Finally got an actual diagnosis!!

[karlwirral]

Well a couple actually! ive been suffering with the following daily since febuary!


Headache (Usually Left Sided)
Eye Floaters (Left eye)
Eye Flashing / Flickering
Ringing / Pulse in ears mainly left side
Blurry / Wobbly Vision
Colours appear diffrent in each eye
Chest pain (Varys from constant discomfort to sharp pain)
Indigestion / Heartburn daily
Extreme Pain below chest on right hand side (usually worse after eating)
Pulse feeling froom left side of head
Pulse feeling from entire left hand side (Constantly)
Pain in back below ribs sometimes same position on the front
Right side jaw clicking and sticking
Palpitations (sometimes palipitations are painful)
Intense shoulder / Neck pain
Lightheaded and feeling of passing out (worse when excersizing or walking)
Sensitivity to light (Some shops are really bad)
Eyes sometimes arnt in sync (One will stay looking ahead if i move eyes to look at something)

After a long and stressfull year in which i had to give up sports ive finally got to the bottom of it all after one appointment with a specialist

TMJ! And acid reflux

It is litrally staggering how a jaw problem can cause so many symptoms. Ive gone through everything in my head from MS and brain tumors to every type of cancer etc etc! but i had all the tests and they came back negative.

Since i was diagnosed with TMJ my stress and anxiety levels has dropped alot! my BP came down from a daily 150/87 to 108/80 which has in its own right made me feel so much better. I finally feel i can get back on with my life now and most of the symptoms seem to be more manageable now i know how to deal with them. Im just weaning myself of propranolol now and im all good i have 1 tablet every 3 days which next week im reducing to 1 every week then off completely.

I just want to say to all the people out there who think there is no hope there is! i was in a dark dark place mainly cause by stress and anxiety but now ive gotten to the bottom of what caused it i was able to fix those problems and as if by magic the anxiety and stress just disappeard.

My only problem now is not really knowing much about TMJ. has anyone else here been diagnosed with it? I would love to chat to other sufferers.

[Anxious_gal]

If you look at my post wisdom teeth saga, you will see my LONG list of TMJ symptoms
Mine started after I fell and hit my jaw then the wisdom teeth made it a 100 times worse.
I have most of your symptoms too.
A dentist did make a night guard to wear over my teeth at night time to stop me grinding my teeth but I found it too tight and uncomfortable.
I never noticed I clenched my jaw when stressed until someone pointed out I was talking through my teeth lol

very glad you got a proper diagnoses, yes anxiety causes lost of symptoms but I am the type of person that NEEDS to know WHY anxiety causes said symptoms.
Well done for pushing until you got your answeres x

[avasnana]

Hi,

Im glad you have finally got the diagnosis.. that did the specialist advise you did now? Could I also ask how you got to see a specilaist - did you go private or push with your doctor?

thanks

Claire