sarahrose
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 Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 1:23 am Post subject: Teeth Clicking |
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| I have been clicking my teeth for the last 8 months or so and can't seem to stop. Has anyone had any success with kicking this habit? I have tried to transform the habit into finger tapping or toe tapping and it hasn't worked yet. I guess that initial worsening of the behavior when I try to stop is interfering with my progress. BTW I do not have autism, I am bipolar. |
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StuartN
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| Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 4:49 am Post subject: Re: Teeth Clicking |
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| sarahrose wrote: | | I have been clicking my teeth for the last 8 months or so and can't seem to stop. Has anyone had any success with kicking this habit? |
I had a bad problem with teeth-grinding (bruxism), unconsciously and at night, to the point of damaging my teeth and suffering jaw-pain (TMJD). My dentist made a cast of my teeth and then a mouth guard, which I wore at night while sleeping until the problem disappeared. There is a cycle of grinding and muscle tension, which the guard breaks by maintaining the muscles in a more relaxed position.
It was expensive, but cheaper than repairing the long-term damage. |
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ddrake96
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| Posted: Sun May 22, 2011 11:09 pm Post subject: |
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| i have been clicking my teeth for about two weeks. it started when i stopped bitting my nails, which also started when i stopped chewing my pens. do any of you have a way to stop? |
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ddrake96
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| Posted: Sun May 22, 2011 11:09 pm Post subject: |
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| i have been clicking my teeth for about two weeks. it started when i stopped bitting my nails, which also started when i stopped chewing my pens. do any of you have a way to stop? |
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cyberdad
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| Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 3:46 am Post subject: |
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| My daughter had bruxism till her first milk teeth fell out, after that she stopped. |
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Grazia
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| Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 4:50 am Post subject: |
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I wasn't even aware that I ground my teeth at night until my jaw seized up (TMJD) and my dentist told me the cause. I tap my back teeth together quite a lot: I was tapping them whilst reading this  |
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dangerOz
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| Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 2:25 pm Post subject: |
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| ive clicked my teeth to music or just a random tune ever since i can remember. I only seem to do it when my brain is idling as in im walking, watching tv or surfing the net. if im laying down i roll my feet in cirlces. Thats it. Am i normal? |
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Sweetleaf
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My dad sometimes clicks his teeth when talking, but yeah if anything I find it annoying....I mean its obviously not his fault, but my brain has a tendency to focus on it sometimes. But yeah I hate it because I don't want it to be an issue but it makes my ears feel weird. lol. but such is life.
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Kinme
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| Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 7:47 pm Post subject: |
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| lastcrazyhorn wrote: | I beat out rhythms to myself in my head. It's the habit? stim? I picked up after my parents made me stop sucking my thumb. Although to be honest, it wasn't my parents who made me stop; it was my brother. After all, he was the one who threatened to break my arm if I didn't . . .
I used to just beat them around in a circle, but now I just do rhythms or the ol' OCD thing about doing something until it feels right. Whee!!! |
I do the same thing. I only do it with my mouth closed, though. |
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soulecho
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I tap, grind and clench my teeth. Badly too.
I've done a ton of damage to my mouth. Up to 70% of the bone mass in my jaw is gone in places. I've broken 5 teeth in the last 4 years, and all of the ones I have left in my mouth have hairline cracks in the enamel.
I only do it when I'm awake, and I don't realize I'm doing it 95% of the time.
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biribiri20
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Yeah, I do this. I even had to get braces as a teen and my teeth are kinda ridgey now as a result of years of grinding and clicking.
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