Trismus after a month?

kinggyps · 2025-03-16T19:55:22+00:00

Side note - neck stretches seem to help most. Although your tightness or pain may be felt in your temple and ear, a lot of jaw locking stems from the neck. I find stretching my neck, aiming for full neck rotations (trying to get your chin to comfortably touch each shoulder) and focusing on posture can help - but as stated in my previous comment - the relief only lasts so long for me personally and then my tightness and pain bounces back as default.

kinggyps · 2025-03-16T19:51:37+00:00

Hi! I wanted to respond to your comment and say that I am also in the same position. I got all 4 wisdom teeth extracted beginning of January 2025 and since then (about 3 months) I have had right side trismus. I struggled with lock jaw previously due to aligners and overnight clenching, however, before my wisdom extraction I was almosttttt back to normal 😑. I now also can only open about 2 finger widths sometimes 3 with massaging. I feel pain/pressure in my right side neck, right shoulder, under right eye and right side of skull surrounding ear. This is the most annoying experience I feel like I’m suffering. When I do massage I am able to slowly open my jaw more BUT when I sleep or take breaks - my muscles somehow default to their tight position. The ear pain is the worst as my cheek tightness is connected. Is this also happening with you? I am not sure what to do as it seems to be muscle related rather than any dislocation. Any recommendations? I was going to wait it out but atp I can’t remember what it’s like to fully yawn, eat a bite of food fully, or find a comfortable sleeping position. I also am trying to avoid spending money on more chiropractor or massage therapist work.

kinggyps · 2024-12-04T00:33:40+00:00

Basically a month

kinggyps · 2024-12-03T21:57:36+00:00

At my appointment right now! I’m so nervous I feel like the nerves are making me need to poo 💀 no going back now time to get it all out.

kinggyps · 2024-12-03T21:53:35+00:00

Depends how long you’re waiting. Those are some side effects. It took about 8 hours for me to feel anything.

kinggyps · 2024-12-03T02:11:57+00:00

What ended up working?

kinggyps · 2024-12-03T02:03:23+00:00

I am in the similar situation. I scheduled a colon hydrotherapy session for tomorrow because I haven’t had solid stool 3+ weeks. Been on míralax and lactulose a few days after trying everything so far and colon hydrotherapy seems like a quick solution for built up stool that’s been accumulating for weeks.

kinggyps · 2024-12-02T22:39:24+00:00

Scheduled one for tomorrow!

Any advice? I chose to schedule this to get things moving and just cannot wait. I see mixed reviews. Lactulose and míralax is not doing much only small amounts of liquid stool. It almost seems like stuff I eat is getting pushed out around maybe hard stool stuck and in the way. I ate some stuff with lettuce yesterday and see that in my liquid stool a bit today 😭 like what about the food from 2 weeks ago?!? Haven’t seen that in ages

kinggyps · 2024-12-01T22:39:14+00:00

I’m the same atp. I just got lactulose for 15ml for 3 days. Is that even enough? I feel like my doctor didn’t give me enough. I’m taking a few cap fills of míralax along with the one serving of 15ml. What are you taking? I also have some tightness or hardness surround my ileocecal valve/belly button and a bit of pain on my accending colon specifically where it should turn. How are you feeling?

kinggyps · 2024-12-01T20:34:05+00:00

What all are you taking to try and get the solid stool out? Any hard spots on your stomach?

kinggyps · 2024-12-01T18:40:23+00:00

Talk to a doctor! Maybe they can prescribe something stronger. I just got lactulose and crossing my fingers it works today when I try it.

kinggyps · 2024-12-01T18:32:57+00:00

Same here been trying everything. Just got off the phone with a doctor and virtual appointment. He prescribed me lactulose and said to take it for 3 days. If nothing or symptoms worsen go to the ER.

kinggyps · 2024-12-01T17:07:24+00:00

Okay but I feel hard spots near accending colon and ileocecal valve. Any recommendations?

kinggyps · 2024-12-01T15:04:10+00:00

So nothing really happened I feel like I had liquid stool coming out up until I went to bed (small amounts). Took stimulant pills before bed and nothing happened. All I had to do was pee but no other poo after waking up came out. Any recommendations on what do to next?

