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Does any of the vagus nerve happen to run through the base of the skull and branch into the lower jaw? I found this, but I'm still confused...? Sounds like it starts at the base of the skull but runs downwards towards the organs?
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-vagus-nerve.htm
I ask because my top 2 symptoms when I'm not seizuring is this aggravating pressure at the base of my skull and this irritating 'upwards-pulling' tugging sensation in my lower jaw. Specifically, it feels like there are magnets (just two of them) sitting inside my lower gums? jaw? (hard to tell?) on either side, and they are constantly being pulled upwards against my will - in one direction only - up. My lower jaw never relaxes. My upper jaw is fine.
Crazy at it sounds, occasionally I am able to get my lower jaw to relax a tiny bit by placing a stack of neodymium magnets on my forehead.
Sometimes placing them in front of my ears (where the jawbone meets the skull) helps some, but not nearly as much, and sometimes it doesn't help at all.
Placing the magnets directly over the areas in the lower jaw that 'tug up' constantly usually only makes things much worse, simply changing the angle of the 'pull' ever so slightly or having no effect whatsoever.
Could these sensations be related to my vagus nerve?
I read this, too, and got scared...
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/20...jaw-0210-20100209_1_jaw-pain-blood-flow-aches
Thing is...mine is steady, non-stop...not just with activity. Definitely worse with stress. But can seizures affect blood flow to the heart???
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-vagus-nerve.htm
I ask because my top 2 symptoms when I'm not seizuring is this aggravating pressure at the base of my skull and this irritating 'upwards-pulling' tugging sensation in my lower jaw. Specifically, it feels like there are magnets (just two of them) sitting inside my lower gums? jaw? (hard to tell?) on either side, and they are constantly being pulled upwards against my will - in one direction only - up. My lower jaw never relaxes. My upper jaw is fine.
Crazy at it sounds, occasionally I am able to get my lower jaw to relax a tiny bit by placing a stack of neodymium magnets on my forehead.
Sometimes placing them in front of my ears (where the jawbone meets the skull) helps some, but not nearly as much, and sometimes it doesn't help at all.
Placing the magnets directly over the areas in the lower jaw that 'tug up' constantly usually only makes things much worse, simply changing the angle of the 'pull' ever so slightly or having no effect whatsoever.
Could these sensations be related to my vagus nerve?
I read this, too, and got scared...
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/20...jaw-0210-20100209_1_jaw-pain-blood-flow-aches
Thing is...mine is steady, non-stop...not just with activity. Definitely worse with stress. But can seizures affect blood flow to the heart???
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