Posted by Julie on January 13, 2000, at 8:12:58
In reply to Re: Teeth Grinding -soft guard vs. hard block, posted by S. Suggs on January 13, 2000, at 7:54:31
Thanks for the suggestions. I think I grind during sleep (though my live-in guy hasn't noticed grindy noises), but also notice I'm kinda clenching during the day. I do have dental insurance, but according to my dentist it would only pay 350$ of the cost. (Some of the 2,000 was for other things- like realigning ground-down teeth and some gum deep-cleaning thing [yuck!].)
I'm going to: check my insurance; look at the bruxism and biofeedback pages Abby found; maybe go see my boyfriend's dentist, who sounds more trustworthy.
My guess is I grind because of Effexor (and years of Zoloft before that), because I've always been a stress monkey, and because of job stress: I'm trying to teach, write a PhD dissertation, and look for an English professor job in a really tight labor market (and on an abysmal salary). In many ways being a grad student is a satisfying, kind of privileged life. In other ways it isn't.
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