I figured that my excessive teeth grinding isn't just one thing but part of a slew of other things (btw, I'm onto my 3rd grinding guard, the other two I basically wore them out). One of my friends is a dentist and he long ago suggested I see a counselor regarding my grinding. I never did... Anxiety's my middle name, I've had panic/anxiety disorder since my teens.

I have chronic neck/shoulder problems which gives me frequent headaches along with the occasional migraines. My C1 (first vertebra just under the skull) is twisted 7degrees. The chiropractor thinks I was a foreceps delivery (my mother doesn't remember!!)

I think a lightbulb just went off, where I think all these things are actually *because* of the twisting of my C1. The alignment of everything from my head down is basically off (I also have scoliosis). Hell, I'll even throw in my panic/anxiety as a result of this.

Hmm.... unfortunately there's nothing that can bring my C1 back into its normal position as all the ligaments around it have stretched.

Valerian's pretty good, I picked up these nice little Kalms pills in England, and turns out we get them here in Canada, too. They have Velerian, Gentian and Hops.

I'll check out this neuromuscular massage therapist. I found my cranial-sacral massage therapist does wonders, too, but she's hella expensive (even with 80% coverage it's still a big chunk).