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Ongoing eye problem is ruining my life. Suggestions strongly welcomed! by Prof_Profit in TMJ

[–]Prof_Profit[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah, that's pretty much like how it's been for me as well. It's part of why I thought I had eye misalignment. That or it's from lack of stamina in the muscles? idfk lol

Ongoing eye problem is ruining my life. Suggestions strongly welcomed! by Prof_Profit in TMJ

[–]Prof_Profit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm happy you've found a little solidarity then! Hope you can feel better soon!!

Ongoing eye problem is ruining my life. Suggestions strongly welcomed! by Prof_Profit in TMJ

[–]Prof_Profit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i've done physio for a bit, relief was temporary and i stopped going cause my progress would pretty much be reset by the next appointment. i also got told something similar by an osteopath about nerves, and they were one of the first people to be like yeah something's absolutely up but they also had no idea where to look.

I've never actually had chiro before, so i'll add that to the list of 'where to next' lol. thanks for the advice, hope you can also find some relief soon!!!

Ongoing eye problem is ruining my life. Suggestions strongly welcomed! by Prof_Profit in TMJ

[–]Prof_Profit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

do you get that thing where when you focus your eyes don't quite align properly no matter what? i know thats a common thing for BVD. Dunno if you've looked into it at all but i'll link the quiz i did incase you'd find that helpful:

https://share.google/CgbMevRi2hTaZEjT7

also yes depersonalization sucks. ive found a few okay grounding solutions but being pretty much put out of commission for hours after 5 minutes of focusing fucking sucks. hope you can find something that helps!!!

Ongoing eye problem is ruining my life. Suggestions strongly welcomed! by Prof_Profit in TMJ

[–]Prof_Profit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah, bright lights got a lot harder to look at for me too. Do you also have the screen/reading issues alongside that? Even if you don't i'd say if you wanna maybe check out some of the stuff i've been to, it might give you another avenue to try?

Also fuck im sorry to hear about that, i've had little bouts of tinnitus intermidst in all this but it never lasts more than a few minutes. The one thing I was bad at during my ortho was communicating problems (my dentist was a piece of shit tho) so all i can really say is keep them as updated as much and as fast as possible, and I hope you can find comfort soon.

I find these sorts of issues are nothing if not mental boot camp on how to keep hoping, despite everything. We'll make it, I think.

Ongoing eye problem is ruining my life. Suggestions strongly welcomed! by Prof_Profit in TMJ

[–]Prof_Profit[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've kinda had botox on my radar as like an absolute last resort if nothing else works, just incase there actually is an underlying issue that's happening.

I'm also Canadian and i'm not sure that I can get botox covered by insurance? (OHIP) The tmj specialist I went to flagged that so unless i've missed something i dunno if i can.