TMJ was the main cause of my migraines. Another big trigger is the arthritis in my neck.

Yes, i used to get them from grinding my teeth. TMJ. Went through so many mouth guards. Not cheap! And painful to wear! I went to pt for that. Little did i know how much putting your tongue on the roof of your mouth relaxes your jaw. Somehow, i quit grinding and my TMJ got better and my jaw stopped cracking. I dont know how but it did.

I am glad the surgeries helped! I've had three surgeries a long time ago and they helped but every now and again, if I am in a cold humid climate, they hurt. But I will not rule out that maybe some changes in there are referring pain somewhere else. Thank!

I didn't have TMJ pain until 7 months after the migraines started. Please have your TMJ looked at now. I don't want anyone to go through the daily excruciating pain I had. I didn't figure out it was TMJ until it got to where I suddenly had the worst TMJ pain I had ever had. I had severe migraines every time the TMJ flared up. By then it was so painful to chew that I had to live on protein shakes for 4 months while I was being treated for the TMJ. My specialist was unable to help and sent me to a top expert who performed minor surgery and I went from daily migraines to 8 migraine days a month. And those migraines are mild to moderate pain. Chances are you won't need surgery if you get evaluated now. By the time I figured out it was my TMJ it had gotten too bad to be fixed by non-invasive treatments.

Interesting. I have had over a month now of migraines and nausea and just the past two days, I started wondering if it is at all coming from my TMJ injury 20 years ago. My TMJ's don't really bother me, but I wonder if any changes in there or nerves around there are causing something. I ended up with degenerative disc disease in both joints. I also have arthritis in my neck but had radiofrequency nerve ablation, so I don't really feel any pain there anymore.