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Originally Posted by possum220
Lack of looking after your hygiene is linked to depression. It seems like you have more success with showering. How about brushing your teeth in the shower? Also chewing sugar free gum can help. Avoiding decaying teeth will help your self esteem later in life. 
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That is a great advice, but sugar free gum alone will not help - sugar free gum will just be harmless. To actually help the situation, gum needs to contain Xylitol, which has been proven to prevent cavities.
I get Xylitol-containing products from Epic Dental LLC
Xylitol Products - Xylitol Gum, Xylitol Mints and More from Epic Dental - I have searched online, a lot, and they offer the best value. I get toothpaste and mouth rinse, too.
It does help.
Jesus, to your question - I cannot tell you how often this is in bipolar and some other illness and it is SO often, as per self-reports on this board, that I am surprised that it is not officially part of the symptom lists in the DSM (or is it, for depression?). At any rate, you are so very clearly not alone, so very clearly not alone...
For your reading pleasure, fishing out of my inbox in which I receive thread updates:
1) You are subscribed to the thread "Why Don't I Want To Shower/Bathe?????" by Cocosurviving, there have been 8 post(s) to this thread, the last poster was hamster-bamster.
Why Don't I Want To Shower/Bathe????? - Forums at Psych Central
2) You are subscribed to the thread "bipolar and the dreaded shower..." by Lyric_dawn, there have been 13 post(s) to this thread, the last poster was hamster-bamster.
bipolar and the dreaded shower... - Forums at Psych Central
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Posted by: Lyric_dawn
On: 11-13-2012 02:40 PM
Hi all, Im new but I have a deep problem. I only feel safe coming out with it here. I have trouble getting motivated to shower when depressed. Its been a week for me and i feel disgusting. does anyone suffer from this?
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Re: bipolar and the dreaded shower...
bipolar and the dreaded shower... - Forums at Psych Central
Posted by: roxiesmom333
On: 11-13-2012 06:22 PM
3) You are subscribed to the thread "I took a shower today!" by BlueInanna, there have been 1 post(s) to this thread, the last poster was purpledaisy.
http://forums.psychcentral.com/bipol...wer-today.html
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Re: I took a shower today! _ THE MOST VIEWED BIPOLAR SUCCESS STORY
http://forums.psychcentral.com/bipol...ml#post2924302
Posted by: purpledaisy
On: 03-03-2013 01:45 PM
Went 4 days without a shower again.
This is just on the shower issue. Need to search for the mentions of lack of tooth brushing.