Biting my tongue regularly while sleeping

seachto7 · 20-04-2015 01:08PM #1

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 · 22-04-2015 08:48PM

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 · 22-04-2015 08:52PM

Do you drink enough water? Are you dehydrated?

kaloshma · 08-05-2015 09:50AM

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 · 08-05-2015 09:57AM

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 · 08-05-2015 09:59AM

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

Biting my tongue regularly while sleeping

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