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Posted by bulldog2 on June 19, 2008, at 15:40:05
I've found that many antidepressants trigger TMJ (jaw grinding). Are there any people who have had this problem find an ad that doesn't cause this problem or even helps alleviate this condition?
Posted by fleeting flutterby on June 19, 2008, at 16:13:37
In reply to Antidepressants and TMJ, posted by bulldog2 on June 19, 2008, at 15:40:05
> I've found that many antidepressants trigger TMJ (jaw grinding). Are there any people who have had this problem find an ad that doesn't cause this problem or even helps alleviate this condition?<
I have and have had TMJ for almost all my adult life- 20 years. In my own experience I have found that AD that also relieve anxiety don't make me clench and grind as much. I don't know that much about meds but maybe some anti-d's are just for depression and then that doesn't help with anxiety and TMJ-- where some like Lexapro help anxiety too so TMJ is less of a problem.
Anyway-- that's been my experience.flutterby- mandy
Posted by Bob on June 19, 2008, at 20:42:54
In reply to Antidepressants and TMJ, posted by bulldog2 on June 19, 2008, at 15:40:05
For me it seems that SSRIs and TMJ go hand-in-hand. I'm taking Celexa now and it is a problem, but the worst by far was Effexor. I was thinking that if I stayed on it I was eventually going to ruin my teeth and damage my manibular joint.
Posted by bulldog2 on June 21, 2008, at 10:29:42
In reply to Re: Antidepressants and TMJ » bulldog2, posted by Bob on June 19, 2008, at 20:42:54
> For me it seems that SSRIs and TMJ go hand-in-hand. I'm taking Celexa now and it is a problem, but the worst by far was Effexor. I was thinking that if I stayed on it I was eventually going to ruin my teeth and damage my manibular joint.
Years ago i had to go off paxil and zoloft because of tmj. Just to painful. Worse than depression.
Posted by jamesr2 on June 21, 2008, at 15:29:31
In reply to Re: Antidepressants and TMJ, posted by bulldog2 on June 21, 2008, at 10:29:42
There are a few meds that can possibly beat the
TMG (which i suffered from too
) as an add on med:1) Buspar
2) 5ht-2a antagonists (Serzone worked for me)
3) TopamaxRegards,
JamesR> > For me it seems that SSRIs and TMJ go hand-in-hand. I'm taking Celexa now and it is a problem, but the worst by far was Effexor. I was thinking that if I stayed on it I was eventually going to ruin my teeth and damage my manibular joint.
>
> Years ago i had to go off paxil and zoloft because of tmj. Just to painful. Worse than depression.
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