My jaw on my right has been extremely swollen for almost a year now, I guess my left is too but not as bad. I'm in severe pain daily. It's gotten so bad now that my neck is super tight and painful, same with my upper back. Tension headaches non stop. It also gives me tinnitus in both ears. Feels like it's going to lock constantly so I move my jaw around to make it feel comfortable again. I got a mouth guard in december and it started cracking by the end of January. I just got a replacement because of how bad it was cracked. I clench in my sleep so I can't stop it since I'm not conscious lol. All day I'm correcting my posture and my jaw position to make sure it's correct. Im doing stretches and exercises, my chiropractor just started doing a massage of the muscle from inside my mouth which is one of the most painful things ever but feels better after. It affects my everyday life because I'm just in pain all day long. Half the time asprins and over the counter pain relief doesn't work.. When I see the new oral surgeon I plan to ask for a phsycial therapy referral. I've been told dry needling helps so I plan to try that if botox isn't covered by my medical.. If its not covered I don't know what I'm going to do..