Another woman on-line gave me the mouthguard tip (Not from this site). Her situation mirrored mine. She had needed to use a sports mouthguard unrelated to her BMS issues and noticed immediately that it helped her BMS so she had her dentist make her a more streamlined guard so easier to speak while wearing etc.
Mine looks like a kid’s plastic retainer - covers my top teeth - I followed what she did - bought an inexpensive drug store/ make it yourself at home to try and when it helped got my dentist to make a better one. I find when the mouth tissues are hurting you involuntarily move your tongue around or make “clenching” motions inside your mouth as if trying to suck on a non-existing candy or gum - the mouthguard stops the action - blocks it and allows you to “quiet” the movement which exacerbated the condition. For me - I wear it on and off during the day and take out when I’m ready to close my eyes to sleep. My mouth always feels almost normal upon waking - but as soon as I arise and begin morning ablutions it starts up and gets gradually worse as the day goes on. I have also discovered the mini sleep - eyes closed - quiets temporarially. For me - I’ll try anything to keep down the need for meds to control the pain. Babs@@

@babsguelph Welcome to this wonderful group I have dry eyes BMS dry mouth , dry nose I think a lot of my dryness comes from lack of humidity in the air its tough to get here in So. Calif. so I keep a humidifier going all the time. For my BMS I found that swishing around liquid B12 helps before I swallow it and using Biotene mouthwash a couple times a day and at bedtime especially I,ll even use it during the night . I did find out that medicine can cause this. . With keeping hardtack candy sugarfree with me at all times when out this helps. there is a saliva gel that you can use . I have never heard of a mouth guard but am interested in learning more about it. take care