Biting my tongue regularly while sleeping

seachto7

My first post in this forum. Perhaps this is a regular thing for others, but lately, definitely in the last few months, I have found myself waking up in the middle of the night in bad pain after biting my tongue while asleep.

I know, it's probably down to a few different things. Twitching in your sleep is obviously normal, but for whatever reason, I bite down hard on my tongue and it wakes me instantly. The pain is pretty bad.

I don't think I have drawn blood yet, but it leads to a bruised and uncomfortable feeling in my tongue for a few days after it.

It happens on average once a week.

Any ideas?

Could it be down to my pillow, or the angle of my head, things like that?

kerry4sam

You can get this mouth-guard from your dentist; fit to the very shape of you teeth/mouth that you can wear at night.
It would assist with this no bother

Have you tried that option?
Thanks,
kerry4sam

Whosthis

Do you drink enough water? Are you dehydrated?

kaloshma

You can make use of the mouth trap used to prevent snoring during sleep. I believe that should work.
And also try sleeping without pillows for sometime to.

amtc

Not quite the same but I do some strange things whilst asleep. I take out my earrings...only the left one. When i have false nails i bite them off. I tried using gloves. But bit through those. Eventually resorted to long gloves tied on with tape. Still bit though those!

seachto7

I went the opposite way and bought another pillow to prop my head up some more. It seems to have done the trick.