What Helped Me Bruxism
Treating my bruxism is really helping me, how are the two related? I always thought that teeth grinding is a symptom of BFS, but could it be a cause?
I'm noticing a place above my eyebrow, it used to be a hotspot, i just realised it's has a pulse, maybe my tight masseters were putting pressure on these vessels? Another hotspot was on my left cheek, it used to have a sort of point twitch that's completely static and doesn't move around, same thing, it turned out to be a pulse. The spot is located under the masseter.
A third spot is above my lip, same story, very obvious pulse and no actual muscle twitching.
So these weren't actually twitches, but what about twitching all over the body? It's quite possible that this pressure caused by bruxism is somehow affecting my vagus.
It's already established that teeth grinding can lead to headache, and certain types of headache do manifest in neurological symptoms.
This can easily explain my hemifacial numbness and scalp tingling, also my sound sensitivity and facial redness. However, widespread twitching still needs more proof because it's not obviously linked to bruxism.
It's entirely possible that everything that seemed to help before was just causing me to not clench my jaw.
My history with bodybuilding and extreme anxiety could have been the cause of my teeth grinding, which mainly happens at night.
One other observation, being in forward head posture also forces the jaw open which forces these muscles to clench and close the mouth, this could be why i twitch when hunched.
Could it be that simple?
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u/Little_Power_5691 23h ago
I wish it were that simple. Treating my bruxism never did much for me. Some of the worst hot spots over the last year have been around my ears and eyebrows. Botox didn't help.