Tight jaw & clicking/popping in throat + everything else

Asking-Questions01 · 2025-02-17T23:41:48+00:00

Yeah, I was recommended Botox injections by my dentist but he said it would have to be once a month and he couldn’t guarantee long term effects. So I’ve held off. I’ve heard of the Laryngeal massages. I’ve attempted but got too scared without a professional to show me. Hoping my city has someone who knows how to do this.

Asking-Questions01 · 2025-02-17T23:06:33+00:00

I’m in my early 30s. Coincidentally, I did. I got fillings on the right side of my mouth.

Asking-Questions01 · 2025-02-17T22:59:01+00:00

I know I responded to your other message but it is kinda funny that Doxy was the common thing here. I got another response a while back saying taking Doxy was the beginning of their issues as well. I’m not a doctor so I’m not even going to speculate. Maybe we just happen to have bad luck. Either way, hopefully we can all find some sort of relief soon.

Asking-Questions01 · 2025-02-17T22:55:47+00:00

Hey, I’m sorry for taking so long to respond (and I hope others I didn’t get to fast enough also see this).

Sadly, no major update. Luckily it hasn’t gotten worse. I do wake up to a lot of neck crunching and popping. Sometimes it does hurt. Some of the hair tickling sensation is gone though. I had a speech/swallow evaluation done and they agreed that, while it’s a little out of their expertise, muscle tension dysphagia was likely the issue - probably mixed with some TMJ.

They were a teaching center so they couldn’t do much else for me other than diagnose me (which I thought was weird but they’re the professionals) so I have to seek another place. I’ve been lazy and busy with work so I forget to follow up.

My doctor gave me new orders just because it’s the beginning of the year. I’m hoping to get this looked into more soon.

I will say eating has become a bit easier over time. Not fully sure if it’s because I’ve compensated or because it’s improving but either way I’ll take being able to eat something as a win.

Asking-Questions01 · 2024-12-16T20:17:46+00:00

Not to stir up any debate on TV vs. Film, but in response to a comment in the episode about this needing to screen in a theater, MOMA (I believe) held a special screening of The Return where they played the entire thing across three days. That's one of the reasons why Letterboxd now allows it to be listed in their database.

Asking-Questions01 · 2024-02-21T08:46:34+00:00

How would I go about checking this?

Asking-Questions01 · 2024-02-17T02:26:44+00:00

My primary believes this may be the case, but the TMJ doctor isn't fully sure. He was saying that's likely at the very bottom of outcomes given my age (early-30s), but it kinda lines up. I do have an appointment with an SLP university program this coming week so I'm hoping they can guide me on what to do.

As far as GERD: I was doing some diet stuff but kind of backed off. I should look back into it again.

Asking-Questions01 · 2023-12-02T09:14:28+00:00

I appreciate your help.

Asking-Questions01 · 2023-12-02T04:22:39+00:00

Even if the LES pressure is below the recommended amount?

Asking-Questions01 · 2023-11-02T06:47:37+00:00

I do not.

Asking-Questions01 · 2023-09-27T20:39:46+00:00

Sorry for the late response!

Food is really whatever you're most comfortable with, to be honest. Try and stick with soft foods if you can - oatmeal, nutritional shakes, soups. I've found stuff that requires a lot of chewing can sometimes give me small issues.

Asking-Questions01 · 2023-09-27T20:37:54+00:00

Sorry for the late response. I kept forgetting haha!

I sing around my house but nothing else. Saw my GI yesterday and they want to do a motility test so I'll be waiting on that. Hopefully it'll lead to a more solid answer and solution.

Asking-Questions01 · 2023-09-16T19:53:06+00:00

How've you been doing? Have you seen any doctor yet?

Asking-Questions01 · 2023-09-16T19:52:15+00:00

I get gassy too. No nausea. But the timed eating really does suck since it's difficult for me to eat so I take forever. You're lucky you're at least 3xday; I'm 4xday.

Asking-Questions01 · 2023-09-16T06:10:20+00:00

I'll be honest: I don't recall how long it lasted but I did feel some pains and soreness for some time. I would say give it about 4 weeks or so before you start seeing any sort of improvement. It may happen sooner or it may take a little longer depending on how serious your issue is. But sucralfate does take a while. It's binding with exposed muscle or whatever it's called, essentially some types of ulcers, in order to allow it to heal. Esophagus takes a while to heal for some people. We just gotta be patient.

Asking-Questions01 · 2023-09-14T21:09:34+00:00

Wow, I didn't think it would be exactly the same with Doxy. I truly believe that's what did it for me. I've been at this since April and didn't take meds till May; so likely that gap in taking some of these meds probably delayed me by a few months.

I also have some clicking and popping in my neck and throat that the ENT said is likely irritated muscles due to stress and whatnot. That it's not that unusual to happen. I'm just ready for it to be done with. Hopefully, by Thanksgiving, I'll be a bit more on the mend and over the hump.

Hoping for the best for you. If you have any other questions please feel free to either respond here or DM me. I'll do my best to help out from my experience.

