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susan828
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 Posted - 05/19/2010 : 08:52:35
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| I just had this happen for the second time in a few weeks. I was in a tense situation, talking to someone that gave me anxiety and immediately I got pain in my lower back teeth. It went away in about 15 seconds. I do worry about my teeth a lot but I have not had any signs of dental trouble which I know well, what to look for as far as abscesses, etc)...has anyone else felt this immediate type of reaction? Is it muscular, TMJ stuff? I also feel some aching in the same side temple afterwards when this is happening, intermittently usually afterwards. Is this immediate type of nerve firing or muscle tension common? I do remember a friend getting a phone call that was disturbing and all of a sudden his back was in agony seconds later. |
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Dave
USA
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Posted - 05/19/2010 : 09:33:25
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Your message started out promising ... you attached the anxiety to the tooth pain.
But then you went down the physical path.
This event should bolster your belief in the TMS diagnosis. |
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susan828
USA
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Posted - 05/19/2010 : 13:10:34
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| It does, but I would like to know if other people have experienced such an immediate reaction to stress, it was the second that the stress occurred. Does the brain really send the message to the muscles/nerves that fast? Apparently it does but I'd like to hear other examples. It would just reassure me that nothing is really going on with my teeth. |
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pan
United Kingdom
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Posted - 05/19/2010 : 14:11:43
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A physical reaction to an emotional stressor can indeed be instantaneous. You only have to consider the act of blushing, we get embarrassed which is of course an emotional reaction and then we blush immediately which is the physical response to the emotional stressor.
If you consider this process it is quite easy to see how closely entwined the physical and emotional are. Different people do indeed express their emotional stressors in different physical symptoms/sensations or processes but the bottom line is that the causality of this is not organic in origin but rather due to an emotional/mind based first cause. |
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Wavy Soul
USA
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Posted - 05/20/2010 : 02:11:36
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I have written about this - had the most AWFUL tooth pain, thought I would die
it was TMS
I think it's in the archives somewhere
Love is the answer, whatever the question |
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susan828
USA
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Posted - 05/20/2010 : 07:02:45
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| Thanks, Wavy, I will search for it. If I can't find it, I'll let you know, but I am curious, when you had the pain, did you see the dentist and have x-rays? Did you have pain elsewhere at the time, like temples and jaw? What exactly helped you? |
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LuvtoSew
USA
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Posted - 05/20/2010 : 10:41:24
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| since it was a stressful situation it could be you were clenching and stressed your muscles. |
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Anxiety and Tooth/Jaw Pain
