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Re:Can staying awake beat depression? by hnzix on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @09:50PM (#16219945)
> My teeth, which are already damaged by years of nightly gnashing

My dentist made me a slimfit mouthguard for teeth grinding. It cost $500 but it's the best dental investment I ever made as it prevents further expensive damage to my teeth.

The first few nights I kept dreaming I had a piece of steak in my mouth though.

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Re:Can staying awake beat depression? by freeflight on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @10:51PM (#16220165)
Yeah, I've gotten one of those as well for my upper jaw, sleeping way better since I got it.

It was also the dentist who unriddled particular nasty tension headaches I suffer from sometimes. All the nightly gnawing makes my neck muscles sometimes tense up, which leads to pains in the back of the neck radiating up to the back of the head.

Sadly that's not something the mouthguard helps with, so I will probably have to look for a solution to actually end the gnawing itself.

edit: This commenter [0] suggests Magnesium might help with the nightly teeth gnawing. A quick Google search, sure enough, seems to confirm the relation [1], awesome!

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16219942

[1] https://sleeptrack.io/2016/03/10/magnesium-rhodiola-bruxism/

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Re:Can staying awake beat depression? by amelius on Wednesday January 24, 2018 @05:11AM (#16221613)
It is still possible to get jaw problems with such a mouthguard though. As you still exert force on the mandibular joint, it may start to wear. The result is not very pleasant, to say the least.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporomandibular_joint_dysfun...

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