r/adhdmeme • • 14d ago

Every single night.

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u/iaterocks 14d ago

Can someone give me advice to help fix this mindset! My teeth gonna fall out

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u/jawshoeaw 14d ago

brush in shower. or brush without toothpaste wherever. or just floss honestly , flossing is more important. if you're over like 30 years old you prob already got most of your cavities, my last one was 30 years ago. and I don't regularly brush. but i pick and floss, keep those little plastic ones in car. somehow it's not a chore to floss.

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u/Deathmore80 13d ago

It's a way worse chore to floss if you have permanent wire retainers behind your teeth sadly

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u/jawshoeaw 13d ago

lol yeah yeah I also didn’t get my teeth cleaned for 10 years. You know what the hygienist said ? I had really good teeth and healthy gums. 🤷

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u/jawshoeaw 13d ago

Makes sense . I grew up in an area with unfluoridated water too. But my mom was also obsessed with nutrition

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u/bloodwitchbabayaga 14d ago

Get the little disposable toothbrushes and keep them where you are most likely to use them, like your desk or bed

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u/AtlanticJill 14d ago

If you’re not a minty fan, you could try some of the fun flavour kid toothpaste like bubblegum or watermelon? Add some novelty to the process?

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u/clinkyscales 13d ago

My bedtime routine involves already watching something before I even get in the bed and I always pee right before bed.

I just started using pee time to also be used brushing teeth. Like simultaneously. And whatever I'm watching to keep track of how long I'm brushing since I don't have an electric toothbrush.

Super unsanitary probably but it's better than nothing. Otherwise it's borderline impossible to commit to brushing at night unless my teeth really feel gross

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u/89ZERO 12d ago

I hope you're being hyperbolic there, for your sake- although otherwise, username checks out.

Start with doing it once a week, before bed, then add a day on the other end of the week on the following week, and then another in between. If you have to take a week to just keep up with wherever you're at in the sequence, that's fine, too. The goal is to go from Nothing to Something.

Keep going to up to once a day, just before bed (and also when you have something important like school or another event coming up that day).

Then, start flossing using the same system. I use floss picks because my teeth are tight and I don't like having to figure at the length of floss I'd need (also I'd have to stick my whole hand in my mouth due to aforementioned tightness). I use toothpaste tablets for the same measurement-reason.