There are several types of anxiety disorder which manifest in different ways. Generally speaking, some symptoms of severe anxiety include fatigue, palpitations, chocking, irritability, dizziness, upset stomach, and even jaw pain. There are dozens of other symptoms that indicate an individual may suffer from extreme anxiety; this article will focus on helping you understand the connection between anxiety and jaw pain.
If you commonly experience jaw pain and you’ve already consulted your physician, only to find out there’s no apparent physical cause to your pain… then you’re probably dealing with bouts of anxiety that lead to jaw pain. It may not be apparent how anxiety may cause this kind of pain, but there is actually a simple explanation.
You see, most symptoms of anxiety are caused by tension – oftentimes physical tension that you’ll experience as a counterpart to psychological tension. Most of the pains you’ll get from anxiety will be caused by the accumulation of tension in certain parts of the body. If you have stomach troubles, tension might be building up in your stomach, if you have jaw pains the tension is building up in your jaw.
At this point, you might be trying to remember if there are times when your jaw feels particularly tense. Usually, that would happen while you’re sleeping; even if you can’t seem to recall grinding your teeth or tensing your jaw, it may be happening through the night. If so, your jaw pain will usually be worse during the morning period.
If your anxiety is making you tense your jaw while you sleep, you may be able to alleviate the jaw pain using a mouth guard or repositioning spling. However, you need to remember that will only treat the symptom; if you want to get permanent relief, you should of course treat your anxiety.
Rather than looking for a quick fix to your anxiety symptoms, you should focus on understanding the source of your anxiety. If anxiety is indeed the cause of your jaw pain, you should think about consulting with a psychologist. We all feel anxious occasionally, but people who experience anxiety disorders usually have stress related problems which aren’t always too obviously located without specialized help.
