bizi Thank you for all of the kind,and sympathetic notes that you have written to me through my hard times recently. They have been valuable. You said that..."You are fighting for your life...You are worth this struggle." That made me feel good,and I had a sigh of relief. When I've told some people of my problems who where not on this web site,while trying to get help,I could look into their eye's,and see that they just wanted to get it over with. Unfortunately I'm so sensitive to people,and can tell when people are not sincere,but you have truly been sincere. Thank you very much. I've read everything that you have said with appreciation. So are the rest of the people writing me,and I care about them,and they care about me. As I understand it,you are stable,and don't need the support as much,but you care about us. Thanks. Brokenfriend

Hi,
In order to make paragraphs, hit the "return" or "enter" key on your keyboard.

I have been grinding my teeth for years too. Finally, one dentist figured it out and got me a guard. It was good for one year, but it started to disintegrate and he refused to get me a new one.

Then I used a cheapo guard from the drug store. It worked in a way, but my teeth moved and my bite is off.

Now I am on my third guard and it mostly works. But I have to go to the dentist to have it refitted occasionally. I need to make an appointment with the dentist but have been putting it off because he is an hour drive away. I will go soon.

If I take a nap without using the guard, I wake up with teeth and mouth pain. I wish I knew how I could work on stopping the grinding. Right now, I can minimize the damage and pain.

M.

OK. I'll try the enter. Is return the same thing as enter. I've only had a computer for 3 years,and am learning things step,by step. I've never taken typing lessons,or used a typewriter before. This is all knew stuff to me.

It's working. I hit the enter. With email it's different. Great it seems to be working.It's easy to make paragraphs with email. On here,it has to be done differently. Thank's for the lesson. I'm starting to figure it out.

I'm sorry to hear that you have a problem with grinding also. If some one tells you that it's all in your
head,you can tell them that they are wrong. The next time someone tells me it's all in my head,I'll tell them the anxiety is to the point that it transfers to my jaws,and I grit my teeth in my sleep. I get defensive when it comes to people out there in the world who are ready to slam dunk me for being nervous. They don't know how much of a problem it is,and how deep it goes. Brokenfriend

I rarely have bad dreams but when I do they are truly awful. Do you have a repetitive dream? Sorry to hear about your teeth. I have some major dental work to get done but it isn't about grinding them. I smoke a lot...I wonder if I get rid of a lot of tension and money lol that way.
One of my friends offered to take me to a chinese herbalist who is superb. I know I will be too lazy to make the batches of tea needed. He has helped my friend's family.
When my dog had cancer, I really threw herbs and supplements at him and ayuvedic Uricare and Livicare at him. He lived way beyond my vet's expectations and finally his heart *he had a heart condition) gave out..His name wasMorgy...
I am taking coenzyme q 10 for cholesterol besides lipitor and thinking of taking niacin and inosol. Nothing worked for the bipolar and sleep problems.
Oh I use arnica montana for bruises and back pain and teeth pain.
take care
Bobby
ps if you keep analysing your dreams, they seem to get weaker. I like Jung's theories on dreams. You can google it.

Hi, I am new here, Emma, and I have read the whole discussion. About the grinding, I am in Europe, and I went to a couple of dentists websites to find out about this. On one of them, they spoke about an alternative bite-guard, a kind of small thing with batteries where you place tiny electrodes on your lip, I think, it is a while ago, and they are placed to detect the grinding muscles start working early on, and they give a little current to relax the musles immediately. It trains your muscles and your brain somehow to stop the grinding completely after at most two months, they stated. That will save you money, pain and strain. Hope this is helpful.

Thank you for your kind words.
I wanted to share this with you...

I am more stable right now because I have support.
This forum helps to keep me stable....we have become friends here over the years....
I wish you wellness today.
(((HUGS)))
bizi

minymo Welcome to the forum. Thank's for the information. That's
fascinating.

