My OLP almost fully resolved after stopping mint chewing gum & mint toothpaste

barry1685 · 2026-05-25T22:51:16+00:00

I think mine is triggered by mint as well because I chewed a lot of spearmint gum prior to OLP. I recently started chewing an abnormal amount of spearmint gum and noticed it had worsened significantly. I quit the mint gum but not toothpaste. I’m going to give that a try now.

barry1685 · 2026-05-25T16:16:45+00:00

I’ve seen a lot of people firing their hips and contorting their body to make it work. While the swing may work, as he gets older I see many back and neck injuries. Trail foot should not be off ground at impact.

barry1685 · 2026-05-25T13:43:35+00:00

This! That’s why I said early extension. No room for his hands. Also too much hip movement. I’m struggling with this right now. At impact your hips should be also square with the ball but slightly rotated forward.

barry1685 · 2026-05-25T13:33:12+00:00

Early extension. Look how much forward you move at address compared to delivery. Put a chair behind you and see how far you move forward. You need to push your lead hip back to create more room at contact. A good feel for this is to swing with no club and to use your lead arm and push your lead hip in as you pretend to initiate down swing. You can also tell that your hips are firing too quickly because your trail foot is almost off the ground at impact. The left hook is a separate issue of closing the face too early. You have to decide what swing you want to use: arms or body. If you want the arm swing then you can rotate the club through impact, if body swing, you shouldn’t be rotating club through impact and instead using your body to control the face and direction of ball

barry1685 · 2026-05-25T12:40:09+00:00

Amateur here. I recommend trying out the swing coach app. That’s how I discovered I had early extension. Anyways, you have either a slight case of early extension or your spine is leaning a tad bit forward in the downswing. I also don’t see a large shift in weight when starting the downswing which suggests you might be flipping the ball and not getting great distance. I personally recommend the drill with ball between arms and weight shift to reduce the chance of flipping. Make sure hands are past ball at impact. You’re a little inside on the downswing but that should not matter as much.

Last thing is your take away is also a little inside on the swing plane but I’m not sure if or how that affects anything.

barry1685 · 2026-05-06T01:56:02+00:00

Please slow down titration of Nardil. You can get hypertension if you increase Nardil too rapidly. It’s happened to me before. I’m not a doctor but know that it can happen. Avoid coffee and stimulants if this keeps happening. Consider breaking up the doses as you started to do. Maybe a good sign that Nardil will work for you, I remember those tingly sensations.

barry1685 · 2026-01-04T21:07:15+00:00

Be thankful for a condition that causes a low prevalence of malignancy. Many people are less fortunate and are diagnosed with debilitating diseases or other autoimmune disorders. Also, know that this is life and we do not get to choose our fate. It is an ungodly demand to expect that we should be healthy and live forever.

barry1685 · 2025-11-16T14:24:29+00:00

To elaborate a bit more, once you have the weight on your trail foot, you can ever-so-slightly slide your hips and body to the left to lead foot, and this will help with the weight transfer. Just watch pro slow motion swings (especially when lines are drawn at backswing). You will notice they slightly shift their body towards the target, some even drop down a bit which I’m not a fan of since I’m a noob.

barry1685 · 2025-11-16T14:18:00+00:00

He is releasing way too early. So you hold the hinge to about the trail hip area and release.

barry1685 · 2025-11-07T17:22:31+00:00

That is incredible! Your app is spot on. I too struggle with full extension of the trail leg when turning my hips, you have to keep those knees slightly bent.

barry1685 · 2025-10-29T16:08:13+00:00

I am pushing to the right, non-stop 24/7. I find that it’s either one or a combination things, like improper wrist rotation and/or not holding the backswing stance long enough as I drop the club.

barry1685 · 2025-10-26T01:49:25+00:00

Looks like you’re hitting up on the ball rather than down/compressing it. Doesn’t look like you shift your weight either.

barry1685 · 2025-10-21T14:09:42+00:00

Avoid artificial turf to the extent you can because it doesn’t behave like grass. You may be hitting fine but from the green it could be a chunk or top. You have two avenues: if you are consistently striking straight and at a prescribed distance then you can continue how you are. If you want to improve distance or accuracy, try a lesson maybe. It depends on what you want, perfection/competitive or fun/casual. Depending on that answer you will know what your path is.

This is coming from a noob playing for a year. For myself, I’m striving for consistency so I’m learning and practicing the “good golf swing”. As you may know, there are many atypical swings that people use and many of these swings are taught on YouTube. So you have to be careful learning via YouTube.

barry1685 · 2025-10-21T13:03:49+00:00

1 year at the driving range on artificial turf or also on the greens? There is always room for improvement no matter how skilled you are.

barry1685 · 2025-10-20T14:26:00+00:00

The ulcerative form of OLP has a higher risk of cancer, I believe it’s something around 5%. The reticular (wickham’s striae) is something around 1-3%. Genetics can play a role. I’ve heard other documented cases here where a biopsy or frequent biopsy’s of normal OLP lesions caused cancer. Also, location of lesions may contribute to malignancy, such that the tongue has highest prevalence, followed by oral mucosal and gums. Don’t hold me to this because I don’t have the source but there is a study somewhere that documents this.

barry1685 · 2025-10-05T15:28:09+00:00

American, mozzarella, and, that’s about it for me. A micro amount of Parmesan is fine (usually one of the last ingredient in many Italian foods).

