Vitamin B5 aka pantothenic acid is real helpful for teeth grinding/clenching/bruxism
Totally cured the problem for my son a few years back :)

also, Royal Jelly is a supp very rich in B vits and with high B5, for those that dont react well to the B complex - many people get digestive and other side effects from B complex- but not with Royal Jelly or individual Bs

I do this a lot and wondered if it could be part of the spastcity. I haven't been on an A/D for quite awhile, so that isn't doing it.

I get jaw spasms as a whole separate thing, Holl, mine is sort of like the bottom goes left and the top goes the other way, it's very fast. No clicking or anything, just ga-gong, ga-gong a few times. It wakes me up at night.

I take a vitamin supplement every day. Nature's Code for Women Over 50 (I'm 47 but I figured I'd get a head start..!). It's got all the B vitamins in it.

I did a google search and found many articles relating teeth clenching to Zoloft. Also listed was Prozac. I don't think it's going to be an option for me to stop taking Zoloft so I'll invest in a night guard and be very mindful of when I'm clenching during the day.

I've just noticed this within the past year or so....but I guess the stress of losing my job, waiting for LTD (and SSDI eventually) and other things that have happened within the past 6 months are just catching up with me. :(

Thanks for your suggestions - I appreciate all the responses very much. :)

Yup that sounds familiar. Mine does it during the day, too. Especially if I am slacking off on taking my baclofen.

Hey Kitty!

I know my teeth grinding is from stress. At the time my dentist told me I was grinding my teeth down I wasn't on any meds and hadn't even been dx'd with the MS yet.

You have been and are currently going thru a lot. :hug:

The special plates the dentist make are expensive. My dentist did tell me that I could buy a mouth guard at a sporting store. I did, it was like $10. It's probably bigger than what the fitted plates the dentist make would be, but it's also a lot cheaper. So you might want to buy one and try wearing it for a couple weeks and see if that helps.

And I pray that your SSDI and other issues will be quickly worked out in your favor and life will settle down for you :)

Yes, Kelly, I have the grinding\clenching thing too. It is much worse when I'm stressed, like now. I was supposed to be fitted for a night guard but my insurance wouldn't pay for it :(. What else is new, huh? Sometimes my jaw is just screamin' when I wake up. At some point, I'm gonna have to get the guard. I was dx with tmj about 5? years ago. Maybe we should try the over the counter, self-fitting guard.

Clencher/grinder here as well and I have TMJ. Sometimes I wake my hubby up I grind so hard - and he's a sound sleeper! It's nothing to wake up with very sore teeth and jaws.

When I was researching bruxism (fancy name for grinding) a while back I read that it has several causes including medication, stress and neurological conditions.

Well, I hit the jackpot on this one 'cause I have all three!! :eek:

Dead thread? Nope. Not with Moose wandering around.:D

It just dawned on me that maybe it's genetic because my brother and me both do it. AND both of our oldest sons do it.:confused:

Not so much for me now. As someone mentioned, B vitamins help. And I take a bunch of those. I used to do it so bad that I wouldn't realize it until my jaw started hurting.

OK. Carry on...:o