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Posted 1/30/2012 2:42 PM (GMT 0)
Does anyone get extream face pain or do y'all think this is residual from bells palsey I'm haveing a very rough morning and I'm feeling overwhelmed please help!
Posted 1/30/2012 11:10 PM (GMT 0)
Jai-just-love- I would think if you had bells palsey that your pain might be from that. I really never had much facial pain, other then the jaws hurting. Does it feel like muscle pain? I am sorry you are having to go through that. I know that pain can push my buttons and then I get irriitable. Do you know what caused your bells palsey?
Posted 1/30/2012 11:16 PM (GMT 0)
There's no answer yet to what caused bells palsey. ..seems like no one is interested in the how it happened except me and now u THANK YOU....the pain is in the bone of my top and bottom jaw the pain makes me short with even my daily actovities it also makes my teeth feel like I've been biting dwn hard. ...trying to telax NOT YET WORKING
Posted 1/31/2012 1:12 AM (GMT 0)
Two things crop up a lot with Fibromyalgia that have to do with the face. Myofacial Pain and Temporomandibular Joint problems (TMJ)
Posted 1/31/2012 1:28 AM (GMT 0)
Applevenus can u tell me please wht type of doc is the best to manage these conditions I'm not having luck with treatment at my primary
Posted 1/31/2012 1:48 AM (GMT 0)
Have you ever tried bio feedback for pain? I use to go to bed with jaws in pain and clamped down at night. I started to do bio feedback and it helped so much. My dentist introduced me to it. I go to bed recognizing I have my jaws clamped. Then I try to relax my muscles myself and take deep breathes. Have you had a dentist check your jaws before?
Posted 1/31/2012 1:57 AM (GMT 0)
Hi jai_just_love,

I get extreme pain in the face and jaw. I had a very slight bell's palsy over twenty years ago. The doc said it was caused by stress, in my case. Now, when the face pain starts, it usually travels until it becomes facial pain with a terrible headache. Sometimes it lasts for about two months, other times it is gone by the next morning. There doesn't seem to be any connection to the bell's palsy either. I have no answer as to why or how it happens. One thing I have learned is to take an over the counter pain killer at the first twinge, most often that saves me from full-blown pain.

Hope you feel better soon.

Free Spirit
Posted 1/31/2012 7:21 AM (GMT 0)
I have had a few times that I couldn't explain the kind of pain I was feeling in my face. I remember once -- during a very bad flare -- I told my husband that "it feels like every part of my face hurts". I tried massaging it, going in the hot tub to relax, my chiropractor did some treatments on my face. It's been a long time since I've endured that and I hope I never have that feeling again.

On a daily basis I deal with TMJ/jaw pain, the clenching and tensing of muscles, and various amounts of myofascial pain, but this was beyond words. I remember massaging around my teeth as well.

This fibro is a strange breed. Unfortunately, I'm not knowledgeable about Bell's Palsy to know if it's related to that, so I guess I better start educating myself. I like when people take the time to really "learn" about fibro; I owe it to others to do the same about their battles.

Best wishes and hugs... hoping all of us will be pain-free tomorrow -- even if just for an hour or a day!!
Posted 1/31/2012 9:09 AM (GMT 0)
I get pain in my face because I clench my teeth when I sleep. My chiropractor said that my face is very tense and she could tell that I was clenching because there are my teeth marks on the sides of my tongue.
I'm pretty sure it's from stress and other pain for me anyways..I hope that the pain goes away for you soon. It's not fun not knowing why something hurts so bad :(
Posted 1/31/2012 12:55 PM (GMT 0)
I had Bell's Palsy 3 times before I was 18 years old and I do not recall any pain associated with it but I do have fibro now and I have TMJ pain associated with that.  DID you try heat or ice or a combo of both?  Sometime that helps with my TMJ pain.   Hope this resolves for you soon! 
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