Is Your Antidepressant Causing Your Jaw Pain?

Nervous SystemTMJ
Written By Becky Higginson

Teeth grinding ("bruxism") is a well known side effect of SSRI anti-depressants (Gomez & Hofman 2020), and grinding/bruxism is one of the most common causes of TMJ pain.

 

EVERY SINGLE medication (and supplement and herb...) acts systemically. While medications often have an affinity for certain body systems, they ALWAYS affect the whole.

 

Other medications that can affect the jaw ⤵️

  • stimulants like Addreall 

  • dopamine precursors like L-Dopa

TMJ pain is complex and getting to the root cause requires a deep dive.

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