Teeth grinding??

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Registered: 03-22-2003
Teeth grinding??
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Sat, 08-26-2006 - 10:02pm

I notice that I am grinding my teeth at night, not when I'm sleeping, when I'm awake and/or clamping my teeth tight.

Sheri Ann

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Wed, 08-30-2006 - 8:55am

Thank-you for your input!

Sheri Ann

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Wed, 08-30-2006 - 8:57am

Hi Jan.

Sheri Ann

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Wed, 08-30-2006 - 9:15am

Sheri Ann-- Do you think it can be a side effect of the Lexapro? I never had clenching/grinding problems, and now in the last week or so (I have been on the Lexapro about 3-4 weeks, upped the dose a week ago)I definitely think I am clenching my jaw at night. I have woken up in the night feeling like my jaw is clenched, I smehow bit my tongue across the whole side/back while I was sleeping, and my jaw is sore during the day. I was thinking I would ask my dr at the medication followup I have on the 11th. I doubt it is worth going off the meds, but I might consider going back down to 10mg.

Karen

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Wed, 08-30-2006 - 9:21am

Karen, that was my thought.

Sheri Ann

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Wed, 08-30-2006 - 9:35am

Had you recently changed your meds or upped it or something? Maybe mine is temporary and will go away too. Certainly stress/anxiety can cause grinding and clenching, it just seems odd that it never happened to me before. But maybe it is something wierd where my brain suppresses the anxiety during the day and it comes out at night as clenching....

I'll let you know what she says.

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Wed, 08-30-2006 - 4:00pm

No, I hadn't changed anything at all.

Sheri Ann

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