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mary:
I grind my teeth also.  It makes my mouth hurt sometimes so much I think I have a really bad cavity.  My dentist had me go to the sports department  and buy a mouth guard that you put in boiling water and then put it in your mouth and bite down and it fits you exactly.  He has me use that at night.  It is wonderful.  When I am realy stressed out I make sure to use it and it has stopped my mouth pain.  My dentist says that grinding your teeth can kill the nerve in the tooth so it is important to do something.  The guard is very inexpensive and really does work well.

CC:
Mary, what sports department do you mean?  My dentist said he would have to outsource a fitting for me to have a guard to the tune of $300.  However, I am leary of the Home kits you can get at the drugstore because I heard if you set it wrong yourself it can screw up your bite permanently.  I am interested in your alternative.  I kept thinking I would stop grinding my teeth when I had "resolved all my rage issues" because it just started two years ago.  Unfortunately that hasn't happened so I may have to (pardon the pun) bite the bullet  :lol:  and pay the $300.

mary:
I went to Academy and found mine. There are several kinds to choose from.  My particular ones are pink almost transparent soft  flexable plastic.  Two came in a package for less than $3 (If I remember correctly)  It is used  for some mouth protection while playing sports and if you ask they can help you find it.  It was really easy to fit and I can hardly believe the difference this "cushion" has made for me. I looked for the softest one I could find and after I  boiled it and fitted it I cut some of it down with sissors until I really felt comfortable with the fit.   My dentist said he could make a thing for me that would keep me from grinding my teeth or I could try this.  I am still grinding but this keeps my teeth from actually grinding on each other.  The pain has gone. At times before I got this thing my teeth even seemed a little loose from all the grinding.  All those problems are gone now.   Some nights I can feel my jaws almost locked on this thing because  I am so uptight but it still protects me.  One thing when I first started using it sometime in the middle of the night in my sleep I would take the thing out and throw it across the room.  After awhile I got used to it and stopped doing that!

Anna:
Thanks so kindly for the warm welcome.  I do appreciate it so much.


--- Quote from: CC ---I grind my teeth at night
LOL -- Recently I clenched my jaw so tightly in class that the left side of my face went numb!  Fortunately, I was still in rehab and they were able to provide me with relief.  But I definitely grind my teeth as well.  It's all done in my effort to push things down.  How fascinating that we share many of these common symptoms or related ones.   I do not believe in coincidences anymore either.   As a matter of fact, my close friend (and neighbor) has a N husband.  I see and hear first-hand the cruelty she and her boys endure daily.  Her young son reminds me of me -- can't make decisions!   This is one of the ways it begins I tell her -- not safe to want or express what you want.  I encourage her to give him his voice.  I know that you understand how he doesn't want to displease his dad...

Dr. Grossman, during my recovery within these last two years, I wrote to you personally and shared some of my story when I found your website.  You may or may not remember, but you answered my email with true compassion and encouragement.  Thank you for that.  I didn't forget...  it's because of people like you who have shown me support, and a different way of being, that I feel I'm now ready to give back to the community.  Thanks again....I am so happy to be part of your group.
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Nico but really Nic oops!:
Welcome,
please know that my mother is an alcoholic too..and my father was a pharmacist who kept her well supplied with narcotics for many years as well as other pharmcaceuticals..
I don't think I grind my teeth..but I have stomach problems at times and have had a weight problem ( now going away..refer to my post on that).  I do have tightness in my throat from time to time.
Don't forget, the literature supports that alcoholism, although a disease often is the result of an underlying psychiatric pathology which remains undiagnosed.  Perhaps your mother is a closet N?  in my case I have found that the real N in my family is my father ( he used to blame everything on my mother first) and my mom became an N or was one to begin with  (LOL) I don't know anymore for sure.  The less contact I have with them the less I care.  
Nice to have you aboard,
Kind regards,
Nic :wink:

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