too many orange pills

I spoke to my regular dentist, who thinks the problem with my bite / occlusion may be due to the lateral pterygoid muscles having tensed up. Considering that I can't see any difference when comparing old photos of my teeth to how they look now, and how suddenly this problem came on, that seems reasonable. He prescribed me prescription strength ibuprofen - 800mg 4 times a day (which is the very max recommended amount for an adult), for one week. It may improve things by reducing any inflammation that may be present.

I was afraid that the Rx pills would be too large for me to easily swallow, so I got the OTC ones instead which are 200mg each and small. So I've been taking 4 of those, 4 times a day.

I've been taking them since yesterday, and haven't noticed any difference so far. If anything, my jaw muscles feel more tense/sore, but I think that is from the dentist having pressed on them yesterday to see if I felt any soreness (I didn't yesterday). My shoulder muscles also feel tense now.

If it is tense muscles, maybe it is a side effect of not getting enough sleep. Though I'd have thought the problem would have gotten better during my vacation if that were the case.