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If I could get my brain to shut up that would be a good start to getting to sleep...but even ambient music doesn't help that...
No background noise, I don't understand how people do that. If there is music playing it will get louder through the night, the flickering of the TV bugs me. All daytime distractions are turned off. Even the cell phone is moved to another room.
Hmmm hopefully its just melonoma. Can be taken off.
Why did a girl punch you?
And what's TMJ?
Yeah, its probably nothing but I had to get it checked out. Girl punched me because I was at a party and got with another girl and she had different expectations I guess. Pretty sure she messed up the alignment of my jaw and gave me this TMJ. Literally felt the awkward pain in my jaw the next day.
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Originally Posted by savoytruffle
Eek. I have TMJ disorder too, but naturally - my lower jaw is bigger than my upper jaw and that causes issues. A lot of people have TMJ problems but they resolve themselves. Mine acts up at times and probably always will but yours will probably fix itself naturally at some point.
That reminds me...I knew a guy in college who was at a club while studying abroad in Australia and some girl hit him in the ear with her elbow so hard (accidentally I think) that he ruptured his eardrum!
Did the TMJ get better? I am going for x-ray/mri soon and a catscan for my skull on Tuesday to find out more about what the hell is going on with my body.
I am going to have to be more careful when around women from now on!
TMJ is short for the temporomandibular joint in the jaw. It's also how people describe having TMJ disorders or dysfunction (they just say "I have TMJ" like hoopla did). Basically, TMJ disorders range from serious issues of pain in the jaw and restricted jaw movement, to just annoying clicking. I have minor pain sometimes and clicking but that's about it.
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Did the TMJ get better? I am going for x-ray/mri soon and a catscan for my skull on Tuesday to find out more about what the hell is going on with my body.
For me, it's just random. It doesn't hurt all the time but it sometimes does. Like I said, I have an issue with my jaw itself. You just got hit by someone. So I think yours will get better permanently.
No background noise, I don't understand how people do that. If there is music playing it will get louder through the night, the flickering of the TV bugs me. All daytime distractions are turned off. Even the cell phone is moved to another room.
I used to sleep with music but had to stop that when I got married.
We have an old ceiling fan and it makes great "white noise". It's hideous looking but we won't replace it because all of the new fans are too quiet.
I like having my cell next to my bed. It's on silent while it charges. In the morning I wake up and check the weather, my email, calendar, Facebook and CD ...after all that I'm ready to face the day
I used to sleep with music but had to stop that when I got married.
We have an old ceiling fan and it makes great "white noise". It's hideous looking but we won't replace it because all of the new fans are too quiet.
I like having my cell next to my bed. It's on silent while it charges. In the morning I wake up and check the weather, my email, calendar, Facebook and CD ...after all that I'm ready to face the day
I love listening to music too before I go to sleep it calms me down. Even if I am sleeping with a girlfriend I pop in my earbuds at least for 15 minutes to help calm me down.
I've mentioned it before, try a drop or two of lavender oil on a tissue placed on your pillow where you can get a good whiff. I had issues getting to sleep, this rarely ever fails for me. Deep breathing focusing on the exhaling breath can be somewhat helpful too. The breathing relaxes you, but only if you concentrate on the breaths and nothing else. Or counting sheep.
Believe me, I've suffered from some serious insomnia in the past till I started using these methods. I can't say there's never a case when I have something pending for the next day that I just am so overwhelmed that I can't seem to sleep no matter what. In such cases, I just get out of bed and find something to do, read and then use those methods and hope for the best. But such instances are extremely rare since lavender oil came into my life.
Oh and music used to do it for me, mainly Enya, not so much anymore.
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But such instances are extremely rare since lavender oil came into my life. 