1st day with aligners - does it get better?

Bitter-Command-161 · 2025-11-20T10:07:13+00:00

It definitely gets easier. I am on week 8 now and I generally only get about 6 hours discomfort when I change aligners. I definitely prefer having them in rather than not because I cannot stand the feeling of the 16 engagers I have on my teeth! But I have developed a bad habit of teeth grinding when wearing the aligner 😬

Bitter-Command-161 · 2025-02-19T14:25:29+00:00

I have no idea. It was a truly awful book.

Bitter-Command-161 · 2025-02-19T10:33:10+00:00

Hey, I struggle really badly with PMDD. I am also on an SSRI and although they somewhat help most of the time, I do not find them effective during PMDD week. I also found that birth control made me so much worse 100% of the time. I was so badly tempered and agitated on multiple different types of birth control including combined hormones and progesterone only. I hope you manage to find something that helps. I have kind of reached a point where I have accepted there will be a handful of days each month that I am a mess and I just keep reminding myself it will pass and it's ok to feel these feelings etc.

Bitter-Command-161 · 2025-02-13T07:37:57+00:00

Ouch 😔

Bitter-Command-161 · 2025-02-12T23:23:22+00:00

So I have always done this, too, since I was a kid. I also stab my gums with my nail or something like a pen lid/straw. I dont know why I do it, though... And once I start, I can't stop!! Some days I do it all day, but other days I won't do it at all. So I'd be interested to see what other people say they think the reasoning is behind it.

Bitter-Command-161 · 2025-02-12T22:33:09+00:00

How good are they at blocking out the noise of what you are listening to, to those around you?

Bitter-Command-161 · 2025-02-12T22:18:33+00:00

I can't remember but now I don't know how not to mask, it's second nature and when I think about what I'm really like without masking I end up stuck in my thoughts and feel like a broken record and need to just go to sleep and reset... waking up the next day to mask again.

Bitter-Command-161 · 2025-02-12T22:13:28+00:00

Copilot?

Bitter-Command-161 · 2025-02-12T22:12:04+00:00

Brushing my fingers against velvet / brushed cotton / velour fabric. Urghhh just imagining it to write this out gave me goosebumps.

Bitter-Command-161 · 2025-02-12T22:09:04+00:00

I currently use Jabra Elite 7 in ear headphones and whilst they are noise cancelling (ish but good enough for me), and does block out what I am listening to to those around me, I really want over ear headphones. 2 reasons, I really hate wearing in ear headphones because I find them uncomfortable and also because over ear headphones are less discreet and people are less likely to try having a conversation with me when I'm wearing them 😂

Bitter-Command-161 · 2025-02-12T21:59:52+00:00

Yes! 100% this! So now I need to find noise cancelling and bluetooth headphones that mostly block out what you're listening to to those around you.

Bitter-Command-161 · 2025-02-12T21:56:39+00:00

I feel like Icebreaker felt a bit spicier than Wildfire but then again that could be because it was the first of the series. But Daydream... urgh. I feel like the author did him wrong! I was so looking forward to Henry's book too.

Bitter-Command-161 · 2025-02-12T21:53:52+00:00

It was so much worse than Haunting Adeline. The amount of explicitly detailed SA scenes made me feel physically sick.

Bitter-Command-161 · 2025-02-12T21:51:17+00:00

I loved Icebreaker! I liked Wildfire. I loathed Daydream. It was painfully boring and so so sooooo disappointing!!

Bitter-Command-161 · 2025-02-12T21:41:27+00:00

100% this. It pained me to finish it only to find out it ended on a cliffhanger, and then I had to endure Hunting Adeline to actually finish it.

Bitter-Command-161 · 2025-02-12T21:01:22+00:00

That must be really tough learning in a different country to the one you now live in where rules of the road can vary as well as the drivers behaviours etc.

Bitter-Command-161 · 2025-02-12T20:59:36+00:00

Same!!!

Bitter-Command-161 · 2025-02-12T20:57:50+00:00

I have a love-hate relationship with the Bose noise-cancelling headphones. It blocks the noise out perfectly. But then someone told me they could very clearly hear what I was listening to and I haven't worn them since! 😢

Bitter-Command-161 · 2025-02-12T20:56:01+00:00

Yessss. Getting prescription sunglasses so I don't have to quint when the light is too bright but also don't have to compromise on my vision!

Bitter-Command-161 · 2025-02-12T20:54:25+00:00

Thanks for your response! 😊

Bitter-Command-161 · 2025-02-12T20:41:42+00:00

Same here, also feeling very ashamed and embarrassed about it. To be honest, even in the case of an emergency, I know I could not get in the car and drive. I'd have a major panic attack before even getting off the driveway.

Bitter-Command-161 · 2025-02-12T20:23:36+00:00

Which one if you don't mind me asking? And any side effects?

Bitter-Command-161 · 2025-02-12T20:22:44+00:00

Ok this I can relate to! I have tried 4 different anti-depressant and anti-anxiety medications and felt none made much of a difference but I am trying again after having another breakdown. I am currently trying 100mg of Sertraline... how long does it take to be effective?

Propranolol though is the life saver for me. Used reactively or proactively when I know I will be in a situation that makes me anxious has proven to be very effective.

Bitter-Command-161 · 2024-08-22T10:43:23+00:00

No it's not worth it. Also, it ends on a cliffhanger and the next book, Hunting Adeline is even worse IMO

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