Try going to the Yuku Tinnitus Forum and doing a search on the subject. It should have the answers your looking for. My tinnitus does the very samething.

do yo have TMJ and jaw tension as well?

My forehead tension is medically caused because I talk too much out loud without thinking making me think too much and that makes me talk too much even more and my headaches come from a slap in the head from a concerned loved one. I say thank you or 'xxx' you depending....

My tinnitus is probably a different thing.

I stopped clenching my teeth because that increases my tinnitus pitch and hurts the unattended cavities.

Have always thought that since you can decrease or increase your tinnitus by doing this that you would think a cure for tinnitus would be easy to find. Silly me.

I had a day where T was loud and when I got out of shower and pulled the towel down across my forehead and face to dry it off it lowered the T! I thought..what the heck is that all about? It's weird what T does..life goes on.

Delta--So are you saying you went to a TMJ dentist, chiropractor, and D.O. all to no avail? And no x-rays showed anything wrong with your jaw or neck? I'm just curious what avenues you pursued...
Thanks!

My jaw has never hurt and have been to the dentist and she saw no problems. I just remember when I first came down with tinnitus and I was on the Yuku tinnitus site most everyone on there said they could make there tinnitus change by pushing in on there forehead or there jaw.


I found that interesting to the point that someone should be able to figure out what causes this and come up with some type of cure or something that at least could quiet there tinnitus down.

You might have TMJ. If this is that case, some treatment for it might really get rid of it. I had a chiropractor who knows what to do for this and T and gave me a set of exercises which I did and also manipulation of the neck, jaw and even inside the mouth. I am now better and don't have the T any more. Oddly I suffered from terrible headaches too and whilst doing the t exercises and treatment my headaches stopped. Now that I am better and stopped dong the stuff, my headaches have returned, so I am starting to do the exercises again which are basically resistance exercies where you press you had again your lower jaw and hold it there for 10 second, and do it 20x ... if you want to know further, let me know or I can refer you to
tracey@drtraceyreeb.com

she is in LA, but I know would try to help you with an email.

@shirleyms..

I believe I might have TMJ, some of my symptoms include:

1. Increased T when I open my mouth wide.
2. Increased T when I put pressure on my jaw.
3. Stiffness in the back of my neck, especially when I wake up.

I think im going to try and find a chiro locally.

Also i have Bruxism, which I wear a mouth guard for at night.

Look up sternocleidomastoid syndrome This Tinnitus is a muscular problem caused by neck injuries. Simply put: YOUR CERVICAL SPINE IS OUT OF ALIGNMENT which is pinching off nerves or you have pulled muscles in your neck...Whiplash.... That cause a muscle imbalance in your neck which in turn pinches off on the Hyoid Muscles that are responsible for opening your jaw in the front which then causes the pterygoid muscles in the jaw to over compensate and grow causing the jaw to split out of it sockets pinching off nerves in the levator palti and the Tensor Tympani Which sends spams into the middle ear which Tenses the Eardrum through that ligament connected to the mallus, It this Presses On the Stapes with other ligaments and eventually the inner ear Causing Vertigo, Tinnitus TMJ symptoms and Neck pain on the sternocleidomastoid SO Thus you can Diagnose this Problem with A CT SCAN of the Cervial Spine. See a Physical Therapist that Uses The BTE Multi Cervical Unit...This is the only machine that can Diagnose muscle problems in the neck...But not covered by Insurance...Use that to fix the neck problem Along with Inversion Therapy, Cervical traction and Chiropractic Care. Use a mouthguard or have surgery on the jaw from a TMJ specialist....To remove the Excess pterygoid tissue or just not Talk or Chew for a few months and eat liquid meals to shrink the jaw muscles back to what they were...Thus the tensor tympani will release and release on the mallus the tensed eardrum and the stapes and the inner ear...Curing your Tinnitus, Hearing loss, vertigo, The Jaw problems and the neck Problems...The issue is that people forget that the body is connected and YOUR TINNITUS PROBLEMS STARTED WITH YOUR CERVICAL SPINE BEING MIS-ALIGNED PINCHING OFF NERVES...none of what I just said Is covered by Insurance or FDA approved...However You see the Problem is with this disease and why so many suffer with it is I have discovered the Ugly truth that it is more profitable to give you pain pills and tell you your crazy than to address the real medical problem. Hope that helps if you have any questions let me know I am going through this nightmare right now, but I discovered the true cause of mine...And took matters into my own hands, The problem is most Conventional doctors, think of Chiropractic care as Okie Religion..."for nuts people" and Physical therapy as Pain management...Who wants to manage pain for the rest of your life....I don't.... Honestly It is the MUSCLES that are the CAUSE of the PROBLEM.... if you have tinnitus with jaw issues....I know this will help you...and It will be a long journey, but if you want to hear silence again this is the only way. There is no miracle pill...you cant Fix a muscle imbalance with a pill that requires exercise!!! The lack of it in this country is what is killing everyone. ....I can tell you its not going to be fun or easy...but it is the solution to this nightmare. I hope that helps you all...If you have any questions or concerns I would love to answer them. I have been through Quite an experience in the last year with tinnitus and realized that I have become disappointed in Physicians bedside manner as of late...People just don't care anymore...But I do....I hope that I can help you in anyway. Thank you.

@Tidalwave321... thanks for your detailed response for this post & the excercise post.

I will be looking into treatments with a chiro next week and will keep everyone updated.