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.

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!!

Dead thread? Nope. Not with Moose wandering around.

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.

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...