Does the taste of toothpaste make you ill?

JupiterKid

I've noticed over the past few months that when brushing my teeth in the mornings, I sometimes retch with the taste of the toothpaste, especially when I brush my back molars.

In fact it got so bad that a few times I actually began to puke up and had to have a conversation with the big white telephone.

Has anyone else had this? Any possible remedies? I like clean teeth but I don't want to feel ill every morning either!

DrumSteve

Mouthwash?

Chazz Michael Michaels

JupiterKid wrote: »

I've noticed over the past few months that when brushing my teeth in tge morni gs, I sometimes retch with the taste of the toothpaste, especially when I brush my back molars. In fact it got so bad that a few times I actually began to puke up and had to have a conversation with tge big white telephone.

Has anyone else had this? Any possible remedies? I like clean teeth but I don't want to feel ill every morning either!

Man up?

wretcheddomain

10mL of Dettol should do the trick.

Ihatecuddles

It's probably just your gag reflex, sticking it too far back. Just try relax the muscles while you brush the back teeth.

For Forks Sake

Halitosis ftw.

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

A girl stayed over at mine recently, and she hated mint toothpaste too. She had her own tube, think it was strawberry flavour.

Miaireland

I find the same but thought it was just a gag reflex. I use a smaller tooth brush for my back teeth and a non minty tooth paste.

Ihatecuddles

Miaireland wrote: »

I find the same but thought it was just a gag reflex. I use a smaller tooth brush for my back teeth and a non minty tooth paste.

I started using a kids batman toothbrush and I'll never go back to adult ones!

My name is URL

Colgate and the likes have an awfully sickly-sweet taste. Euthymol is where it's at

Lenin Skynard

My dad uses that Euthymol stuff. Really an aquired taste, the thought of it makes me retch. It's like brushing your teeth with some kind of awful liquorice curry flavoured headlice treatment prescription from 1973.

meoklmrk91

I have had this problem my entire life, I literally feel nauseous for about an hour after I brush my teeth, it blows, I must try and get some other flavour.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Morning sickness??

littleteapot

I started having this problem recently too, no idea where it came from. I haven't actually puked yet but I think it's only a matter of time!

Muise...

I use toothpaste to counteract nausea! I think mint has anti-emetic properties, and the paste is probably alkaline so soaks up bile, but in - very rare - migraine or food-poisoning situations, when I can't even keep water down, a pea-sized amount of toothpaste really helps.

PS - it's also good for insect bites if you cover them in it.

bnt

If you want something different, get the stuff that's full of Sodium Bicarbonate e.g. "Arm & Hammer". But don't forget that toothpaste is basically a type of soap, with some stuff in it to make it taste nice(r).

Knasher

Yeah the taste of mint always made me retch. My advise would be to buy an electric toothbrush, I find them much easier to tolerate.

Czarcasm

Lenin Skynard wrote: »

My dad uses that Euthymol stuff. Really an aquired taste, the thought of it makes me retch. It's like brushing your teeth with some kind of awful liquorice curry flavoured headlice treatment prescription from 1973.

I'm always conscious of the fact that with a 20 odd smokes a day habit I could probably knock a camel at 20 paces, but that Euthymol stuff is like brushing your teeth with petrol flavored paste! It's absolutely vile, plus it feels like it's taking a layer of enamel off your teeth rather than actually just cleaning them and freshening your breath!

bnt wrote: »

If you want something different, get the stuff that's full of Sodium Bicarbonate e.g. "Arm & Hammer". But don't forget that toothpaste is basically a type of soap, with some stuff in it to make it taste nice(r).

Yep, that's what I use nowadays. Sure, it isn't the most pleasant taste, but it definitely does the job, leaves your teeth sparkly white (my dentist appreciates the fact when I go in for a polish every so often! ), combine that with a dash of listerine zero to rinse, jobs a good 'un

u_c_thesecond

Walkin Talkin Stephen Hawkin wrote: »

A girl stayed over at mine recently, and she hated mint toothpaste too. She had her own tube, think it was strawberry flavour.

yea yea u got ur hole quit boasting

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

u_c_thesecond wrote: »

yea yea u got ur hole quit boasting

Yeah that's why she had to brush her teeth

u_c_thesecond

Walkin Talkin Stephen Hawkin wrote: »

Yeah that's why she had to brush her teeth

giggidy

antodeco

As a child, I used to eat toothpaste. That may be the reason why my mouth is always so minty fresh!

darkpagandeath

It's fluoride poisoning !!!

OldNotWIse

The Oral B one does.