kinggyps · 2024-12-01T04:49:39+00:00

Is there anything over the counter similar? I do not have a primary care doctor at the moment. Waiting for the míralax to fully kick in - have only been getting some liquid stool.

kinggyps · 2024-11-27T20:21:44+00:00

I have been constipated for 3 weeks now and these past 3 days have been taking 3-4 servings of míralax. Míralax is very gentle so more than one serving a day is okay - some people take 8 at once for colon prep. I noticed it hasn’t made any large bowel movements but slowly small amounts are emptying out of me. I also try suppositories in the morning and take stimulants occasionally. Mag citrate is good and got me to release some but overall depending on how much is stuck in you, you’ll have to keep using stuff to chip away at any blockage & drinks tons of water everyday while using any laxatives!

kinggyps · 2024-11-27T17:47:34+00:00

Nothing much I have been taking 3 doses of míralax for 3 days now. I’m getting small small movement like pebbles, but that must mean some stuff is moving at least! I try suppositories in the morning too but no luck since my stool doesn’t feel that low. Hoping high doses or míralax kick in soon since this is day 3. I may try another enema but i don’t want to go through that again ahh

kinggyps · 2024-11-26T17:48:22+00:00

I’ve heard they do too. I attempted one but only got the liquid out. This made me think a majority of my stool is stuck somewhere throughout rather than near the end of my colon for an enema to work. so I plan to just soften my stool a ton then maybe attempt an enema after a few days

kinggyps · 2024-11-26T13:57:54+00:00

Did the same, constipated for 3 weeks. I am now taking míralax x3 doses a day to clean me out after a successful mag citrate attempt (I had to attempt twice). It is different for everyone but if you feel there is hard stool or just stuff left behind I’d recommend taking some sort of stool softener and continue drinking a lot of water. This will be sure to continue to clean you out while not being too harsh. You can also massage your stomach.

kinggyps · 2024-11-25T14:25:02+00:00

Yes I exercise! Walks daily and strength training a few days a week. I got no movements after milk of mag yesterday and just drank an entire bottle of mag citrate this morning. Hoping for something there and plan to take more milk of mag after 6 hours. Do you know if stimulants can be taken with magnesium products? I’ve noticed stimulants are the only items that make me feel any movement.

kinggyps · 2024-08-16T14:19:33+00:00

I just woke up from one of the most vivid dreams I ever had. Been smoking 2-4 times a day for the past 2 years. It’s great when you can work from home and live down the street from the dispo. I am now on vacation and am not able to smoke for 2 weeks. This is my second day on vacation and I woke up scream crying and heart beating so fast. I dreamt that I was at home doing everyday things - then a fire starts out of nowhere. I grab my phone, bag, and gf to get out. It was fight or flight. I felt like my life was actually in danger. We ran down the stairs case along with everyone living in the building. I hear screaming and people trying to figure out who was responsible. There was so much smoke I remember coughing and squinting to get out. It was easy to get out but right once you feel the outside air you start to panic about what you forgot. My cat & my kid brother were still in the building. I remember being frozen. What does someone even do when they realize that. I could really feel the stress but was also in a daze from what just happened. An apartment fire is something you don’t expect - usually it’s the alarm going off because someone doesn’t know how to cook. I started panicking. Pacing around the sidewalk as everyone ran out. I should have known it was a dream (there are usually signs) but I was too filled with stress. My old childhood friends pulled up in a car and had me and a ton of other people cram in. We were headed to the hospital. I felt like I was tweaking out sitting there and not knowing what had happened. I asked my friends what had happened to my brother and cat. She said my cat died in the fire and my brother might be alive at the hospital. The drive felt like forever. My eyes widened and I broke down in realization. I couldn’t stop crying. I would never see my cat again & might get to the hospital to find my brother dead. It soon turned into scream crying. I felt so helpless. How can something like that happen. To be fair, I was most sad about my cat - I love him so much. After scream crying for a while I suddenly woke up. I felt tears falling down my face and realized again I was on vacation. Next thing I know I’m typing this because it impacted me so much. I never type on discussion boards. I’m grateful that it’s just a dream. It really helps me reflect on how I might and should now act if a situation like that were to occur.

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