Thatās MAV in a nutshell.
If I may ask how long did it take you to get back to ānormalā life after you started medication? I am considering going on disability in this case since my STD finishes on 26th of December. Not sure if I make the deadline to go back to work.
I seriously considered disability in January and February. In the US thatās no easy thing given you can expect to be denied at least twice and need an attorney. I never stopped working, though I took my 40+ hour business down to 12-20 hours/week for a while there. I started Effexor in April. I felt close to 85% and able to work full time in probably July/August.
Good to know and again thank you all for your support here. This forum is amazing and so helpful to people in distress which this illness can cause. Helps keeping hope. I will keep you posted if anything changes. Almost time to take my pill! 
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i kept working too, not a stellar performance but actually routine and distraction from thinking on my symptoms helped.
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This thread just āpopped upā quite timely as I was thinking about somebody I used to work with years ago who had one week off with classic migraine every four weeks, running with her cycle. This had been going on since she was thirteen. Then, and I fear it was The Latest Medical Fad at that time, she was told her migraine was being caused by her jaw alignment and putting a plate in her mouth would be the cure. Despite the extended dental work, it had no beneficial effect at all! Her regular, one week out of every four, migraines continued. Helen
@aga2020 how did this work out in the end?
Having mostly recovered from MAV except for some persistent tinnitus (on my left side) I still have a painless ātearingā sensation in my left jaw joint spontaneously and occasionally. A bit as though velcro is being pulled apart.
Your post resonates with me because Iāve been to see my dentist and he recommended a 24/7 splint to help equalise the pressure on my jaw joints because my bite is not even and on the left side the teeth donāt fully close.
I have also had vertigo on two occasions the night after a dentist has manipulated my jaw muscles (after weeks of no symptoms)
After all is said and done Iām 99% recovered but I canāt help still wonder if it was my jaw joint that kicked this all off and somehow Iāve adapted to it but the jaw issue remains ā¦