I would give strict carnivore diet a try (ground beef / butter / eggs to minimize chewing) I've eaten only one meal a day (OMAD) on this diet for over a year now, because it's so nourishing. It makes 24hr intermittent fasting a breeze since you're full the whole next day. I think that will be the ...

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THC/CBD Gummies.

Roll-on DMSO. (You’ll smell a bit like aged garlic, so maybe after the conference…)

Big issue for some people. Surgery is tricky to navigate. My insurance plan as a medical student specifically forbade covering surgery for TMJ. We occasionally do MRI for TMJ, but it rarely comes up. I hope you find something better than muscle relaxers, but all I know is you are not alone.

I had really bad TMJ issues, and it turned out that I had a narrow upper jaw and some crowding. Invisalign largely fixed the issue. Maybe check out an orthodontist?