Anyone else clenching jaw/grinding teeth since March 13th?

[xir]

Went to the dentist finally and he said I started grinding and I am now conscious gow much I clench now."ate" through an old filling.

 

[sphagnum]

Specifically since March 13th?

 

[Genesius]

Some antidepressants can cause jaw clenching. Fortunately my anxiety medication helps counteract it.

 

[Akronis]

A couple months ago I had to get a mouth guard to prevent myself from destroying my teeth

 

[entremet]

What happened on March 13th?

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

What happened on March 13th?

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Start of quarantine.

 

[entremet]

Start of quarantine.

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It was that long ago? Damn, what a blur. I was thinking April.

 

[sph3re]

I clench my jaw in general, so no.

I wasn't aware of it until I started sleeping with a mouth guard and I could hear the sound of my bottom teeth squeaking against the material.

I'd recommend a mouth guard. Stopped waking up with headaches, on the whole.

 

[teruterubozu]

How weird. Yes. Ever since this pandemic hit I've been clenching and grinding my teeth. Especially when I wake up I notice I'm doing it in my sleep. I don't feel overly stressed about the pandemic, but I guess I am in a subconscious way.

 

[Costa]

I've been clenching/grinding for several years now. I think it's due to anxiety. I've been using generic mouth guards when I sleep so I don't wake up with shattered teeth hah.

 

[Zoe]

There actually have been reports of the numbers of broken teeth going up since the pandemic started.

 

[The Iron Yuppie]

A couple months ago I had to get a mouth guard to prevent myself from destroying my teeth

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Same. Grinding my teeth has never been an issue for me, but between the pandemic and the knock-on effect it's had on my job I apparently began grinding in my sleep.

 

[Wag]

Ive been doing it since I was a kid. I have trigeminal neuralgia and bad TMJ- I Am in the process of having two implants because I cracked them.

what do you want to know?

 

[dubc]

Yes, my dentist also said it looked like I was clenching, no grinding though.

 

[NYR]

Yep, big time. Jaw is in pain daily.

 

[Temascos]

Since 2016 for me lol!

It's actually gotten better in recent months as I took a bit more time to care for my health, but that shit is rough.

 

[MIMIC]

lol no not since March 13.

But I did used to grind my teeth as a kid. My parents even got me a mouth guard to help me stop.

 

[davidnolan13]

i started before then. i grind my teeth so much ive worn my canines flat and worn through 3 mouth guards in 2 year and 1 of those was hard plastic.

 

[Olinad]

I've been clenching my jaw and grinding teeth for a while now, but incidentally I've only been able to consistently use a bite guard without spitting it overnight since this March. When I started trying to use it I felt like I couldn't fall asleep with it, but now it feels weird going to bed without it lol.

 

[Gengahrrr]

Way before March apparently.

I wear a bite guard at night now.

 

[Kamek]

Ironically enough, March 13th was also the day my job started the work from home quarantine myself.

 

[DiceHands]

Ive noticed I do this while gaming sometimes and its become a bad habit where I am doing it without realizing it, and I fear I do it in my sleep too. My jaw feels tired alot. Any tips?

 

[xir]

Yeah on npr they said dentists are seeing it more but it weird how I'm noticing it during waking hours.
Got a mouth guard but can't sleep with it :(

 

[wenis]

Would explain a lot of my headaches and jaw soreness.

 

[kcp12304]

9 out of 10 dentists agree

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[xir]

being conscious of the clenching is really weird to me, i do it the most when im playing with my 4 year old, think seeing her just stresses me out in the quarantine lol

 

[Barberetti]

Nope, not since the last time I did an E actually, so about 20 years ago.