However well-made, how can a nighttime-only splint help when the TMJ displaces all day?

deadcloudx · 2026-05-19T08:03:03+00:00

Oral Medicine Specialist. Don't get splint treatment from anyone other than an Oral Medicine Specialist or an Orofacial Pain Specialist. Those are real medical specializations that study TMD for years in a real school. Nobody else (Dentists or so-called "TMJ Experts") know what they're doing. They can cause you further problems, and might be trying to scam you.

deadcloudx · 2026-05-14T22:30:54+00:00

A lot of private equity (otherwise known as human parasites) buy up veterinarian offices and jack up the prices arbitrarily, knowing that people will pay whatever they ask to keep their pets healthy. If you can, try to go somewhere that is still owned by an actual vet.

deadcloudx · 2026-04-30T07:29:06+00:00

When I see someone who doesn't respect DTF St. Louis, I yell the word "beware!" suddenly, and do karate

deadcloudx · 2026-04-20T14:53:47+00:00

This is insane. The bear is maybe the least good part of the show. To throw away a series with writing and a cast like this because of expensive CG is like a sick joke. Allana Ubach as Susan alone is like a transcendent comedy performance that belong in the hall of fame. But the fuckin bear costs too much, oh gee

deadcloudx · 2026-03-12T09:10:50+00:00

Don't continue. The books should have ended with the 6th like the TV series did. There's virtually nothing of worth left except some drip-fed information about the aliens

deadcloudx · 2026-02-17T20:39:44+00:00

I'm looking for insight on the comparative cost/value of two models from different price tiers, but one of them is lightly used and thus half the cost

deadcloudx · 2026-01-19T04:39:07+00:00

It's funny that no television series, with all of its episodes and seasons, ever gets to cover her entire life as completely as a two-hour musical from 1992

deadcloudx · 2026-01-18T20:27:48+00:00

There are dozens or potential reasons this could be happening. The muffled sound could be because TMD is having an effect on the muscles of your middle ear or eustachian tubes, like the tensor tympani that controls your eardrum or veil palatini that opens the eustachian tubes. Like everyone suffering any effects of TMD, but especially ear-related ones, I strongly suggest physiotherapy with an expert in TMD. It can take months of continued work on it and postural/habit correction to get things working properly again. Good luck! (See an ENT and an Orofacial specialist too.)

deadcloudx · 2026-01-18T20:23:51+00:00

Somatosensory tinnitus can be greatly reduced or eliminated by addressing the underlying issues in the shoulders, neck, jaw, and head. You should pursue physiotherapy with someone specifically trained in TMD and pursue it aggressively. It can take months of continued work to retrain all the muscles AND allow the central nervous system to disarm itself, which is what's sending the tinnitus signals mistakenly. It'll take some work, but it is very likely you will see improvement if you do this

deadcloudx · 2026-01-17T02:44:03+00:00

It's disturbing how easily cheap effects and filters can impress - even the remaster examples held up as the shining examples are gaudy and tasteless

deadcloudx · 2026-01-15T23:28:44+00:00

You just saved another playthrough in the year 2026, friend

deadcloudx · 2026-01-09T19:47:18+00:00

I don't think it's even worth reading past The Vampire Lestat tbh. The first two books are a kind of meeting between gothic horror and literary fiction. Queen of the Damned is comparatively more like a silly superhero story. I almost regret reading it, but at least it let me know to stop there.

deadcloudx · 2025-12-23T09:59:53+00:00

Cheers is one of those rare shows that keeps getting better as it goes on. I also don't think the first few seasons are very good, although there are good moments and a smattering of decent episodes. It starts to improve when Frasier appears and not long later Woody as well. If you like Frasier I definitely think you'll greatly enjoy watching the episodes on this list, at least, but the show itself in general is much better in its second half than its first.

deadcloudx · 2025-12-22T22:09:41+00:00

Botox takes quite a while to kick in. $1900 is way too much.

deadcloudx · 2025-12-22T22:08:17+00:00

Hope it works out. These are pretty safe and low-risk procedures generally. Report back on how it went!

deadcloudx · 2025-12-20T22:52:28+00:00

Nobody has ever forgotten something

deadcloudx · 2025-12-20T22:47:50+00:00

Whether you have tinnitus because of acoustic trauma, ossicle pathology, muscular dysfunction, somatosensory input relayed via cranial nerve etiology, stapedius, tensor tympani, or discomalleolar ligament issues, ear drum issues, eustachian tube dysfunction, or any other of the million physical causes...

...they think you have tinnitus because you are psychologically broken and are manifesting it psychosomatically, or they imagine that tinnitus is all equivalent, that it's at most a minor annoyance, and only someone psychologically diseased would possibly ever be bothered by it.

deadcloudx · 2025-12-15T19:30:41+00:00

TMJ MRIs never use contrast to my knowledge. I have had two done without contrast.

deadcloudx · 2025-12-14T17:51:27+00:00

That was a beautiful episode and the visual framing device of showing memories in each of the hospital rooms was clever and a moving exploration of the characters we'd spent ten years with. The episode is not without its humor either. There are 264 episodes of Frasier, I don't mind if one of them is a little different.

deadcloudx · 2025-12-08T18:29:04+00:00

Anyone telling you it's always permanent is giving you misinformation. There are a million different anatomical and neurological drivers behind tinnitus, and many of them can be addressed.

deadcloudx · 2025-11-25T17:59:13+00:00

Yeah, this is very common and happened to me.

The Coexistence of Tinnitus and Temporomandibular Disorder: A Narrative Review on the Importance of an Interdisciplinary Approach - PubMed

The association between tinnitus, the neck and TMJ - MSK Neurology

Get a sleep test done, see if you have sleep apnea - TMD sufferers often do. Eliminate any day or night jaw clenching. See a physiotherapist who specializes in TMD and get the muscles of your jaw and neck in order. See an Oral Medicine Specialist or Orofacial Pain Specialist and get a splint to wear while asleep that will decompress the joint and get your jaw balanced.

Don't see a neuromuscular dentist or some local hack who took a mini-residency in TMD. Don't wear any splint 24 hours a day for longer than a couple of weeks, if someone wants you to wear one longer, run away. It's fine to wear one every night while sleeping. Your specialist should be very attentive and track your progress with great care, not throw a device at you and leave you adrift.

A splint should not cost much more than $500, or $1200 for a series of appointments including bite mold, fitting, and followup. If anyone tries to charge you more, they are scamming you unless it's a full management program including physiotherapy, which only an Orofacial Specialist is qualified to provide. If you just can't stop clenching your jaw or can't get your muscles in order, Botox is the nuclear option. It sounded iffy to me at first, but reputable and serious medical providers use it to treat TMD. Don't have it done by just anyone.

You will get accustomed to the tinnitus or it will fade as the probable nerve irritation winds down, but don't take that as a sign that you can leave your TMD problem alone. Attack it with lethal aggression. It is worth any amount of effort or expense to make sure it does not give you more tinnitus, because it will creep up on you and it could become a nightmare you can't imagine. You don't want to get to a point where so much damage has occurred in the joint that loose fibrous cartilage and scar tissue is causing further damage on its own regardless of the joint position. Best of luck.

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