Posted by yxibow on March 18, 2009, at 8:02:07
In reply to Jaw clenching on AD's, posted by mav27 on March 18, 2009, at 7:17:42
> Just wondering how many here get the side effect from AD's, especially ssri's where they find their jaw sort of clenching up or muscles in the jaw/face clenching up a bit. I get it all the time on AD's and my haw aches like crazy after a while but iam able to relax it if i want to but i need to be conciously keeping it relaxed.
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> Was wondering if anyone knows what causes this, is it just seratonin ? The thing is, and what i'm most curous about is that there is two other things that do the exact same thing to me, 1 is sunlight and the other is high doses of omega 3 fish oil capsules.The latter sound like causation is not necessarily causality. Sunlight is ubiquitous and omega-3s are found in most food in some quantities.
It sounds like some form of bruxism, teeth grinding, possibly to the point of TMJ.
Anxiety itself can cause this, a night guard might or might not be of help.
Might want to mention this to your doctor and possibly change ADs... it could be a rarer form of EPS.
-- Jay
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