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[clare663]

Hi All, have been on the Evorel Conti patch for 3 weeks now and have woken up this morning with a really bad pain in my jaw, really hurt when I yawned!! Has anyone else had this?

[Cazikins]

It doesn't sound like anything to do with the HRT, maybe you were clenching your jaw in your sleep last night??? is this the first time it has happened?

[clare663]

Hi Cazikins
Yeah the first time it has happened. you are probable right ansd it is me linking all strange things to it!!

[CLKD]

As oestrogen levels drop the ligaments become lax - could that be your problem?

[clare663]

Hi CLKD thats possible I guess but shouldnt my levels be rising as Im on the patches? I am finding this whole menopausal thing confussing! Dont know what causes the hot flushes or the low moods or the anxiety etc how I wish more ladies spoke about it and then I might have been a bit more clued up when it happened!!!

[CLKD]

If you are confused, you are in the 'right' place 

Do you have a dental appt. soon, maybe a mouth guard if you are grinding your teeth?

[babyjane]

If you are confused, you are in the 'right' place 

Very true.  The ladies here speak about it all the time so you are among friends.

CLKD I had a mouth guard but I bit through it within 8 weeks 

[CLKD]

   ………    did you miss your tongue 

[clare663]

Do I grind my teeth!! Yes so much so I have lost most of the top ones through to grinding and loosening them as I have very short roots! It feels more like an ache just past the hinge if that makes sense. I can eat and talk (much to my partners disappointment) but cant open my mouth very wide (again partners disappointment) and it hurts when I yawn!!

[babyjane]

clare 663 may I suggest you look up TMJ (temporomandibular joint) disorder.  This is the posh name for the jaw joint.  It is what I have and sounds very like your problem.  If grinding affects your teeth that much maybe you need to have a chat with your dentist or ask to be referred to the maxillo facial clinic.

I only got a handle on mine when I started seeing a chiropractor.  all the NHS gave me was physiotherapy but my jaw was misaligned.

[babyjane]

I also have a misaligned jaw and should have had it corrected with braces when I was younger.  It's too expensive now and too much faff at my age!

[clare663]

Hi all, thank you for your suggestions. I will look it up and yes I catch my cheeks quite often! My mum also has a clicky jaw and her dentist was horrified when he dislocated it unintentionally when carrying out some routine dental work!! My jaw doesnt click but seems quite mobile so I will make an appointment. I have ground my teeth constantly for years and had a guard but it just made me gag!! Not an option now thanks to some false teeth!!