We ask her to stop but she doesn’t realize she is doing it or how to stop. Has anyone had this same problem? Any suggestions?
Yes my mum does. It is a stress reaction . I jokingly say you won’t have any teeth left to eat my cakes! But she usually forgets. She will then go onto picking her skin till it bleeds . And the ripping her nails off. She has had fiddle things. Worry beads to keep fingers active . But then she puts them down and forgets ! She’s told me she get nervous because she is confused and doesn’t always know where she is . Just different idiocyncrosis from this slow dibilitating condition
Can you imagine how frightened she must be? Hold her a little tighter.
I think it is a stress thing.....I used t grind my teeth in my sleep. Dentist says it is stress.
I also used to grind my teeth, but quit after I retired. My mom had never done it until recently. I think it is stress too. Although she has dentures and I did not.
Check out a good dentist. Also could be a nervous condition, I used to. Grind my teeth all rhe time