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rita52071
rita52071

I have been getting dizzy for quite awhile yet......My doctor says maybe TMJ  I have no pain but my face feels funny at times and I think I clutch my teeth at times....I go to the dentist regularly   no one has said anything........Can someone give me any info on this..........Wait this dizziness to stop

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  • kate47167
    kate47167 rita52071

    Posted

    I have been dizzy 7 years now and have TMJ

    U would know if u have TMJ and so would your dentist

    TMJ is painful

    • rita52071
      rita52071 kate47167

      Posted

      Thank you for answering and thats exactly what i thought........I know they have mentioned that they see a little grinding going on probably when I am sleeping so I wouldnt even know I am doing it........This dizziness is killling me......they say I have Migraines with vertigo.....no headaches at all almost weaned off of gabapentin.........went to another neuro/going to say ent...said he agrees with findings and it can take up to 2 years to find right meds......and the dr I am seeing now to stay with her she is doing all the right thins......I am seeing a headache specialist since september 2015  ....she doesnt accept my insurance so that along is a headache........I have to admit this is the best I felt but this morning wasnt great and was getting dizzy yesterday........everyday there are dizzy episodes......
    • kate47167
      kate47167 rita52071

      Posted

      Have u seen a dizzy expert? Have u had balance testing ?

      How did your dizziness start ?

    • rita52071
      rita52071 kate47167

      Posted

      balance tests..mri....cat scans...drs.......repeated tests......rotary chair  gaze........basically everything was good...they dont have a test for MAV its a process oof elimination......and what I told them.....I had dizzy spells over 30 years   but it would go away for months.....then come back for a day or so disappear...for a little over a year now Its been bad  had to leave my job........now I am functioning but many times I need to wait because I get dizzy.......my mother had migraines and one of my sons does   so they are saying its heredity except I get dizzy......I asked so everytime I get dizzy I am getting a migraine   my answer was yes.......how could that be????   
    • kate47167
      kate47167 rita52071

      Posted

      Silent migraines present with dizziness as do normal migraines. MAV sufferes can get all the symptoms I get and I have VN and BPPV

      I have migrane related to hormones and my dizziness is much worse when I have them

  • emma93780
    emma93780 rita52071

    Posted

    I have TMJ and I was diagnosed a few years ago however my dizziness has been ongoing since August and there is no met up, I have to wear a splint at night to stop me grinding and clenching and my face also feels funny at times, TMD is horrible it can cause all sorts of problems with headaches, neck etc unfortunately there is no cure only symptom management I believe, I have posted on here before about my dizziness, I don't think it's down to TMD. Xx
    • kate47167
      kate47167 emma93780

      Posted

      Horrid isn't it - I have been having dental work for 3 months now loads of extractions, riot canal a filling and now all the fittings for dentures. I have only 4 top teeth now and 6 bottom teeth so my bite is just so out of line , I have no support on my jaw as no teeth and I have such facial pain I can't tell u I can barely open my mouth any more - only think that eases it is a hot flannel of clothes that have come out the tumble dryer hot!
    • emma93780
      emma93780 rita52071

      Posted

      TMD is what they used to call TMJ they changed the name of it x
    • rita52071
      rita52071 emma93780

      Posted

      oh ok thanks...I thought it was something leading up to TMJ
  • angie_69215
    angie_69215 rita52071

    Posted

    Hi Rita

    With TMJ do you have ringing in your ear or ears?

    My ent thought maybe that was my proble . But he had me doing all kinds of excercises with my jaw and he ruled that out.

    • rita52071
      rita52071 angie_69215

      Posted

      Every once in awhile i get fullness and ringing in my ring ear mostly......I heard of something called vertical heterophoria that has the same symptoms......I was waiting to get it checked because the dr I am seeing doesnt take my insurance and the specialist for the vertical heterophoria doesnt take my insurance either......neither one is cheap  and I am running low....If I know this was the problem I would have gone already   Did see an eye doctor   said my otic nerve that controls balance was fine   saw an opthamologist.......I really am at the end of my rope with this....my eyes feel tired almost always....Bad day today
    • angie_69215
      angie_69215 rita52071

      Posted

      My ent said the ringing in my ear is tinnitus

      And that it will go away with therapy.

      This whole thing is annoyinga nd doctors not being able to pin point the problem. I guess all of my issues are connected to an inner ear problem that started with a darn sinus infection .

    • rita52071
      rita52071 angie_69215

      Posted

      just keeep on top of it...usually when sinus infections clear up the rest should clear up too as far as I understand.......I mean you might feel yucky maybe a few more weeks to follow but then you should be ok.......all this advancement in medicine and they cant fiqure this outrolleyes
  • clair52750
    clair52750 rita52071

    Posted

    Hi I K ow it's a while since you posted but I have literally just joined. I was told last year that I have vertigo with migraine.(no relevance yet) and was discharged from my ENT doc. However I grind my teeth so bad that I started getting ear,head and neck pain plus my jaw absolutly kills. Went to my doc who said I have TMD. I do get rather dizzy with it but feel more of a dizzy head than dizzy! I think this could be what is wrong and not vertigo! I'm at the dentist next week. How did u get on?

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