I'm learning fast to NEVER say in perimenopause ....'it can't get any worse surely?'........(sorry in advance for the long rant)
So, some of you might have seen my thread about painful/full pressure ears and tinitus and pain in side of face....(still happening)
.....long story short......had it all checked. Nothing shows. Nurse did see an ear infection 4 weeks ago but ENT said not now....could be a jaw issue. Dentist no idea either really. Useless.
This week...the jaws have become much more involved. The left one has become one that clicks in and out all the time and become very noisy... when I bite down I catch my cheek as its misaligned....I have to stretch jaw to make it less so....
My jaw joints feel so tired and ache and like they are just worn out...they crunch and click and they ache to chew, talk....only eating soft food as I can't do any other type...
Cheeks hurt, muscles in them feel sore..if I over stretch or try to yawn or move my jaw around....they throb...and hurt and face feels even more achy and the ear pain/fullness gets worse when muscles or jaw used.
I've had an issue on left side over the years from bad habits of biting cheek, lips, anxiety tension....the left jaw for years has been very crunchy but that's all. No pain or ever any issues with ears or face pain or eating at all.
So........I'm pretty sure it has to be perimenopause as all my ailments are these days....and I've read alot on here and Internet about jaw, ear, face pain etc in perimenopause.
I'm just absolutely exhausted with it. It's been 3 months of trying to figure out why all this is happening. No one has come up with any definitive answers (shocker!).....
Every day the ear pain continues. I find this the worst bit. Ear pain is awful, the face pain continues...the jaw aches so much....the worse that is, the worse the ear is....and now its affecting eating which was pretty much my one few pleasure left. I can no longer sleep on my side as it puts pressure on the jaw....I'm awake every night with ear pain and pain all in side of face...
It's so cruel and I don't understand. Never have I ever been so aware of my jaw joints... and can't remember what it's like to have normal ears.
It's the not knowing why this is happening? I'm in pain. I'm hurting. I'm in discomfort and distress and yet no doctor in the land can tell me why...just best guesses ....and don't dare suggest it's menopause to them!

Is this it now for the rest of my years? Knackered jaw, unable to eat unless it's soft, with pain after and during...ear pain and hurting side of face increased after eating...
I'm so miserable. I'm very aware of TMD. Ive abused my jaws with a life of anxiety which has got much worse this year so not surprised my jaws are failing really....Im being refered to facial surgeon for images of jaw joints etc) I know TMD causes ear pain etc...and refered pain....and that it's a thing at this stage of life...but jaw issues were not what I had thought would encounter in perimenopause.......mind you, nothing surprises me now in this sh*tshow
Is it that?..probably....but I suspect its the perimenopause making a weak spot in my body, weaker...my falling estrogen messing up my jaw bones and joints and affecting all the areas....I'll never know and drive myself mad trying to.
My life is hard enough being very ill and incapacitated with M.E.
Plus all the other thousand perimenopause symptoms that make our lives miserable...
Absolutely sick of it and this is only the beginning......
