Jaw pain or soreness?

[[Jr...]]

Is a common symptom soreness or pain in jaw? Never felt this before so I’m curious....

[[La...]]

Unfortunately, that is a common symptom. I was diagnosed with TMJ before I ever took Xanax, but withdrawal definitely exacerbaterates it. I'm not sleeping much, but when I do, that's when I really tend to grind my teeth. I've been sleeping with a mouth guard ever since, so I suggest getting yourself one as it will definitely help.

[[Jr...]]

Unfortunately, that is a common symptom. I was diagnosed with TMJ before I ever took Xanax, but withdrawal definitely exacerbaterates it. I'm not sleeping much, but when I do, that's when I really tend to grind my teeth. I've been sleeping with a mouth guard ever since, so I suggest getting yourself one as it will definitely help.

 

Thanks!

[[im...]]

Yeah I get it too - jaw pain, and also popping sounds from the jaw hinge, especially if I eat something that requires a lot of chewing. My feeling is that it stems, mostly, from grinding teeth during sleep; I feel more and more that many of the symptoms of benzo withdrawal are, of course, from the withdrawal of a drug we've developed a dependence on and a tolerance of; however, I think one of the "engines" that drives the uncomfortable symptoms is poor sleep: insomnia, frequent waking, grinding teeth; lack of REM and other deep sleep states (where healing occurs) etc.

 

When I don't sleep well (which is often), then I am almost guaranteed to feel poorly the next day. Waves seem to be integrally tied to sleep and vice versa. By that I mean that if I'm in a wave, I probably won't sleep well (almost by definition), and if I don't sleep well, then it may bring on a wave.

[[Et...]]

I'm also in on this one, I narrowed it down to teeth grinding at night. I also now know this is what was making me dizzy.

 

I dished out the $250 for the ear doctor to settle it; he pinched my jaw firmly with 2 fingers where it meets the tragus of both ears and made me open and close. It hurt like crazy!  Now I massage that area every day and my dizziness has improved a lot.

 

If you want to verify teeth grinding at night, when you wake up in the middle of the night, grind them a bit, your teeth will feel tender.