Is a muscle relaxant an effective treatment of bruxism?!
Question: Is a muscle relaxant an effective treatment of bruxism!?
I've been trying hypnosis and night guards, but I still wake up with a sore jaw!. My teeth aren't faceted yet, in spite of a lifetime of power grinding, but I get headaches occasionally when it's worse than usual!. I've heard that another way to treat it is with the use of muscle relaxants!. Has anyone tried it!? Did it work!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
Ok, this is going to sound crazy, but it's a solution that I JUST figured out!.
I have suffered tremendously with TMJ cfor over 2 decades, and it has seriously affected my quality of life, as I am sure you can imagine!.
Last week, I started putting toilet paper in both sides of my nose before I go to bed!. I make sure that I can pull it out in the morning, but I put enough in so that I can't breathe through my nose!.
This way, when I go to bed, my body is forced to take air through my mouth!. My jaws CAN NOT close at night when I'm sleeping, so I can't possibly grind my teeth or clench down hard!. My pain and suffering is almost gone!. I can't believe I didn't think of this years ago!.
The other night, I forgot to put the tissue in my nose, and the pain and headaches came right back because I spent the night breathing through my nose and clenching/grinding my jaws!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I have suffered tremendously with TMJ cfor over 2 decades, and it has seriously affected my quality of life, as I am sure you can imagine!.
Last week, I started putting toilet paper in both sides of my nose before I go to bed!. I make sure that I can pull it out in the morning, but I put enough in so that I can't breathe through my nose!.
This way, when I go to bed, my body is forced to take air through my mouth!. My jaws CAN NOT close at night when I'm sleeping, so I can't possibly grind my teeth or clench down hard!. My pain and suffering is almost gone!. I can't believe I didn't think of this years ago!.
The other night, I forgot to put the tissue in my nose, and the pain and headaches came right back because I spent the night breathing through my nose and clenching/grinding my jaws!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I have mild bruxism!. Meds can help, but I would suggest looking into an NTI!. They're new, relatively inexpensive and mine worked wonders!Www@Answer-Health@Com