I have a normal plastic retainer for my top teeth and a permanent retainer on my bottom. I like the permanent one better actually. All it is is a short wire that spans like six teeth and it stuck to the back of your teeth with cement. It'll be weird for like a day and then you'll completely forget it's there. I love it personally ^.^

As for the top retainer...NO. Every morning I wake up with a bad taste in my mouth because of it. The best part of my day is taking that stupid piece of plastic off and brushing my teeth. *shudders*

I'm kind of scared and would appreciate some help please.
So every summer, I just kind of forget to eat. It's just because my schedule is all screwed up and it's never really been an issue until this year. I'm almost never hungry. Most days I have to force myself to eat something by the time it gets to be 2 or 3 in the afternoon, because I'm never hungry. About once a week I'll have a day where the thought of food absolutely repulses me. For example, today I didn't eat anything until 3pm and the last thing I wanted to do was eat. I feel really crappy and ill today, and I'd bet it's because I'm not eating enough. My stomach hurts, I feel nauseous, head ache, general body aches. I'm just scared that this will become an everyday occurrence and possibly an eating disorder. I just feel so shitty and weak, and even though I know why I can't help myself. Any tips or advice on how to get myself back to normal?

This happens to me as well o.o how long has it been happening for you? Cause when it happens to me it lasts a week or two. The only way to really solve it is to force yourself to eat a healthy amount of food a day, no matter how unappetizing it may seem. Hopefully it won't last long for you :( if it does, you should probably go to see a doctor before it gets any worse. I hope you feel better!!

I actually forget to eat for like weeks at a time, but this is the first time that I'm like repulsed by food. But actually, I started to feel even worse and like I was going to faint/vomit and we checked and I have a fever. So I guess that that explains it. If it continues for a long time I may have to go see a doctor. Thanks for your help though.

yeah this happens to me too every summer! :(

(this is coming from a recovering anorexic who knows a lot about how to force feed yourself) try carnation breakfast essentials. they make chocolate milk with protein. And eat lots of fats, because they can keep you going unlike simple carbs and sugar. So like I will put peanut butter in my carnation breakfast essentials and maybe a banana or something and make a milkshake. actually I like to put cereal in the blender with it to give it grain exchanges, but I'm just weird that way. Anyway the whole concept of high protein smoothies is a lot easier to handle than hard cruel food in general. Just don't put too much excess sugar in them and get some green veggies in there as well if you can. Basically throw everything healthy together in a blender with some milk and ice and let shit happen 8D

Oh, and did I mention that avacados and nutella are really good fats to keep you going? You can eat them on crackers or by themselves with a spoon like a boss.

if you need more ideas I'm always here to share my extensive knowledge of food. xD

Wow thanks. For now I'm not going to worry about it too much because turns out I'm sick. Fever and general crapiness. But as soon as I feel a little better, trust me, I have no issues hitting the nutella.

well i nearly fainted twice today

mwaha well it's good that you're just sick but food advice is life advice :D also yay nutella

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