Jaw clenching

[MrsGxx]

Jaw clenching? Anxiety related? Should I see doctor/dentist? I find myself clenching my teeth together a lot x

No real advice from me, but I am a jaw clenched/grinder. Clencher during the day and a grinder at night!

I bought a set of mouth guards from Amazon, as the dentist wanted £££. I've actually managed to grind through a few of them over time, when stress and anxiety has been bad.

You Tube has lots of videos on relaxation techniques/exercises.

I've suffered for the past 15 years and it feels almost impossible to find 'the cure', though some of the exercises I do definitely help.

Yes. They might fit you for a retainer so you don't wear down your teeth and expose nerves. (From experience)

I've been doing this, but mine seems to be a side effect of taking Citalopram for anxiety. Unfortunately the teeth grinding has been making me more anxious.
I've reduced the dose and it's getting better.
I thought I ought to mention it in case you're on medication too.

Clencher here. I have a rigid mouthguard from my dentist which helps keep my jaw in the right place and protects my teeth. I initially had a more flexible one but needed something stiffer to stop me chewing on it. I wear it all night, every night. To begin with it was a nuisance but now I can’t sleep without it.

I’m an NHS patient in a mainly private surgery - I think I paid about £50 for the first one, then only lab fees for the second. I’m in Scotland so it might be different, but my dentist had to get approval from the local health board to do it on the NHS. If they had refused I think it was about £300.

I have been doing this for about 10 years now, I first noticed the clenching, but it turns out that I was also grinding in my sleep which was a much bigger problem. If you are just clenching and the following is irrelevant, apologies and please ignore.

From my experience there is very little a doctor can do.

My dentist on the other hand has been amazing. I chewed through so many soft guards I now have a rigid one which is much better. I can tell if I forgot to wear it as my jaw hurts and my poor DH gets woken up by hideous grinding noises.

Although I have anxiety I only started grinding my teeth when I went on anti depressants, which is only a recently understood side effect.

I have tried various relaxation exercises, but nothing really helped. I've resigned myself to a deeply un-sexy mouthguard as the alternatives of damaged teeth or coming off the medication are worse.

Another clencher or gritter here. I have a nhs mouth guard from my dentist - was around £88. I find it uncomfortable to wear and all it does is protect my teeth. I suffer terribly with painful jaw and sore teeth.

My jaw gritting (as it feels more like I grit my teeth) is related to chronic pain. I've tried exercises but at the end of the day, unless my pain goes, I'm stuck with gritting my teeth every night. I have managed make myself very conscious during the day about not gritting my teeth but the minute I nod off, it occurs. I wish I could find some way to stop doing it.

alanna between my nightguard and my earplugs, I am a bedtime delight. Particularly sexy in the morning when I am also fumbling about for my glasses. My poor DP.

When I was due my check up, I mentioned to the dentist that I’m getting really bad teeth aching. Top and bottom , sometimes say top right and bottom left to maybe top on each side.

I’m an anxiety suffer, I recently upped my venlafaxine 2 doses as my anxiety was getting higher and I was getting depressed.
I can’t say 100% , but I’m sure I didn’t get this horrible teeth aching.
I’ve ask dp do I grind my teeth and he says no.
My tongue also feels sore sometimes (more if I’m anxious) I’ve always thought it was the venlafaxine (my tongue)
Know I got this teeth aching. Doesn’t say anything about being a SE, but I guess we’re all different.

I’m scared stiff off coming of venlafaxine as it supposed to be really really hard to come off, and I still suffer bad anxiety.
I even The it was the amalgam filling I’ve got, and was going to get them removed before considering coming off venlafaxine as it’s the easiest option, but lot of money if it’s not that.
Also got nightguard cost £195, and I’ve even woken up with teeth aching in the night wearing that.

So confused and well peed off

granadagirl the night guard only protects your teeth - provides cushioning if you like - it doesn't stop you clenching or grinding so you will at still get achy teeth/jaw. At least that has been what my dentist said and my experience.

Alanna and Judy same here! Glasses/contacts, hearing aids, mouth guard, sticky uppy hair first thing.. so very attractive (!)

Daisy
Thank you, so do you have feeling off tooth ache? Mines nearly everyday at some point.

Anyone else , where the teeth ache in the day?

granadagirl it's more achy teeth rather than toothache if that makes sense? I do have it during the day and some days are worse than others. My jaw is tender and achy too.