Re: NTI failure continued

On May 15, 10:05 pm, jerm <blown...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I didn't read everything in detail, but if you never left the NTI
in for even one whole night, how could you deem it a failure?

Nobody said getting control of extreme clenching was a piece of cake.

Plus, just because a neurologist prescribed an NTI, all NTI's are
not alike and you may need to experiment a little on vertical
opening, slide bars, etc.

The fact that the NTI changed your symptoms is actually a good
indication that you are on the right track with the clenching
being a large part of your problem.

I don't think I've ever seen a clencher that could not be helped
with an NTI. I have seen a few patients who wouldn't let it
happen.

If you are serious about dealing with your problem, give us a
basic geographical location and we might have a name in mind
for a referral.
ok look, i was a clencher in the first place then dislocated,tore,
injured, whatever my tmj. JIM BOYD made
me two devices not soon after. i wore it for almost three weeks, even
though i would wake up violently clenched down much harder than i
could imagine, and then deal with piercing pain in my jaw joints as
they would relax, and then the pain in both sides of my face was
unbelievable. i dont know if i was injured too soon to have the thing
or what, but it caused me incredible pain. after i stopped wearing the
thing, the nightmare earface pain headache that leveled me stayed for
a couple weeks. now almost a year later, im still dealing with
popping,grating, clenching and neck headaches and eyepain,face
tightness and spasms. nothing else is working, and im tempted to pop
it in again, but i am scared of that pain coming back. The professors
at UCLA also have nothing but bad things to say about the NTI, like it
can cause major injuries or whatever. I dont know , nobody believes my
pain, neurologists,dentist whatever.

ive also been told that because i have a joint that is popping and
grating every few days, that i have some joint damage
that could be made worse by using an NTI. Also, ive been informed that
the NTI will help quickly, but after three weeks the pain will
return.
It just seems like all the muscles in the back of my head and neck, as
well as my jaw have been in spasm for months, but nobody has given me
any solution for this, except for buckets of pills that just make me
tired. almost a year of this nightmare has been going on, and im
afraid im either making things worse by doing nothing, or worse by
wearing something like the NTI. what the heck do i do?
.

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