Category: Bruxism

Encouraging news to report! It all started about a month ago when I caught another annoying head cold. In the interest of encouraging a good night’s sleep, I stopped wearing the SleepGuard for about a week, allowing the Nyquil to work its wonders. During this time, I wore my bite guard each night in case… Continue reading SleepGuard Review, Part 10

Before reviewing my latest findings, I should give a bit of back story. This fall, a good friend of ours who works as a camera operator for reality TV shows was investigating the very high levels of electromagnetic radiation produced by the microwave signal transmitter on her camera equipment. She carried a gauss meter around… Continue reading SleepGuard Review, Part 8

As I collect the data every morning, I am noticing a distinct increase in the number of grinding events and total time. This is a bit worrisome, because I am getting more and more used to the beeping sounds, and sleeping through them for longer. I am finding them annoying rather than helpful. Often when… Continue reading SleepGuard Review, Part 7

I’ve entered an interesting phase of my sleep study. For the past week, I’ve been having trouble keeping the SleepGuard headband positioned properly on my forehead. What happens is that I’ll be awakened to the alarm beeping in the “disruption” pattern, which tells me that headband isn’t seated properly. I am able to get it… Continue reading SleepGuard Review, Part 6

Here are the data from one and a half months of wearing the headband most nights. I have decreased my grinding significantly from the baseline levels, although the jury is still out on whether these will be lasting changes if I stop wearing the headband. I will update the graph periodically.

A couple of days ago, (averaging 75 grinding events per night) I decided to enter my biofeedback phase of the sleep study. I was excited, but a little bit worried. If I set off the beeping every few seconds, would I just be annoyed and have a crappy night of sleep? The first night, I… Continue reading SleepGuard Review, Part 5

The customer service at stopgrinding.com (and the US Postal Service) just made me very happy. Only 3 business days after I made my complaint about the buzzing sounds, I received a new headband. Last night, I got it all set up on my head and went to bed. I experienced neither buzzing sounds nor insomnia.… Continue reading SleepGuard Review, Part 4

Last night, there was no kidding around. This was serious. I needed to attain sleep so I could get a baseline measurement. I was plenty tired around midnight, and put on the headband, with the volume set to zero. After about an hour of just lying there amid the fluffy covers, I started to realize… Continue reading SleepGuard Review, Part 3

This is the year that I am actually doing something to address my bruxism, which is a wonderful word for tooth grinding. Some background, first. When I was 25, my dentist noted that my molars were worn down to levels typically seen in 40 year old people. And when you’re 25, 40 is REALLY OLD.… Continue reading SleepGuard Review, Part 1