Wow, I am sooooo glad I did not go the route you took. I do not know if your interested or not in what I did. But here goes. I had severe TMJ, I clenched at night it was horrible the pain. I ended up finding a really good doctor that checked all my deficiencies like magnesium and he also checked my hormone levels. Did you know that a lot of women are deficient in progesterone at a very young age. I didn't, anyway got all that stuff straightened out and that stopped the clenching. Still had bad jaw pain and felt horrible ended up reading a book called TMJ eliminated, about an alternative treatment for tmj. I think you can find it by googling tmj eliminated. I tried it and it worked and has since not come back. I still keep up with my nutrition and keep doing research because I don't ever want to go back to that state of hell again. Good luck hope this helps you.