Is TMJ a symptom of Lyme? Do you have TMJ?

Yes. I had TMJ for a while until I went on Zithromax. My jaw would pop. Sometimes, if I let out a big yawn, my jaw would stick. It hurt very badly to pop it back into place. My dentist wanted me to have surgery, but I refused. I knew that it was just a symptom of Lyme.

Unfortunately, many w/ lyme have this side effect.

I believe it's related to a sfiff neck. That's my opinion and also if I have a touch of this, it started with a stiff neck.

To put it another way, TMJ is a disorder of a joint, so it makes perfect sense that Lyme would be a cause of it.

I've had problems with TMJ for years, long before I got Lyme disease, but it acts up particularly when I'm under stress or sick. So, when I got sick with Lyme, it did flair up and became worse again. One thing that has helped a lot is a bite splint. I went through my dentist to get one made especially for me, but they also sell them at the drugstore.

I see a physical therapist who is also a certified manual muscle therapist, the only one in PA, and she does a relase procedure along my jaw line and inside my mouth. I had tears from the pain while she was doing this but when she was done, oh my God, such an improvement. It comes back now and then, and when it does - she does her thing and I am good again (at least in my jaw).