Can't Sleep with Invisalign and It's Been Six Weeks! - Boston, MA

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I can't sleep with Invisalign!! I have been in my Invisalign for six weeks and have slept about 3 hours maybe 4 every night. I even have nightmares about my dentist and my teeth! I'll doze off but the moment my teeth touch and I feel the plastic in my mouth I wake up. For some bizarre reason I am reacting negatively to the device being in my mouth at night. My mouth is rejecting it as a foreign object that doesn't belong there. I feel like a zombie during the day and my thinking is cloudy. I was in the middle of an important project when I began treatment but because i'm so tired now I find it hard to concentrate making the project almost impossible to complete. The quality of my work is suffering, so I put it off project due to my exhaustion. I invested a lot of money but if it comes down to sleep or money I am going to have to chose my sleep and unfortunately stop treatment. I'd rather cut my losses at this point instead of continuing on. It's not a good situation all around. I can't really put off my work or sleep too much longer leading to more very real and potential consequences. I can't imagine continuing treatment for the next 6 months only to need to wear retainers for life and not being able to so. It would be even a greater loss to continue on under those circumstances. At first the idea seemed appealing having invisible braces that I can remove. I was told they were "comfortable" and I would be in treatment less time than with traditional orthodontics. I work with clients all day long and I figured this would be a better option, Aestheically... It turned out to be the worst choice for my needs and lifestyle. I already have somewhat of a sleeping issue to begin with. What I did learn is that good reviews and popularity do not matter all that much. I realized all good and bad choices come from how well you know yourself. If I acknowledged my limitations from the beginning and worked around them I would have been able to make the best out of what was possible for me and I might have made a better choice. I might have opted for braces or vaneers. For someone else, maybe Invisalign is the right choice. For others, maybe it's braces or just vaneers. It wasn't a total loss in that I am happy with the way my teeth look even now. They are straighter and more aligned. If I stop mid-treatment it's not a total loss and I can commit to wearing my retainers at least everyday not at night. Know thyself....and forget everything else.