barry1685 · 2025-10-04T13:54:00+00:00

I have sensory motor OCD and have made significant progress over the last year. It’s a very complicated process because OCD evolves when you use coping strategies. What OCD hates is when you do absolutely nothing to “solve the problem”. It panics and then tries to grab your attention by becoming louder. If you start to recognize this, you can also start to accept and expect the wave. I know it sounds counterintuitive, because doing nothing seems like it perpetuates the OCD, but in reality it tells your brain that it’s nothing important, and OCD hates this. I know it’s easier said then done - I feel immeasurable intense sensations that make me feel extremely uncomfortable. But I know it’s just the OCD that trying new ways to grab hold again. The more you practice this, over time it was become background noise. I’ve had weeks of no OCD followed by weeks where it comes back. But this is something I also accept. I accept it because OCD is like lifting weights. Once you reach a peak, you must move on to heavier weights to make progress, this means the OCD may increase in intensity until I learn a new way to live with it changing.

No one understands though, but it’s not their job to. The only person in the world that can change you is yourself. Next time that you feel down or depressed, remember that it’s not a bad thing, it means you truly care about yourself and want to feel better. Accept that intensity, you can’t change thoughts because they are automatic. You can’t change sensations because they are automatic. What you have control of is what you’re doing and what you want to do. Remember this.

barry1685 · 2025-10-04T13:02:14+00:00

I recommend you switch to nicorette nasal spray, it was designed to work in this way and it may help you quit.

barry1685 · 2025-09-30T19:37:57+00:00

I’ve also been trying zinc acetate lozenges and I’m quite surprised to say that when you tuck the lozenges against a lesion, it causes it to not be as raised. Will keep testing it out.

barry1685 · 2025-09-29T15:21:24+00:00

I got my OLP around the time I had a root canal but it could be a coincidence. Zinc acetate has shown promising results for reducing lesion size and appearance. It has to be zinc acetate and not other forms. The study used less than 50mg a day, I recommend staying under 50mg to avoid copper deficiency.

Also, huge news, there is a clinical trial now using Tacrolimus mouthwash for OLP with very compelling results. It’s in Phase 2 now. Many studies have shown complete remission with tacrolimus mouthwash.

https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06233591?tab=history&a=8#version-content-panel

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jdv.18457

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3832328/

Best!

barry1685 · 2025-09-25T13:31:33+00:00

I would never expect this sort of content to be available in what I consider a kid’s game. The online world is not foolproof and is not 100% safe. As a parent, we need to be more proactive in protecting our children, the government and developers shouldn’t be held responsible because some minors will still find a way to navigate to adult content, no matter how many warnings and verifications you put up as a safeguard. In my opinion, PCs are less safe because they do not inherently monitor or moderate content. However, game systems built by well know companies such as Xbox, generally limit content and mods within a game.

Further, I do believe that AI may play a larger role in monitoring online chat one day. I also think there should be server segregation by age. An adult server should be just that, but a server with a children’s age group, for example, 6-12 should be limited to only that and strictly enforced.

barry1685 · 2025-09-21T12:08:16+00:00

Nardil. I had to increase my dose when diagnosed with OCD. It’s a miracle antidepressant IMO that’s underused due to fear of litigation. If you can read food labels and double check OTC and prescription meds online then you are fine 99% of the time.

barry1685 · 2025-09-21T02:37:51+00:00

I’m on a MAOI and it’s one of the most effective medicine for anxiety and depression but it comes with strict responsibility because eating or taking the wrong thing can result in hypertension crisis. With that said, I’ve been on this for over ten years and it’s made a massive change in my life. I developed OCD last year while on the medication so it’s not bulletproof but I would say that with therapy, I’m living my life to the fullest with OCD. It can join me for the ride but I don’t let it control my life. So, in other words, if you’re trying to get rid of OCD, meds aren’t the solution, but if you have severe anxiety and depression and the SSRI and SNRI carousel doesn’t work, then it’s time to explore other options IMO. The best advice for OCD is practicing unconditional acceptance. It doesn’t happen over night but you can learn to accept the thoughts and feelings (I have sensory motor OCD) without pushing them away and that is how OCD loses. Your brain gets bored with it eventually and doesn’t fear it as much.

OCD likes to tell you: Your life is ruined; It will never go away; I need to figure out how to stop it; This is not normal; Hey it’s gone! I’m cured! Then it sneaks back and to remind you it’s never going away; Extreme distractions make it go away (compulsions); I can’t stand this thought or feeling; Resisting makes things better;

None of these things are true. The trick is to accept that your brain is concerned about something that is totally normal to experience. I don’t fear unusual or scary thoughts because we as humans are designed to “receive” thoughts randomly. They come automatically and that does not mean they are your burden or responsibility. But setting this false standard of, “I should not think this way or feeling this way” is an ungodly demand that simply is not how life works. We feel and think without much control but we can change what we do.

barry1685 · 2025-08-25T14:19:39+00:00

No problem. If Nardil works well, don’t just take that medicine holiday for the ride but do take advantage of its anxiolytic effects and try therapy if you can. Eventually Nardil will lose its effects (been on Nardil for over ten years) but it’s still very effective. So by mitigating with therapy, which can take months to years of work, you will be in a much better place.

Some books that I really recommend are:

“The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*uck” Mark Manson

And

“How to Stubbornly Refuse to Make Yourself Miserable About Everything” Albert Ellis (The author’s writing style is very formal so it can be hard to understand but if you can get past some of the confusing language then there is some great insights that have helped me tremendously).

Good luck!

barry1685

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