rcdan1957

I’ve been doing this for decades. I call it Restless Tongue Syndrome (RTS). One son does it and one grandaughter does. Is it hereditary? I have, on a couple of ocassions, been able to stop, but later have started it again. Most of the time I start doing it late in the afternoon and it continues until bedtime. I have resorted to putting a sports mouthpiece in my mouth, which works. I only use the upper or bottom of the piece and trim it make it much smaller, just enough to keep my bottom and top teeth seperated. This does hinder talking clearly. I also use thread to tie my upper and lower teeth together. This works also, but takes more effort. This doesn’t hinder talking. Either solution is only appropiate for using when I’m home or alone. It is hard to believe that no one has a good solution to this.