TMJ or Dental Distress Syndrome?

Well, I haven't posted for a while, so I thought I should give an update to what I've learned. I went to a neurologist who had me have an EEG to see if the venous angioma was causing any problems. The test results were normal (as usual for me). He also performed nerve testing on my arms and that was normal. He suggested I go to the hearing and balance clinic and they did some vestibular testing on me, that showed my vestibular system was in good shape. I kept thinking, well if I'm so darn normal why does my head still feel this way!? Then I decided to see a neighbor who is an ENT (ear, nose, throat) specialist. He suggested I may have some TMJ. So I went home and started researching it. I was suprised I haven't run across TMJ before now. I found this person's story: http://www.zianet.com/dumais/account.html and was suprised to learn that she also experienced heart issues and digestive issues as well. So, I'm going to pursue the idea of TMJ with my dentist and see if I can come up with something that will help. I did read that chiropractic care can help with TMJ which might be why my half-dizziness and off balance feelings went away for a while after I had gone to the chiropractor for a few months. I guess I should have kept going. Maybe I'll be going back!

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