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XanaDUer2

(13,512 posts)
Sat Mar 23, 2024, 02:33 PM Mar 2024

Please pray things improve for me

I think my tmj is here to stay since its too expensive to fix. I'm wearing the splint to chew.

My SO and I are having a contentious relationship. He's constantly threatening to cut off monetary support.

I just want something good to happen. My sister had a great life traveling the world, owns a nice house, and I'm stuck disabled and home bound. I long to travel.

A constant curtain of depression and anxiety covers me.

I'm no longer talking to an abusive sister who was angling for money. Another person lost i thought was on my side.

I know I'm a depressing person friends and relatives don't want to hear anymore. I have a therapist. TIA

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Please pray things improve for me (Original Post) XanaDUer2 Mar 2024 OP
You are not a depressing person; outside forces are working to make you depressed. LoisB Mar 2024 #1
+1 Permanut Mar 2024 #3
+ another 1 yobrault1 Mar 2024 #4
They are XanaDUer2 Mar 2024 #23
The most important opinion of you is your own. LoisB Mar 2024 #32
Take it day by day and retreat to a healing, healthy, happier mental space. Feel the embrace we share... hlthe2b Mar 2024 #2
Thanks XanaDUer2 Mar 2024 #21
Prayers and white light to you moonbeam23 Mar 2024 #5
Maybe that's it XanaDUer2 Mar 2024 #20
Sent up some healing vibes for you. The mind is very powerful, so keep the positive houghts flowing. iluvtennis Mar 2024 #6
Youre great ty! XanaDUer2 Mar 2024 #19
Peace world wide wally Mar 2024 #7
Thanks XanaDUer2 Mar 2024 #18
Hugs to you, Mary. Qutzupalotl Mar 2024 #8
Glad it worked out XanaDUer2 Mar 2024 #17
Sending good vibes and hugs. Elessar Zappa Mar 2024 #9
TY very much XanaDUer2 Mar 2024 #16
I pray for restored health for you and all good things 🙏🙏🙏 you are a good person and deserve love and good things. LiberalLoner Mar 2024 #10
Thank you XanaDUer2 Mar 2024 #15
Praying Roy Rolling Mar 2024 #11
I will XanaDUer2 Mar 2024 #12
XanaDUer, summer_in_TX Mar 2024 #13
You're very kind XanaDUer2 Mar 2024 #14
You're welcome. summer_in_TX Mar 2024 #22
Im sending my guardian spirit to double up with yours. Listen to your soul for Karadeniz Mar 2024 #24
Are you too young to sign up for Medicare? I'd think Medicare would cover this if it is avail to you. If you can get TeamProg Mar 2024 #25
I have Medicare XanaDUer2 Mar 2024 #26
I hear you. Have had TMJ and abusive siblings. Know the anxiety piece all too well. And the depression. It's Evolve Dammit Mar 2024 #27
Its really something you have to experience XanaDUer2 Mar 2024 #28
That really must be another piece that is really _____. Insert feeling emoted, but I think our "health care" system sux Evolve Dammit Mar 2024 #38
Any chance you might also qualify for Medicaid? dflprincess Mar 2024 #29
Praying and sending all the positive vibes I can. a kennedy Mar 2024 #30
Sending hugs and kind thoughts. MLAA Mar 2024 #31
Praying for you leighbythesea2 Mar 2024 #33
Something like this was done on me and so now I do it for myself using a latic glove Maraya1969 Mar 2024 #34
Thanks! XanaDUer2 Mar 2024 #35
Yes. And it really feels good doesn't it? Maraya1969 Mar 2024 #36
I get more sympathy here than from friends and family XanaDUer2 Mar 2024 #37
praying for blessings mdmc Apr 2024 #39

LoisB

(8,492 posts)
1. You are not a depressing person; outside forces are working to make you depressed.
Sat Mar 23, 2024, 03:08 PM
Mar 2024

I pray, to all the good forces of The Universe that the cloud lifts and the evil forces are defeated. No weapon formed against you shall prosper.
Hugs to you; hang in there kiddo. I will always listen.

hlthe2b

(105,929 posts)
2. Take it day by day and retreat to a healing, healthy, happier mental space. Feel the embrace we share...
Sat Mar 23, 2024, 03:11 PM
Mar 2024

moonbeam23

(337 posts)
5. Prayers and white light to you
Sat Mar 23, 2024, 03:38 PM
Mar 2024

The energies are particularly strange right now...two eclipses coming up right now.

Qutzupalotl

(15,060 posts)
8. Hugs to you, Mary.
Sat Mar 23, 2024, 04:06 PM
Mar 2024

May the light within you shine.

