Starting on July 26, 2017 - 54 Years Old!

I don't know if anyone else has this issue, but I am having WAY more pain & discomfort on the last 2 trays I have been wearing, #4 & 5. It seems Ok the first week, then my gums get really irritated, my tongue gets sore, and the trays feel like they are squeezing my teeth. I just want to take them out. Its also that kind of pain that makes you want to bite on them, you know what I mean? It makes it hurt more but it feels good at the same time. The first 3 trays didn't do this. Is it normal for some trays to feel worse than others? The first 3 all felt about the same, uncomfortable for awhile but by the end of the 2 weeks WAY better. This is giving me anxiety because I don't want to be in this discomfort for another 7 months! Is there anything I can do for it? Does the Oragel help for this? Just today I got a battery powered nail file (like a dremel but less powerful) that I am going to file the edges with starting the next tray. I'm just feeling overwhelmed and not happy and my whole face is sore. The pity party continues! :(((((((

All these Doctors answering questions..."invisalign is painless" ...mild discomfort, no gum irritation..., etc... I bet they never had invisalign! Im on my 4th tray now, and this one is the worst so far. The top of my mouth where my gums meet my front teeth is constantly irritated, and the 47 attachments I have (OK, 18 not 47) scrape the hell out of my bottom lip when I have the trays out. I am getting some wax tomorrow. They have not bothered me until this week, which is odd. So yes I will keep wearing them but NO they are NOT pain free, painless, mile discomfort, etc. They are CONSTANT irritation and I never forget I have them in my mouth. I hate them actually, and the minute my ear ringing gets better I am done, I don't care what my teeth look like!

I have been reading a lot of comments on here with people having their pity party. I had mine last week and you're all invited to participate if you'd like. We are having first world problems here, complaining about how much our braces hurt to give us beautiful straight teeth! I have seen some before and after pictures that are incredible. If people can have teeth that are that messed up and they become straight from using Invisalign I think it's pretty obvious that it will work. I have had regular braces and they are no picnic either. You can never take regular braces off and you have to constantly use that wax because they tear the inside of your lips up. At least with Invisalign you can have a break. Yes the attachments are annoying, and they scrape your lips, but they are still not as bad as real braces. Last week I have a long conversation with my husband saying I wanted to quit I wanted to switch braces I want to not do this anymore it hurts blah blah blah. The next day I thought about it and told myself get over it, put those things in your mouth, do what you're supposed to do, and get on with your life. The more you dwell on it and think about it the worse it will be so just go on about your day do what you have to do and get through this one day until tomorrow comes. Pretty soon it will have been a week a month six months whatever and you'll be done. We all made this choice now we need to cowboy up and see it thru! We can do it! There are WAY worse problems in this life than our attachments hurt.