u/Feeling-broccoli612

i’ve stopped talking to myself, singing to myself, i sit in silence when i’m alone. talking feels not natural and really tiring. lost my job. stopped seeing friends as much. lost my appetite.

tbh it’s ruined my life actually.
currently being treated for all these mental health conditions but i feel if i woke up tommorow and my jaw was fixed i wouldn’t be mentally ill at all.

i’m only 20F. why has this happened? why are the waiting lists 18 months + ? why can doctors put a man on the moon but they can’t unlock my jaw?

i just feel so let down and also like no one understands the amount of discomfort im in.

getting my mri results on saturday. can almost guess what they will be. DDWOR.

ever appointment i go to with a doctor about my jaw i have to bring someone with me because i just cry my eyes out the entire appointment.

i just want hope. i dont know anyone on here who’s jaw has been locked for this long.

also a dentist did this just by having my mouth open too long at an appointment. ever since then this has happened never had any issues before.

just a shell of the person i used to be.

my jaw is locked, and there’s no pain. it’s just stiff and tight and i get pressure sometimes. it’s deffo bearable but kind of jarring but like i see people on here with like chronic pain. i wouldn’t class mine as chronic pain because it’s not painful, just like feels a little weird and annoying

idek why it licked up. it’s been locked 5 months. still waiting to see specialist. waiting on mri results aswell
probs without reduction

sick or people making jokes about like not being able to open your mouth all the way - like bro you try having this see how you like it

also trying baclofen now, physio, acupuncture and anti depressants.
will update you all in a months time to see if i’ve improved

i’m 20F in the UK, and in January 2025 I had my mouth open for 3 hours at a dentist just to get some composite bonding on my two front teeth.

my jaw felt fine for a week, then I was chewing gum on a night out and slowly it began to close shut.

I got an MRI and it showed my right disc was displaced with reduction.

slowly over 7 months my opening turned to normal and I could eat whatever again.
I went to university and then all of a sudden over like idk 5 days in january 2026 I smoked some weed, had amitryptiline and also had some cocaine over new years (big regret now ik ik)

and i kept testing my mouth opening and eventually it closed. it is slowly re opening again. it has been 4 months now but i always talk with my hand on the side of my jaw for support and i get lots of pressure and muscle tightness. no clicking no
popping

ear fullness, teeth tightness

i’m going to physio atm and awaiting another mri and go from there, im scared it might be disc displacement without reduction this time around. i just don’t know why this happened tbh never had any jaw issues before lol

anyway incredibly suicidal over it, it consumes me every single day i’ve lost jobs because of it i can’t kiss my partner properly or have long meaningful conversations unless im drunk, in which the pain fully goes when im drunk

opening is still a little over 2 fingers and i can chew stuff, just on a soft diet doing pt excersizes and heat compress but yeah

feel like this might really be affecting my life now. i’ll come back in 6 months and update you all but yeah 👍