I once had something related, perhaps not what you are experiencing, but one morning I woke and realized I couldn't open my jaw more than about a quarter inch. I must have been clenching my jaw for a long time in my sleep. There was a lot of pain and stiffness. I thought about how a snake unhinges its jaw for a large meal, and thought I'd try it. I massaged the area around the back of the jaw and where it connects to the skull. Then I sat up and looked up toward the ceiling. I gently pushed my jaw back towards the back of my head by pushing on the chin with one hand. Then I moved my fingers to both sides of my jaw and gently pushed the jaw down, towards my chest. Then I gently massaged the back of the jaw again. It felt like things settled back into the right place.. It worked—I was able to open my mouth all the way again. I figure it got out of joint to one side in my sleep somehow.

XanaDUer2

(13,512 posts)
17. Glad it worked out
Sat Mar 23, 2024, 04:30 PM
Mar 2024

I'm too scared to do anything in case it becomes worse. Its out of alignment.

Ty very much

LiberalLoner

(9,961 posts)
10. I pray for restored health for you and all good things 🙏🙏🙏 you are a good person and deserve love and good things.
Sat Mar 23, 2024, 04:09 PM
Mar 2024

summer_in_TX

(3,131 posts)
13. XanaDUer,
Sat Mar 23, 2024, 04:26 PM
Mar 2024

We have you in our prayers! In fact, I added you to my email reminders so I can't forget.



So sorry you are going through such difficulties. Something I recently learned from one of my favorite follows @thejackhopkins (and his Jack Hopkins Now newsletter on Substack) is that one little thing to help ourselves is to remind ourselves that none of us are just one thing. Like this: My neighbor is a real grouch…except when he's not. I'm a selfish person…except when I'm generous. Keeps us from getting locked in and beating ourselves (and others) up constantly.

I've been having some anxiety with the threat to democracy, and his newsletter and videos give me practical tools for keeping steady and focused. I'm a paid subscriber now and it's well worth it, but there's great free content too.

 

TeamProg

(6,630 posts)
25. Are you too young to sign up for Medicare? I'd think Medicare would cover this if it is avail to you. If you can get
Sat Mar 23, 2024, 04:55 PM
Mar 2024

out of the house for a walk or some exercise, that might help you to feel a little happier. It sure helps my spirits.

Hope you feel better soon!

XanaDUer2

(13,512 posts)
26. I have Medicare
Sat Mar 23, 2024, 05:04 PM
Mar 2024

It doesnt cover tmj or restorative dental work. Neither does my dental insurance. Thank you

Evolve Dammit

(18,388 posts)
27. I hear you. Have had TMJ and abusive siblings. Know the anxiety piece all too well. And the depression. It's
Sat Mar 23, 2024, 05:15 PM
Mar 2024

crushing to one's existence. I hope your therapist can help. It's hard to find one capable of understanding and charting a course. And you need a "prescriber" should meds be needed. I've been on this path for 30 years and it is not easy. I am not trying to be negative. My own experience is that it can be elusive. All the best going forward!

XanaDUer2

(13,512 posts)
28. Its really something you have to experience
Sat Mar 23, 2024, 05:21 PM
Mar 2024

To get hope disturbing tmj is. I have no clue what I'll do when my $7000 splint wears out

Evolve Dammit

(18,388 posts)
38. That really must be another piece that is really _____. Insert feeling emoted, but I think our "health care" system sux
Mon Mar 25, 2024, 06:01 PM
Mar 2024

dflprincess

(28,440 posts)
29. Any chance you might also qualify for Medicaid?
Sat Mar 23, 2024, 05:24 PM
Mar 2024

Depending on income, it is possible to get dual coverage (Medicare + Medicaid) & Medicaid does cover dental. (Though it's not always easy to find a dentist will take it).

Interesting that Medicare won't cover it. Some states mandate TMJ coverage as part of medical coverage.

leighbythesea2

(1,207 posts)
33. Praying for you
Sat Mar 23, 2024, 08:02 PM
Mar 2024

Tmj is awful! You poor dear.
Thought I had it & ended up being a tremor. Long journey.
My sister has MS, and is now using Mark Cubans pharmacy for her meds. By her drs recommendations.
I don’t know the details, but maybe that is viable, for something like the splint-when needed?

Dental is highway robbery-am so sorry.

XanaDUer2

(13,512 posts)
37. I get more sympathy here than from friends and family
Sun Mar 24, 2024, 04:39 PM
Mar 2024

I have a lot of problems going on. I feel I may be posting too much. I've become the depressing person everyone is sick of. I can talk to my shrink and you guys on DU. That's it.

Besides anxiety, I have relationship problems, expensive dental work for tmj it looks like I'm stuck with, being ignored by relatives. Even an abusive half sister I finally figured out was trying to weasel money out of me. Which she got over 400 from my broke ass.

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