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Nighttime Dry Mouth

Posted by kacey1 @kacey1, Oct 14 3:15pm

I'm a 79-year-old female with idiopathic dry mouth that has become progressively worse in the past two years. I go to bed at 11pm and will wake up every hour with dry mouth. When I wake up, I'll use either Act gum, sprays, water, or lozenges. By 5am, my mouth is so dry I have to get up and eat breakfast.
Tests for autoimmune diseases have been negative. Taking Pilocarpine gave me a headache.
Had anyone had success with products that work during the night?

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ksdm | @ksdm | Oct 15 4:40pm
In reply to @shelleyw "Celia16, Those fabric things look so funny. I tried to make my own first, with a..." + (show)
@shelleyw

Celia16,
Those fabric things look so funny. I tried to make my own first, with a headband, too much pressure on my neck/head =MIGRAINES.
I agree with you on the stuffy nose, I use a netty pot or saline spray. The spray is easy, all prepared to use, I keep it near my bed and in the car. If a migraine slams me and I am not at home and if it makes me cry, then my nose closes right up. You might try the elcheapo mouth guards, at Walmart, they are cheaper. They are in the children's sports section. I mold one for top teeth and one for bottom teeth. I find that they compel me to keep my mouth shut. Hubby loves them 🤪🤪
ShelleyW

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For a stuffy or drippy nose, I use Ipratropium Bromide. Works like a charm! You need a script for it, though.

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ksdm | @ksdm | Oct 15 4:52pm
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@dloos

Xylimelts help me. Biotin disappears too fast, and really doesn’t get me through the night. Usually I still have a bit of Xylimelt left in my mouth in the morning. There is a product called Chin Up that keeps the mouth closed through the night. I’ve been considering ordering that. My doctor suggested cotton tape, but I have not tried that either.
My mouth is ok during the day, so it must have to do with open mouth sleeping for me. I have been tested for Sjogrens three times and it’s always negative.
I have dry eyes and very dry skin too.
My dry eyes are a problem because it prevents wearing contacts and my eyes are often sore with or without contacts.

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There is also a very comfortable tape you put on your lips if you need to try something else! I think its meant for snorers.

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shelleyW | @shelleyw | Oct 15 5:30pm
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@ksdm

If your dry mouth at night comes from breathing through your mouth instead of your nose, there are strips that you can get to keep your mouth closed. Your nose better be clear to breathe through!

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ksdm,
Yeah, my nose better be clear. I just got some new plug-nostril stretcher thingys. They go on the inside of your nose instead of the outside, like the ones that Jerry Rice made famous in football 🏈

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shelleyW | @shelleyw | Oct 15 6:06pm
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@kacey1

Thanks for your suggestions.
I'm interested in the Liquid IV. Have never heard of it. Our Target store has it.
Recently at night, I have been using hydration drinks sold in local food stores. (You do have to make sure it's not an energy drink though. ) At night, I've had limited success with the Gatorade Zero but I have to be careful with the flavors. Seems as if I've developed a sensitivity to acidic foods, red sauces and orange in particular, sometimes chocolate and cinnamon.

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kacey1,
Yeah, sensitive seems to tag along with dry mouth.
Since these drinks are electrolytes, magnesium, potassium, phosphorus, sodium, etc... I have not tried this, but I wonder if there is something in pill form, chewable that would help at all. I have no idea, but when my brain gets out of the fog it is in, I will look around. When we give suggestions to each other, we have no way of knowing how the costs will affect us... the Liquid IV, at Costco of course is a huge bag. I ran across it online, that's what made me check the sugar content. Online I was able to buy a trial pack of 4 different flavors. That gives us the option of sugary and flavors with out buying the Costco bag. That is how I learned that green grape flavor was 🤢🤢🤢
I think Gatorade has a "frosted" flavor profile, which really dialed down the intensity of taste.
ShelleyW

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frances007 | @frances007 | Oct 15 6:53pm

in reply to @kacey1 Hi, I have dry mouth, have used every product under the sun. At a dental appointment last week, my dentist suggested mixing coconut oil with water, swish it around and spit. It works!!! Coconut oil I am told is very good for your teeth. I am not kidding. It saved my sleep.

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ksdm | @ksdm | Oct 15 9:08pm
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@shelleyw

ksdm,
Yeah, my nose better be clear. I just got some new plug-nostril stretcher thingys. They go on the inside of your nose instead of the outside, like the ones that Jerry Rice made famous in football 🏈

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Not sure what football is....

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kacey1 | @kacey1 | Oct 15 9:21pm
In reply to @dloos "Xylimelts help me. Biotin disappears too fast, and really doesn’t get me through the night. Usually..." + (show)
@dloos

Xylimelts help me. Biotin disappears too fast, and really doesn’t get me through the night. Usually I still have a bit of Xylimelt left in my mouth in the morning. There is a product called Chin Up that keeps the mouth closed through the night. I’ve been considering ordering that. My doctor suggested cotton tape, but I have not tried that either.
My mouth is ok during the day, so it must have to do with open mouth sleeping for me. I have been tested for Sjogrens three times and it’s always negative.
I have dry eyes and very dry skin too.
My dry eyes are a problem because it prevents wearing contacts and my eyes are often sore with or without contacts.

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For my dry eyes, I've used a Bausch & Lomb product called SootheXP. It has worked well.

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frances007 | @frances007 | Oct 15 9:38pm

in reply to @kacey1 My opthalmologist recommended iVIZIA for dry eye and it works great. Great prices on Amazon so I am told. It really was life changing for me

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kacey1 | @kacey1 | Oct 15 10:10pm
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@frances007

in reply to @kacey1 Hi, I have dry mouth, have used every product under the sun. At a dental appointment last week, my dentist suggested mixing coconut oil with water, swish it around and spit. It works!!! Coconut oil I am told is very good for your teeth. I am not kidding. It saved my sleep.

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Would love to try it. Where do you buy coconut oil? Most of the coconut oil on the internet seems to be solid like shortening. The one liquid coconut oil was 25% coconut and 75% safflower.

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dloos | @dloos | Oct 15 10:34pm
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@kacey1

For my dry eyes, I've used a Bausch & Lomb product called SootheXP. It has worked well.

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Yes, I use that during the day. Its okay but doesn’t work through the night for me. I use Systane night time gel, which is pretty good, but I’m not really satisfied with anything I’ve tried.
Restasis didn’t work for me either.

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