Posted by angie lacefield on July 22, 2003 at 19:51:50:
i am 24 and have suffered from this since i was in an accident at 14. at first it was just occasional aches and tension but has progressed into a nightmare i cannot wake from. Over the past few years i have finally began to understand tmj better which has helped me to deal with my symptoms. but as some of you may know, sometimes(most of the time)it is unbearable torture. the pain and pressure, the tension and tightness,the feeling as if your going to just lose control. i can't live this way anymore. this is not living, it's dying, slowly. and i just can't let it get the best of me any more. no one has ever really understood my pain or why i keep to myself sometimes so my pain doesn't bite them as well. i was shocked to hear of others who can relate and hopefully help. where are you and can u please come out and play?