Shit I Didn't Say: Facebook Edition I love you. You're a great friend. Nut, yes, posting on Facebook about whether you're too into yourself? Might be a sign that you're too into yourself. Ok, now that's settled, you can tell me you hate Obama every day for a *second* four years now.
I'm a single undead gal trying to make it in the big city. I have to start somewhere and they're evil here. They don't judge. They've got necro-tempered glass. No burning up. A great medical plan, and who needs dental more than us?
Harmony ,'Conviction (1)'
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[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
erikaj - Dec 11, 2012 2:43:40 pm PST #23763 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
le nubian - Dec 11, 2012 2:45:54 pm PST #23764 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Cass,
my dentist convinced me! I should have been using my bite guard - I had one made years ago - but I thought I stopped grinding at night when I finished graduate school.
silly me.
Cass - Dec 11, 2012 3:01:49 pm PST #23765 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I had one made years ago
I had one made years ago too. Totally doesn't work! ... Unless I have to actually wear the thing. Which is probably the case.
I am also pushing my tongue against my lower teeth. It's also a stress thing but I can't stop.
Okay, I am going to hunt up my guard now and put it on my pillow. I think I was worried it would feel weird and give me headaches. Frankly, I've already got them pretty constantly so I might as well give the guard a try for a while.
Edit: Damn, that is ridiculously uncomfortable. I think I am trying it for a few hours at a time. No way I can put this in and just sleep.
le nubian - Dec 11, 2012 3:11:46 pm PST #23766 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Cass,
he told me to get a mouthguard from Target (in the sport section). Beau has been wearing one for months because he has a similar problem. Dentist said to buy 3 - once you figure out it works - because his patients are biting through them. they tend to do less damage on the damn things if there are three that can be periodically rotated.
le nubian - Dec 11, 2012 3:12:23 pm PST #23767 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
he said if the cheap sports ones don't work, then perhaps I can get one done. but he said that either way, buying 3 of them is less expensive than TMJ surgery!
holy fuck.
Cass - Dec 11, 2012 3:17:55 pm PST #23768 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
is less expensive than TMJ surgery!
Yikes.
Teeth, man...
Sue - Dec 11, 2012 3:23:37 pm PST #23769 of 30001
hip deep in pie
I have a mouth guard but I can't really sleep in it. I't been adjusted a few times, but since it was moulded from my teeth, it's a tight fit and I can't stand it. I am a freaking princess and the pea when it comes to sleep. One little irritation and I toss and turn all night
Beverly - Dec 11, 2012 3:44:32 pm PST #23770 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
It took me a few weeks to get used to sleeping in my mouthguard, but now I can't sleep without it. For serious. It's one of those invisalign-type lexan clear things, rigid and molded to my teeth. I've even worn it to work when I was working retail on high-tension days, it helped keep me from lunging at and biting the customers.
Wearing it also eliminated the daily cluster headaches I'd had for years. I love my biteplate--which is what my dentist called it instead of mouthguard.
Nora Deirdre - Dec 11, 2012 3:54:29 pm PST #23771 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
I don't think that I should have to justify my feelings if having to walk through it every day and look at it out my window makes me uncomfortable.
I don't think so either.
smonster, omg, I'm so sorry about your shitty day, hopefully the stitch & bitch helps?
I had a pretty aggravating day as well, what is up with today?
Steph L. - Dec 11, 2012 4:03:49 pm PST #23772 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
so my dentist said that one's bite and jaw affect one's posture and stance and vice versa. He has patients whose jaw pain is affected by their shoes.
I've read that there is a connection between jaw tension and the psoas muscle (which, in turn, can fuck up your hips and back*, among other large muscles that one would prefer did not hurt). I don't know if that's really true, and, if it IS true, I don't know WHY there's a connection.
Basically, I'm just passing along possible factoids a la Cliff Claven.
*It is a testament to my ongoing hip/back/quad pain that I am willingly getting a massage tomorrow. You KNOW it has to be bad** for me to allow a stranger to touch me while I'm naked.
**It's not actually BAD, when I compare it to the pain I had before my back surgery; it's just persistent and nagging and driving me nuts. I'm not a doctor, but I would bet good money it's muscle knots. I've tried stretching, I've tried yoga, I've tried the foam roller, and none of it helps for very long. I suspect it's just knots that I can't get at, but a massage therapist can. My mom recommended this guy -- he does deep tissue massage and trigger point work. So I am going to nut up and go see him tomorrow.
yes, posting on Facebook about whether you're too into yourself? Might be a sign that you're too into yourself.
erika, if it helps, I had the EXACT same reaction.