I do have very vivid dreams so maybe I grind my teeth back and forth in my sleep. No one has ever seen me and I have never woken up doing it or anything but apparently I must do something to my jaw/teeth.
I never thought I'd have TMJ, mostly because I am young and I do not think that I grind my teeth in my sleep. For those of you experiencing a lump similar to mine, google TMJ and you will realize it strikes a cord and it all makes sense. But anyhow, I had the lump checked out by several medical experts including a head ER Nurse at a hospital who have all come to the conclusion that it is TMJ. I have had swollen lymph nodes all over my body before and actually had the ones in my armpit checked out by my doctor because I panicked and thought they might be breast cancer. this has nothing to do with the lymph nodes in this area- they are underneath your jawline and below your ear, kind of on your neck. I read through all the previous posts and no, I think most of you have this all wrong. So sharp the second day that it interrupted what I was saying for a few seconds while I made faces in pain until the pain went away and then it was like it never even happened.
I experience no continuous pain but instead I had random sharp shooting pains throughout the first 2 days. I immediately felt my right cheek and noticed the hard lump about the size of a nickel on my jaw. My jaw had been popping a little bit for the last month or so on the right side and then I woke up a few days ago and my jaw felt especially tight so I went to open it and it felt uncomfortable and odd. You can only feel the lump when I open my mouth wide and it is also visible to others only when I open my mouth wide. It sinks back in with my jaw when my mouth is closed. It moves with my jawbone as I open and close my mouth. It is definitely on my jaw bone in front of my ear. It popped up about 4 days ago only on my right side.
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