pain near my temples when i press

I have the very same symptoms but I wanted to ask did you go to a Tmj specialist? What can you do for Tmj?

That is a Migraine. Not sinusitis

I have the left sided temple pain that hurts worse when I press on what feels like a tendon or vein of something. Also been having blurry vision that comes and goes. I do grind my teeth, I've been told I have Fibromyalgia but I think it my be autoimmune disorder. Signs point to temporal arteritis. Good luck to us all!

Regarding your sinus issues--this could be related to migraines that affect the 5th cranial nerve, the trigeminal nerve, which runs along and intertwines through the sinuses behind the eyes and the teeth, all of which are affected at different times when I experience migraine headaches. I thought I was having allergies or sinus problems but couldn't understand why this was happening on such a regular (once a month during menstruation) basis. So I did research and that is what I have learned.

I had/have a similar pain also, I went to the ENT doctor he loosely diagnosed me with something neurological, but i had a feeling it was sinus related, i have a long history is sinus infections...
I took the medicine he prescribed me for seisures and neuro Gabeprentin, and it didn't work.

What did work.. I started a regiment of neti pot with salt and body temp water AND 2 times a day follow a facial massage series to drain the lymph nodes just under the skin from the base of my neck to eyebrows and down again.. wow that really gets the slime moving! (found it on you tube)

After about a week of doing this my temple tenderness has significantly decreased, there are no more dull headaches in the am, my eyes feel open and bright with no puffiness and congestion. I highly recommend this FREE and homeopathic remedy for anyone.. even if you don't have temple tenderness it just feels great and will get rid of under eye puff.

Good luck!

I just started experiencing the same pain but no headaches and my left jaw was hurting when I first discovered Thursday...so glad I found this blog. I will be going see my Dr Monday and will let you guys know...

I have a lot of pain where you do ....neck shoulders and head neck....sinus problems etc...I suggest wearing the mouth guard made by dentist or One from Walmart. My retainer helps and if I don't wear it I get pain!

OK interesting discussion, but apologies if this has been discussed already but isn't there a nerve cluster around about the area of the temples? Would even gently pressing on this cause pain?
My reason for asking is that this forum came up in a Google search I did "should I feel pain in the temples when I gently press them" so I decided to look here in this discussion. I feel pain in my temples when they are gently pressed but I don't suffer from headaches often may 3 a decade, yes that few. So I wondered if maybe as a cluster of nerves they are meant to hurt if pressed?
Any any thoughts would be much appreciated.
Mark W...

I have tender right temple.. no other symptoms.. just tender right temple vein when I graze it .. sometimes there's no pain when I touch it but sometimes when I accidentally graze it I feel pain like in the vein or something .. which is weird was afraid that it might be temporal arthritis .. but they seems usually have some kinda symptoms like headech blurry vision fever etc ..

I see everyone is having the same problem with the pain on the left temple, but I don't see any answers to these questions. Anyone getting an answer?

I also grind and clinch my teeth while sleeping. I have been wearing a night teeth guard for years. The last couple of weeks I haven't worn my teeth guard cause I would have coughing spells at night due to recent illness. Yesterday I noticed my right temple being really sore to touch.....I have never experienced this before. I wore my teeth guard last night and this morning the soreness is gone. I know I did some serious grinding last night because a crown I have on my bottom right always let's me know when I clinch and grind severely.....the crown feels weird for a couple hours after waking. I do believe my temple soreness is the result of grinding and not wearing my night guard. Also, I have a crown on each side of my mouth....they are the result of teeth grinding before I got my guard. You may want to take your dentist's advice and get a guard. Grinding can destroy your teeth. A guard is a whole lot cheaper (about $500) than a crown and root canal.

Very strange to find this thread, given most also talk about a pain on the left side of the head, not their right. I don't suffer from migraines or fibromyalgia. As far as I know, TMJ is not an issue. If teeth grinding is a factor, wouldn't both sides be affected? In the past year, a doctor did diagnose me with a sinus infection. There was very little drainage, so I only sought treatment due to extreme dizziness.

I have the same thing glad I checked this out can ask my doctor had ive been having migraines non going now two times a week I had migraine attacks plus both my temples are bruised . I'm having visal problems also and light sensitive

Merry, do you ever find out what your temple pain was from? Mine is on my left side and only hurts when I rub it.

It was 3 yrs ago when my jaw started cracking and most of the time it locked(first lasted seconds to minutes) and same thing i just found out recently about my right temple pain felt like bruises when you touched it.
That's why there is a discomfort when sleeping on my right side and sometimes a throbbing pain in my parietal lobe, around my eyes and ears.