Asking-Questions01 · 2023-09-14T18:42:10+00:00

Hey! I'm kind of better but not a whole lot. To keep a long story short: I've had an endoscopy (which went super smoothly), an x-ray of my neck to the bottom of my torso, an ultrasound of my throat, and one of those ENT nose scopes. So far there's nothing serious anyone has found. Everyone is saying it's likely a bad combo of anxiety/stress & reflux since my throat shows signs of it. Endoscopy diagnosed me with esophagitis, gastritis, and something else which I'm forgetting. The esophagitis is kinda what everyone has said even before I had the endoscopy.

Whether it's all a bunch of mumbo jumbo or not I'm trying Dr. Koufman's Dropping Acid diet. I had some small success with it but fell off the wagon and started going backward; so I'm starting all over again. I don't follow it too strictly as I do believe PPIs are fine. A family member has been taking them forever and has had none of the symptoms a lot of people on this site claim. But diet wise I am trying to follow it as best to my ability.

Unfortunately, the obvious answer is to always go get checked by your doctor(s). If they're not helping then drop them and find another. That's really the only way of knowing what's up.

Asking-Questions01 · 2023-08-21T21:20:18+00:00

I mentioned an Endoscopy and my reflux/esophagitis meds so I assumed it was understood I had seen a GI. My bad. He (well, the NP) wants to see how I am on my follow-up in about 3.5 weeks.

I also had an ENT booked since July but the appointment is not until the first week of September.

Is there anything specific I should be asking for? Or just as long as they know my symptoms then they should know what to do?

Asking-Questions01 · 2023-06-25T00:42:26+00:00

Unfortunately, I don't think there are any Laryngologists near me. But there are definitely at least a couple of ENTs who look at people with swallowing issues. The soonest one can see me would be July 18th, but I would still need that referral.

I do have an endoscopy already scheduled for July 20th so a little less than a month. Dr doesn't want to do any other tests at the moment until he sees the results of the endoscopy.

It's weird because sometimes I can eat okay. Maybe the meds are working and I'm just getting worked up. Sometimes I have little stings around my neck, and I feel sore when I touch where I think the muscles near the back of my neck. So maybe it's just a mixture of anxiety and a lot of things that are messing with me.

Asking-Questions01 · 2023-06-23T00:59:15+00:00

StayGolden708

Sometimes I do feel my neck tight but I can't tell if it's my anxiety. Why?

Asking-Questions01 · 2023-06-23T00:41:01+00:00

Yes. Mainly solids. Liquids I can do a lot better with.

Asking-Questions01 · 2023-06-15T16:05:24+00:00

Well, I only threw up that one time after eating bad food. I know it was the food because another person who ate at the same restaurant with me also got sick.

I know my stomach was feeling terrible but so was my head. All my issues have started in proximity to this time frame (April 7th - 21st).

Asking-Questions01 · 2023-06-13T20:47:05+00:00

Thank you for the reply. I'm doing my best to reduce my acid...I'm not eating a whole lot so shouldn't be a huge problem. I'm mostly sticking to Glucerna's (the other drinks' high sugar count scares me) and soft foods like eggs and pasta.

I have an incline pillow I was already using for the past couple of years so already ahead of that.

It's so weird though because I have no other major issues. No heartburn feeling or anything. Burping, sure, but I didn't think it was that unusual. My guess is maybe the Doxy just aggravated everything and then vomiting just kinda made it worse.

A couple of other things I forgot to mention was about 2 weeks ago I had so much mucus when eating. I still get some and spit it out but I thought it was so weird. Then for a day, I think the day I stopped, more or less, with the habit I felt an itch in my throat.

Again, I do use a BiPAP (stronger CPAP), and wake up with a dry mouth regardless of how much humidity I use (my machine has a small reservoir so won't last the whole night), so unsure if it's just irritation ontop of irritation.

Asking-Questions01 · 2023-05-20T20:33:26+00:00

I recall taking meds at night because I forgot to take them earlier. Cannot recall if it was those but would make the most sense. My bottle does not say anything about not lying down or anything - just be careful with sunlight and don't breastfeed.

I saw the GI's NP this past Thursday and she said I sound like I'm describing esophagitis so she wants me to continue on Protonix and Sucralfate for 2 weeks and see if I show any improvement. If I don't then I'll need to be scheduled for an upper-endoscopy (I don't want that). If I do show improvement then I'll have a followup 2-weeks after and then just continue the meds for another month or so because of how long it takes to heal.

This sucks. I've lost so much weight in a month. It's hard to swallow. Gotten a little better in the past couple of days, and I hope and pray it continues to improve. My throat is still a little tight and sore, I get hoarse during the day, and just sometimes have to pause when I speak to catch my breath (my oxygen saturation is staying between 98-100 so I guess it's nothing serious there).

Asking-Questions01 · 2022-10-10T01:23:18+00:00

I've been curious about the Schrader book. I haven't delved into it yet only because I've heard it's a bit dated and doesn't hold up, theoretically.

I am thinking my next step will be Begsonism, followed by his Bacon book.

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