New Here; Starting dairy/gluten/sugar free today
Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2014 4:26 pm
I feel like I could cut and paste other people's stories on this website...I'm going through the same thing. I've been coming to this website for a couple of months but finally decided to join. Thank you, everyone...knowing I'm not alone makes a big difference.
I've had BB for over ten years (I'm a 29 year old female). I probably have the best oral hygiene one could have - and yet nothing helps. People comment on my smile and ask me how I get my teeth so white; it's probably because I brush/floss/clean so much. And yet, I always have that white coating on my tongue. I have friends, a job, go to nursing school, etc. but it's becoming increasingly more difficult for me. I've found myself becoming less and less social. I don't know if the BB is getting worse or I'm just exhausted from dealing with this for over a decade. Some days I will just cancel plans because I'd rather be alone and not have to worry about other people smelling my breath. I chew AT LEAST a 24 pack of gum a day. My jaw literally hurts all the time. I only feel like I can speak directly to someone if I just popped a piece of gum less than a minute ago. Sometimes I have gum in my mouth and someone offers me a piece of gum....awkward. I appreciate their "help" but they don't even understand how aware I am of the problem... and if only chewing gum/popping a mint were the solution!
I've done it all. Deep cleaning, religious tongue scraping, peroxide, hibiclens, baking soda, grapefruit seed extract, spent a small fortune on products like TheraBreath and BreathRX.... nothing really works. There may be "better days" but at this point I honestly think if I woke up tomorrow BB free (a miracle), I still would avoid speaking directly to people, chew gum etc. because it has caused such irreversible anxiety for me.
Today, I decided to start the whole dairy/refined sugar/gluten free thing. I don't have much hope because nothing has helped in the past. I almost don't want to do it because if this doesn't help, I'm out of options and I need some kind of hope to hold on to.
People are dying and starving in the world and I'm sitting here complaining about BB but I truly think only others that have experienced this (likely you if you are reading this) know just how much of a negative impact it can have on your life. I'm so jealous sometimes of people who don't have this problem. I see people whispering to each other or laughing in each others faces and I'm like yeah....I'd never do that. What a crappy way to live!
Feel free to comment/message me. I could use some support and will lend my support to you as well. The good thing about this is that we are not alone. Thanks for taking the time to read, writing this out actually made me feel a little better.
I've had BB for over ten years (I'm a 29 year old female). I probably have the best oral hygiene one could have - and yet nothing helps. People comment on my smile and ask me how I get my teeth so white; it's probably because I brush/floss/clean so much. And yet, I always have that white coating on my tongue. I have friends, a job, go to nursing school, etc. but it's becoming increasingly more difficult for me. I've found myself becoming less and less social. I don't know if the BB is getting worse or I'm just exhausted from dealing with this for over a decade. Some days I will just cancel plans because I'd rather be alone and not have to worry about other people smelling my breath. I chew AT LEAST a 24 pack of gum a day. My jaw literally hurts all the time. I only feel like I can speak directly to someone if I just popped a piece of gum less than a minute ago. Sometimes I have gum in my mouth and someone offers me a piece of gum....awkward. I appreciate their "help" but they don't even understand how aware I am of the problem... and if only chewing gum/popping a mint were the solution!
I've done it all. Deep cleaning, religious tongue scraping, peroxide, hibiclens, baking soda, grapefruit seed extract, spent a small fortune on products like TheraBreath and BreathRX.... nothing really works. There may be "better days" but at this point I honestly think if I woke up tomorrow BB free (a miracle), I still would avoid speaking directly to people, chew gum etc. because it has caused such irreversible anxiety for me.
Today, I decided to start the whole dairy/refined sugar/gluten free thing. I don't have much hope because nothing has helped in the past. I almost don't want to do it because if this doesn't help, I'm out of options and I need some kind of hope to hold on to.
People are dying and starving in the world and I'm sitting here complaining about BB but I truly think only others that have experienced this (likely you if you are reading this) know just how much of a negative impact it can have on your life. I'm so jealous sometimes of people who don't have this problem. I see people whispering to each other or laughing in each others faces and I'm like yeah....I'd never do that. What a crappy way to live!
Feel free to comment/message me. I could use some support and will lend my support to you as well. The good thing about this is that we are not alone. Thanks for taking the time to read, writing this out actually made me feel a little better.