Posts by GromitSK

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TMJ Experience

by Band on the Run in

i had a horrid bout about thirty years ago.

the spasms were triggered by jawbone pain.

it took years and untold funds to get meaningful treatment.

GromitSK

I am really glad you have made progress.

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TMJ Experience

by Band on the Run in

i had a horrid bout about thirty years ago.

the spasms were triggered by jawbone pain.

it took years and untold funds to get meaningful treatment.

GromitSK

I am so sorry to hear how things have been for you BOTR. It sounds like utter torture.

I think mine is trigeminal but doesn't quite fit the pattern. I also think the medics are often guessing at the cause and most of the proposed solutions are pretty medieval. I often find folks have no idea what it is when you mention it and think it is some kind of 'headache'. We wish! I often %#! when it spasms too so ur in good company. I think writing about your experience is a great idea as the condition is not well understood or even recognised generally. I suspect many suffer in silence, particularly where it is relatively mild and not debilitating. A medical scientist I know expressed the opinion that it is amongst the worst type of pain and that there are really no analgesics that are fully effective.

How folks who have it permanently cope, I do not know. I don't think I would be able to bear it.

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Have your faith been made stronger or made weaker since coming here?

by jam in

me personally, considerably weaker.

in fact i have.

become an agnostic.. since i discovered this site over 6-7 yrs, we have.

GromitSK

Ah right - ok - that's me out :)

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Have your faith been made stronger or made weaker since coming here?

by jam in

me personally, considerably weaker.

in fact i have.

become an agnostic.. since i discovered this site over 6-7 yrs, we have.

GromitSK

Knowing the facts can be painful but the truth of the matter does I think usually make us stronger. Anything else seems an illusion of strength to me.

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TMJ Experience

by Band on the Run in

i had a horrid bout about thirty years ago.

the spasms were triggered by jawbone pain.

it took years and untold funds to get meaningful treatment.

GromitSK

I have suffered from intermittent neuralgia myself for many years so I perhaps have some idea of the pain BOTR. It can be excruciating to the point of being unbearable at times. I am fortunate in that I tend to experience it in bouts and can have many weeks between episodes.

If it is neuralgia, I find direct heat eases the pain for me and I have prescribed painkillers for when it is particularly bad. I have been told surgery to the affected nerves can help but the downside is potential facial paralysis and since I don't have it permanently or frequently at present, I didn't think it was worth the risk.

I too have never got very far with medics - some of whom seemed determined it would be migraine but I know it isn't related to that. It does seem more prevalent when I am run-down and I have noticed occasionally I get some of the warning symptoms of its approach along with a cold sore. I am not sure that the following link will help but it may be worth a look: www.tns.org.uk

I am not very optimistic about finding a permanemt fix given my own experiences but you never know. Hope you're feeling ok at the moment.

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TMJ Experience

by Band on the Run in

i had a horrid bout about thirty years ago.

the spasms were triggered by jawbone pain.

it took years and untold funds to get meaningful treatment.

GromitSK

Hi botr. Is it related to teeth grinding? My dentist has prescribed something called nti which is supposed to help stop the grinding which can lead to TMJ. ALso, have you considered acupuncture?

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Evil Spirits

by LizLA in

does anyone on this forum have knowledge about casting out demons or evil spirits?

there's at least two of them that have been harrasing me even before i was a jw.

i recently attended a deliverance church to find some help but it was apparent that the holy spirit was missing from that church.

GromitSK

Why would doubt be like an emotion? Does that mean certainty is an emotion? Of course it doesn't. The way to over come doubt is via evidence, preferably as far as proof. Maybe doubt is an emotion to you but to me it is simply not having enough information to be certain.

I do not see any necessary logical connection between doubt and fear.

I would accept that a person might be certain on the basis of their own subjective experience however that is of little use as evidence to someone else, particularly a stranger.

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Evil Spirits

by LizLA in

does anyone on this forum have knowledge about casting out demons or evil spirits?

there's at least two of them that have been harrasing me even before i was a jw.

i recently attended a deliverance church to find some help but it was apparent that the holy spirit was missing from that church.

GromitSK

LMAO@EP - hey if it works.. :)

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Evil Spirits

by LizLA in

does anyone on this forum have knowledge about casting out demons or evil spirits?

there's at least two of them that have been harrasing me even before i was a jw.

i recently attended a deliverance church to find some help but it was apparent that the holy spirit was missing from that church.

GromitSK

@20571 - it's the same old rhetoric isn't it? Follow my formula and if it doesn't work, it's your own fault for lacking faith/missing a word out etc.

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Elder father sent me an email about Feb 2012 WT - my resposne

by TheStumbler in

i'm not sure if any of you will remember but i posted on here six months ago about a correspondence i was having with my dad, an elder, about who would die in armageddon.

i was asking some tough questions about children being killed in armageddon and i could tell he uncomfortable with the answers he was giving.. i drafted an email in resposne to his email but in the end i decided not to send it in the interest of maintaining friendly relations.. .

last week, out of the blue, my dad sent an email link to the february 2012 watchtower article about armageddon and said it would answer some of my questions.. here is my response which is a critique of the feb 2012 wt article and some of the broader ethics concerning 'armageddon'.

GromitSK