So yeah, I am a big basket of anxiety these days. I am only 23 years old and this is not how I want my “best years” to be going. Now I have TMJ problems, my jaw has been locked for like 2 months (can’t open mouth more than 2 fingers, and that is when I am really straining myself), I have tinnitus, stuffy feeling ears, am sensitive to sounds, hearing can feel not as sharp at times. I get jaw, neck, face soreness. It is always the worst for a few hours after waking. 

I know I grind and clench bad, because I wake up in the morning with my teeth and jaw sore, and then it radiates to my neck and ears, and causes the ear issues. Also my girlfriend wakes me up almost every night telling me to stop grinding. It is so loud and violent that it wakes her up from her sleep!

I can’t even eat anymore. Only smoothies, mashed potatoes, applesauce. If I try to eat regularly the jaw movement flares up all my symptoms, ears get stuffier, soreness radiates all over. This has ruined my life!

I have a few TMJ related appointments coming up but in the meantime, how the hell can I stop the bruxism? I already sleep on my back, take magnesium glycinate before bed. I don’t know what else to do! Late at night I can feel some progress but then I sleep and end up inflaming everything all over again!