 [ Symptoms ] how do i know if its my tjm  diagonosed with this since july 2014playing up or actual toothache i am taking naproxen for my tjm lying down is impossible to sleep codine is being taken for pain i am in agony cold compress helps hot food tingles but cold dosnt when im upright the pain is managable then i have spasms of excrutiating pain in the left side of face jaw ear eye which then settles down and goes how do i know if its toothache or my tjm i have appointments at dentist and docs but cant get in till early next week at the moment in the day the pain is a 2 on a scale of 1 5 with 5 being the worst pain imaginable when trying to sleep it is way of the scale for pain and i have to try to sleep sitting up [ Disease ] i do all of the above except i do not find it very tight gripped