I need advice
23 (f ) to express I’ve been way to engaged in this subreddit… to start off I’ve never had any jaw issues what so ever . Till June 16th . I keep coming back to the night before of crying drunk and stressing . I just feel like I’m stuck somewhere and causing myself permanent issues . This all now happens to my left where it started off with my jaw feeling weird . I impulsively clicked it to make sure I was okay … then boom two days of lock jaw … that finally released but now I deal with occasional clicks especially when I open to yawn or let it rest , then it will go away ??? I know I’m so early on but I cannot help but feel like my life is now over … I don’t click when I eat or it depends on the food like pizza … to make it even worse I don’t have health insurance even though I know from the massive amounts of reading researches … most isn’t covered … as much as I’m feeling so much better than I was the first day . I still click and my cheek muscles get so sore after a cute 4 hour shift of talking .. heat does help . I’m unable to get an mri due to financial circumstances… I’ve seen now a general dentist who has knowledge in tmj and an orthodontist where they all ruled out that this is muscular driven and my overbite … I keep holding on to this I’m never will be okay or the muscles will never heal … what can I do …
I know I sturggle with mental health like adhd/anxiety and depression… my dad deals with this and he clicks when he eats, my brother has had braces wisdom tooth removal and they have both had 2-3 flare ups… could I expect this in my lifetime too ? What the heck can I do for this muscle tension that is causing the most discomfort of really damaging this all . Why do I occasionally click once and then sometimes twice ..
Edit
Symptoms are a click that is not painful on the left
Cheek/ massater Sorness and inflamed on both sides