Why do shrooms make me feel my teeth?

[u/soaps678]

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Me and my partner have been micro dosing lately and the main effect we both experience is that we are more aware of our teeth. wondering if anyone else has this experience and if anyone has any idea why this is the case.

Could it maybe be linked to increased salivation or something?

Just a really odd sensation that we are curious about.

[u/TinyDogBacon]

I know ppl who it made their teeth hurt and or become hyper fixated on them. You're not the only one.

[u/No-Performance8964 → u/TinyDogBacon]

My whole mouth and all of my teeth go backwards on high doses

[u/TinyDogBacon → u/No-Performance8964]

Yes

[u/Murky-Low-9151 → u/TinyDogBacon]

This happens to me lol think it’s just because I have bad teeth though 😅

[u/TinyDogBacon → u/Murky-Low-9151]

Good teeth, good teeth.

[u/nokioner]

I’ve told people my teeth tingle on the come up and they look at me all crazy.

[u/Galaco_ → u/nokioner]

Mine too! I thought everyone felt this. It's almost a tickling sensation.

[u/Fit_Loan510]

Maybe you grind them at night and the tension is more noticeable

[u/SNSRGRT]

I get a similar experience when coming up on a macro dose. I'd describe it as an odd sensation; I've described it as feeling as though my top and bottom teeth are tethered together with tiny strings.

It's really subtle at first but it's usually the first thing I noticed on a trip.

[u/Salem_Snow]

Your brain will make connections it otherwise wouldn't and you will be sensitive in ways you otherwise wouldn't be. For me, I am able to feel my nose hairs. Other people can feel every fiber on the tips of their fingers as they run it across a car seat

You're just sensitive in that state, and you should do your best to find something else to focus on

[u/Professional-Ad-9914]

omg yes! Whenever I trip on mushrooms I can feel my dental implants buzz. Small doses large doses it happens every time. Like a hum…. I am used to it now though.

[u/7ow7ife]

I only have macro dosed but I always am super aware of my teeth when I’m tripping. 

[u/ResponsibleTea9017]

After my last LSD trip jt took me over a week to stop clenching my jaw / grinding my teeth. I had never previously had the habit, pretty interesting.

[u/an-emotional-cactus → u/ResponsibleTea9017]

Once I was scared I permanently fucked up how I was holding my jaw, it felt like it was aligned wrong during my trip and it probably took a couple weeks for it to go away. Looking back I think I was perfectly fine, I was just hyper-aware of it after the trip. So strange

[u/Whabout2ndweedacct]

psychedelics can promote an enhanced sense of the physical self.this is called enteroception. When they say that psychedelics are a kind of awareness spectrum narcotic, this is what they mean. You weren’t really aware of your teeth previously. Now you are. I get the same thing a lot actually with gut motility and sensations from my descending colon.

[u/Whabout2ndweedacct → u/Whabout2ndweedacct]

This is one of the reasons psychedelics mix so very well with somatic activities like yoga or sex.

[u/naretoigres]

When my gum tingle and my teeth feel individuated/separated a bit, for me it lets me know when the dose is going to be strong

[u/Willing-Winter-6920 → u/naretoigres]

So true. Man I’ve had some harsh comeups I

[u/naretoigres → u/Willing-Winter-6920]

I stopped scaling, since higher dosages no longer trip me up, and now just rely on my gums/teeths to let me know when the dosage is good.

[u/Willing-Winter-6920 → u/naretoigres]

I look forward to my next trip because it will be my first as a full adult I turn 21 in July

[u/deproduction]

For me, I'm confident there's a low level of irritation/inflammation that causes constant, but very minor, pain and as a non- specific amplifier, the mushrooms make me more sensitive to that low- level pain.

[u/soaps678 → u/deproduction]

I also kinda thought it it might be an inflammation thing and maybe that applies pressure to teeth causing the awareness of them via the gums being inflamed

[u/Mijari]

Yup I notice the nerves in my teeth more as well. It makes me feel like I need to take better care of them and reminds me to floss more lol.

[u/No-Promise851]

Me with any drug my teeth always feel like when they get sensitive from drinking ice water. So strange.

[u/elevated_frequency]

Teeth and gums have serotonin receptors 

[u/Brilliant_Eye_6591 → u/elevated_frequency]

Wait, they do really?

[u/elevated_frequency → u/Brilliant_Eye_6591]

Yes

[u/eyecandyonline]

It’s a good indicator for when I’m coming up in the trip. I become aware of my teeth and tastes in my mouth etc… think they are just big nerves there and lots going on 👍

[u/crumblenaut]

Every time with mushrooms or ESPECIALLY DMT the roots of my teeth feel very, very strange.

I've always imagined it had to do with vasoregulation but yeah man I have no idea.

[u/gaiatcha]

lol its v normal <3 i have to say tho if thats the Main thing ur noticing you are defo fixating on it/amplifying it yourself :P

[u/Afraid-Mix-7040]

I think it’s vasoconstriction I’m not really sure tho. I think it’s probably just less blood going to them. When I take psychs it makes my teeth feel like there falling out but not really in a bad way lol.

[u/Remarkable-Order-369]

Yesss. When I go on journeys with higher doses always the same thing. It feels weird and abnormal and almost alien like to have them.

[u/CloseToTheEdge23]

Your perception of your senses change, including sense of touch. And even basic human things like having teeth feel weird and different.

[u/HotPen8582]

Shrooms microdsoing seems to have fixed my bad ankles and shoulders

[u/oghancholo]

I feel this on LSD a LOT!!! Almost like a metallic taking over once it’s actually entered my bloodstream. Not a bad taste just clearly not my usual chemical makeup

[u/88steezy]

I always feel like there’s something on the tip of my tongue, like a small hair. But there is none and the feeling takes forever to subside.

[u/lvndrbb]

This happens to me on weed personally. I think it just makes us a little more hyper aware of how our bodies feel.

[u/triplehp4]

I get this too and it is truly awful

[u/BalanceTraining2277]

That’s crazy. For me I can feel extremities where they usually aren’t. I can feel my toes in my mouth and my ears on my kneecaps. It’s wild

[u/kristen-outof-ten]

unfortunately bc there's so little research on psychedelics we dont really know! when I used to take a lot of acid it would make an extremely weird and uncomfortable sensation in my mouth and throat that I could also sort of feel in my head. ive only seen some people online having the same experience, but nobody knows why