Very good news @PleasureDrone - I bet the TMD has been worse this last week or so worrying that you might lose your sight! Still sounds very uncomfortable but hopefully having a diagnosis and stress management techniques in the rest of your life will help and in time it will resolve itself 
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If you bring a quote with you @Justthe2ofus2007 it links up the conversations, and then people donāt have to go hunting to figure out what youāre talking about. 
Did you figure out how to fill in your tax forms in the end?
Excellent news @PleasureDrone 
you must be proper relieved after the stressfulness the they the situations caused fir you. Very positive about the likely disorder often vanishes as mysteriously as it arrived.
It sounds as though if you can get stress and anxiety down the condition will likely go away, is that correct? Have you been given any techniques to help you with the anxiety and stress? I was given a few sheets of a4 with information on with advice on how to manage anxiety. There is a lot of different techniques as thereās no one-size fits all. Iāll have a look for it tomorrow as itās late and Iām not feeling well atm n have brain fog but I will definitely try to find it out n type the tips out
Iām in a world of pain with it right now @AmyA I know what you mean, itās rare that I can use the technique due to the sickness and headache. Do you find that the headache brings sickness on and vice vesa on shark week 
the thing with mines it hasnāt arrived yet, the build up a few days before and the first two days can be horrendous, ofher times the pains non-existent thank goodness!
The day off was required @AmyA saves stress being added to the roercoaster of emotions, sickness and pain. Sounds like youāve gotten through the worst of it, glad youāre on the mend. Fingers crossed youāll be pretty much back to yourself after a good nightās sleep thought this is the best place to post, I may be wrong though x
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Never watched a cam girl in my life, but i would assume if theyāre paying to see you, they are not talking crap, otherwise theyād be paying to see someone else! Let their honest opinions boost your confidence! 
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Thatās really very generous of you, Alyssa - thank you. Donāt worry if those sheets wonāt come to hand, though: sounds like youāve got quite enough on your plate! 
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Yeah the sickness is from the headache, usually I donāt get as nauseous as I did this time, was struggling to even finish a cup of tea! Iām lucky I donāt usually suffer from much other symptoms than the headache, donāt really get cramps bad anything like that. Iām usually the same with the headache just before/right at the start but everything seems to have been a bit out this time, didnāt actually start till a day before was due to start taking pills again after the week break 
our bodies are just weird sometimes!
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Thinking of you @PleasureDrone. We all know how worried you were so must be such a relief to find out it isnāt GCA! 
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So glad itās not the more serious illness @PleasureDrone but TMD still sounds far from pleasant!!
Sending hugs xx
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Glad it isnāt worse @PleasureDrone . I have TMD (although my D stands for dysfunction), and for me, it is just about not clicking my jaw or grinding my teeth. I have no other ill effects, so hopefully itāll be similar for you.
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Thatās good. 
I bet itās a right faff with all the gifts and stuff. But at least youāll have an earnings record for anything official you might need later.
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Hi @KinkyMira - Interestingā¦ a friend of mine in the USA has it too. She tends to grind her teeth in her sleep, so has to wear a mouthguard at night. Living alone, Iāve no idea whether I do that, but I seem to always wake up with a relaxed jaw, so Iām guessing not. All my life, though, Iāve had an unconscious thing of clamping my teeth together (I think itās related to the stammer I had as a kid), and when listening to music (even just a tune in my head) I often tap out the rhythm with my teeth. Gotta un-learn those habits now!
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I do that too, tapping out the rhythms on with my teeth, up down, side to side!
I clamp down and grind my teeth when stressed too, quite often broke my fillings or actual tooth doing that, i have promised my dentist iāll try and control it, but itās a subconscious thing.
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Iāve been told that I grind my teeth at night sometimes! I often wake up with my jaws tightly clenched, this often results in me getting a headache or at worst itāll turn into a migraine.
The trouble is you have no control over what you do in your sleep 
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I would say so. Iām the same, I have a relaxed jaw in the morning. My teeth grinding and clamping was during the day, so I had to consciously stop doing it. My pain has largely gone away now, after I got it under control.
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@WillC - you too, eh? Yeah. Itās such unconscious second-nature that deliberately NOT doing it feels so weird right now!
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Glad it is not as bad as you feared @PleasureDrone. One step at a time and listen to the experts! The real ones, not the google ones!!
All the best hope they get on top of what it is and how to treat it soon.
Good luck
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Thereās an exercise recommended on an NHS page where you lift your tongue to the roof of your mouth, and then open your jaw slightly. Iāve been giving it a go recently, but I donāt think Iāve been doing it properly/often enough. I find stretching exercises quite difficult to do regularly, as they are dull.
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Many thanks for the PDF link, Ian - much appreciated.
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@WillC just checking that radiator is ok, have you done away with them? Think there is general concern that some harm may have come to them 
did they get too hot to handle?? Was there jealousy at the lack of use or perhaps too much use of a fan?? Just wonderingā¦ jealousy and heat can have a crazy effect on us all!!
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Iāve had a breif look @PleasureDrone n I will have a proper look when i feel upto it which will happen today as theres alwsys times when the pain subsides if I canāt find them Iāll ask the Dr for another copy as I see the Dr next week. I donāt like getting any information from the Internet as thereās so much and many contradictions as well as some amazing tips for various conditions but like I say there too much misinformation and alike you I donāt want any horror stories about conditions any of the loved ones and me are diagnosed with, no way Iām too anxious.
Did the Dr give you any tips about your breathing during anxiety or anything to try that will potentially help? Anything about breathing management? My meds do help although wish the Dr told me that living without them isnāt an option, theyāre v addictive. Sorry I meant to finish this earlier Iāve edits everywhere 
Iāve not found it yet but promise Iāll get another copy next week if I donāt find it before
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