Klarinet Archive - Posting 000088.txt from 2011/01

From: Oliver Seely <oseely@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Depression, anti-depressants, teeth grinding and embouchure
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 11:26:25 -0500


There is a pretty good documentary floating around, "The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive," by Stephen Fry who states up front that he has bipolar disorder. It is available in Region 2 format (the U.K., Europe and the Middle East) at amazon.com as well as via peer-to-peer file sharing (ahem!) in Microsoft avi format. Fry is candid also about not wanting to go on medication to treat the condition because he feels that his manic states are the source of his creativity. Most unfortunately, for those of us who have people in our families with the condition, both the manic and depressive states make them a pain in the neck every time they decide to go off their medication and is the primary reason why friends drift away and/or keep them at arm's length (in my opinion).

Anyway, the documentary is an interesting chronicle of Fry's problems.

Oliver

> Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 09:48:25 +0100
> From: matija.gregorka@-----.com
> To: klarinet@-----.com
> Subject: Re: [kl] Depression, anti-depressants, teeth grinding and embouchure
>
> I had same problems some time ago and my friends allways said to me "Don't
> behave like a starving wolf!" so I trained my mind to recognize my tension
> and stop grinding. It takes some time but works fine. Many of somebody's
> behavioral oddities you can control from your head: years ago I suffered a
> migraine like headache but only on Saturdays and Sundays. Strange enough,
> because I was free those days, at home, with my family. Then a switch
> toggled in my brain and I went to my office on Saturday. No headache at all.
> It was obvious that my body was adopted to the stress during the working
> days and there was "something missing" on Sunday. With this rational
> explanation my weekend headaches were gone for ever. What I would like to
> say is that your mind controls almost all of your physical reactions: your
> hunger, thirst, fatigue, overweight, need for smoking etc.
> Matija
>
> 2011/1/11 Martin Marks <martymarks511@-----.com>
>
> > Have you tried double lipping. It's been known to cure biting.
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Donna Higgins <donna@-----.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On 1/11/11 4:19 AM, Kathy Williams-DeVries wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > I may have mentioned once or twice that I suffer from depression, and
> > > take
> > > > anti-depressants as part of an overall treatment of bipolar disorder.
> > > Now, I
> > > > am one of those people who channel their tension through their jaw,
> > > > involving a lot of teeth grinding. I'm sure if I ever visited a
> > dentist,
> > > > they would find the condition of my back teeth to be equivalent of a
> > meth
> > > > user, I have heard.
> > >
> > > I had a problem with teeth grinding due to stress, and using a mouth
> > > guard really helped. Not one you buy "off the shelf" at a pharmacy,
> > > which don't work well. You need to get one made for you by your
> > > dentist. They're expensive but worth it.
> > >
> > > At first I wore the guard during the day as well as at night, to break
> > > myself of the habit of clenching. Now I just use it at night. I have
> > > noticed that my embouchure is more relaxed and I don't "bite" on the
> > > reed so much. It's also helped tremendously with my chronic headaches,
> > > which was the reason I decided to try the mouth guard.
> > >
> > > Hope this helps.
> > >
> > > Donna
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