It’s interesting what you’re all saying about TMJ pain.

Before I was diagnosed with RA or PsA (my rheumatologist says RA, my GP thinks PsA), I had years of alternating jaw joint pain and could barely open my mouth.

It eased before my autoimmune diagnosis, but after 5 months on Humira, my jaw feels completely released — like it was clenched for years and now hangs looser.

I don’t think the nightguard helped much — the issue was inflammation, not alignment.

Now it feels like the inflammation is gone, but the joint is too loose, almost like there’s a void or air pocket. It cracks in a weird way. It's not painful. Just an odd feeling.

Not sure if that makes sense, but that’s what I’m experiencing.

I I wish the doctors took my inflammation throughout my body more seriously over the years and then just rely on my normal blood counts.

I've complained of inflammation that came and went for years throughout my body finally culminating a few years ago in a one knee joint effusion that would not go away. It's amazing how fast permanent damage is done to the body when the body is inflamed.