irrational because so far not a day since the middle of Feb. have I been without the pain. I often wonder if I'm just angry at work, at having a disease like IC or what the problem is since I can't make myself not grind my teeth at night.
My IC symptoms, ironically enough, have not been as troublesome since I've been on Elmiron and hydroxyzine pamoate. I'm thrilled about that, but my neurologist had said that the Elmiron might make the headache a little worse when I take those pills. I take them out of the capsule and put them in an ounce of water as a precaution, but now sometimes I worried about that as well, that maybe the doctor is right and it's making things worse. I still haven't stopped taking those though; I'm getting better each month I take those.
I feel like there are all these arrows coming at me at times, and I just don't have the equipment to shield myself at all times. I do feel God is close to me and that He understands what I'm challenged with, but sometimes I don't always act the good soldier. While I sometimes can say, "it could be worse," or "it's not forever," there are also times I just start crying and don't want to stop.
Please pray for me, and if you know of a treatment for TMD/TMJ disorder that I haven't mentioned, please pass that along to me.
I have been struggling since February of this year to find a way to end my headaches and sometimes migraines that started after I had a crown put on a molar. I evidently am grinding and/or clenching my teeth at night when I'm asleep. My dentist has made me two night guards. The current one is softer thankfully. My doctor referred me to a neurologist who doubled up on different medicine therapies that ultimately made me sick, but not free of the pain. I now see a physical therapist for TMD (Dentist says I don't have it, and the PT agrees, saying I am a candidate for it though.) I am to see a new neurologist, an osteopath, in July.
It's going into month 5 now, and though I know I am doing what I can to solve the problem, I am anxious, fearful and desperately sad at times that it just won't end. I can't plan anything without the fear that I will have pain in my neck, sholders, jaw and head. It's not irrational because so far not a day since the middle of Feb. have I been without the pain. I often wonder if I'm just angry at work, at having a disease like IC or what the problem is since I can't make myself not grind my teeth at night.

My IC symptoms, ironically enough, have not been as troublesome since I've been on Elmiron and hydroxyzine pamoate. I'm thrilled about that, but my neurologist had said that the Elmiron might make the headache a little worse when I take those pills. I take them out of the capsule and put them in an ounce of water as a precaution, but now sometimes I worried about that as well, that maybe the doctor is right and it's making things worse. I still haven't stopped taking those though; I'm getting better each month I take those.
I feel like there are all these arrows coming at me at times, and I just don't have the equipment to shield myself at all times. I do feel God is close to me and that He understands what I'm challenged with, but sometimes I don't always act the good soldier. While I sometimes can say, "it could be worse," or "it's not forever," there are also times I just start crying and don't want to stop.
Please pray for me, and if you know of a treatment for TMD/TMJ disorder that I haven't mentioned, please pass that along to me.
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