Mari Read what minymo wrote. You probably have. There's hope for the old grinding problem.

bizi "Thank you very much", as Elvis always said often. I came here to ground zero(LOL) because I was in terrible shape two weeks ago,and you all have helped me through it. I had absolutely no where else to turn, but prayer,and here. This place has been of great value to me in my time of emotional turmoil. I thank you. No one has made me feal guilty for expressing my emotional pain. Thank you. There is still no one else to express it to. My family doesn't understand it,and my sister has given me a rejective message,and that of confusion. She doesn't seem to know it,but she's a controlling type of person. She's sending me a confusing message which I cannot break down, and examine. She doesn't know it,but everything has to be done her way,and in her time,or the other person is wrong,who is me. I'm not attacking her. I'm talking this out. I don't understand my sister,and what makes her tic. I cannot talk to her about anything that she doesn't rebuttal,say the opposite of,criticize,or say," two much information".She always wants to say the last word. She makes me crazy. I might as well not say a word. She did this when I was a Kid. She pulled my hair,and bent my fingers. She was the big sister. I even heard her say it herself in the last five,or six years. She said she didn't want to be corrected by her baby brother. That just slipped out of her mouth,and yours truly didn't forget it. Could this be a sibling problem with her. It surely seems like it.

I must have compassion on her,for she has MS,and I think that's what's making her react negatively to me. I feel like her money is more important to her then my life. If I die tonight,I think that it would be a relief to her,my brother in law,and my Dad. As I realize this,I know that I have value,and I know that I'm a person who can be loved. Our family is a dysfunctional family,and I'm held at a distance,and I know what that means. I have lived,and I've seen the heart of people. I am very disappointed. I've thought that we where more then this. Present company excluded.

I haven't heard from Social Services yet. I've seen them,and now I'm waiting for them to respond. They have not yet.

mymorgy Yes. Some of my dreams repeat,and some of them are down right awful. I stay away from horror movies,but I like science fiction like"Star Trek",and Fantasy movies like,"Superman".I like comedy. Oh ,and yes. I know you can get rid of accumulating money that way. LOL I've been taking those MDR Vitamines out of Florida. They seem to be a good professional combination of Vitamines. Everyone says that I look much younger then I am. I'm not saying that it is the Vitamines,but they haven't hurt the process. I use to select my own vitamines by books. Back to my dreams,the things that have been happening recently have been in my dreams,playing out in all kinds of ways in my dreams. The main thing is rejection. I feel it. It haunts me,and hurts me. It happens. It's in my imaginations. I don't want to be rejected,but I am. I feel that there are such good qualities in me though. My life has shown me this,but right now I have come to a halt,because of my anxiety,and depression. I feel like I'm in the maize again. Brokenfriend

waiting is hard broken friend....you write well , have you started journaling getting down some of your thoughts....some folks write poetry too.
hang in there....in time things will work out the way you need it to work out.
it is hard waiting.

bizi

It is so hard being "blessed" with a chemical imbalance. It is so neat that you obviously have taken such good care of yourself that your health and its reflection is great...cheers! you should be proud of yourself.
I wonder if you are near any group you can join? So many of our families are disappointing..and it is so hard not to get stuck in the rejection theme....instead of breaking free and finding fellow soul mates.
I am sorry about your dreams. If only we could change them so they would give us relief instead of being another source of anxiety but I guess they are clues to our progress and the direction we should take to heal and a guide to tell us what is really bothering us.
You will be okay. Life is filled with surprises that are out of our control for the good.
Bobby

I am beside myself right now so to speak because of something that is bothering me. If I keep writing whats bothering me,I'm worried that people will not listen to me after awhile. My friends,cousins and other people have stoped emailing,and calling me. My Dad,and sister don't want to talk to me. I feel like that's going to happen here.

I was just reading about the amazing accomplishments of a fellow classmate at a Military school that I attended a long time ago. He's still going strong,and has taken command,and great responsibility being a three star General in the Army,and in command of the US Army Combined Arms Center. I'm very proud of him. I never knew he was going to go that far.

A neighbor of mine,when I was growing up is with NASA. I hung around him,and I learned allot about weather,and other earth sciences. He had a weather tower in his back yard when we where kids. I could see him taking readings of his weather instruments early in the morning. We looked at distant thunder storms,clouds flickering off in the distance at dusk. I'm proud of him. He's still going strong at NASA.

Now I'm looking at myself. This is what I feal like. O I wanted to be a scientist. I understand allot about it. I have not fulfilled any of my dreams,I have never been married. I feel so unfulfilled. I wish that I could be with people who are making a difference. I wish that I could have done something to have helped society. I wish that I could have contributed my gifts,and talents,and achieved my goals. I just feel this sense of lose right now. Brokenfriend