Burning Mouth Syndrome. I have it very severe.

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

Hi....like being in hell everyday !
I've had it 3 years.Nothing works, even clonazepm. Every day I have a burning, stinging throat, and uvula. Along with ringing ears, nausea, headaches, metalic, or strange taste upon waking. I'm tired of this life.

@ristu I also have BMS ,dry eyes ringing ears I found Biotene mouthwash helps I swish Liquid B12 around in mouth before swollowing see your EENT for ears I have an appointment for this month

I started with my dentist who said ‘nothing wrong with your teeth. They look great.’
He sent me to my primary care doctor who prescribed an anti fungal med. Didn’t work. She tried something else. No luck, so she sent me back to dentist - who sent me to an oral surgeon. He diagnosed bms. I’ve seen him 3 times. Tried different meds. No help. In 4 months, i’ve Gone from’great teeth’ to receding gums. I’m glad to have found this group.

My gums are receding as well. I assumed as of age, 61. Have you tried the magic mouthwash?

@donnass I have this same problem sometimes when the Dr,s dont help, you need to help yourself by using some home remedies My teeth where hurting when I,d brush them so I started using baking soda and salt (coarse) salt mixture ,now they don't hurt and my gum are pink and stronger looking I swish my mouth with liquid Vitamin B12 before swallowing. I found in the drugstore Biotene use it before bedtime or during day when needed hope some of this helps you

@distinnan My reply to donnass may apply to u ablit gums Mixture of baking sods and salt as my gums started to receed I used this solution and my gums are pink and healthy looking

It I had burning on my tongue and gums for a long time, my Gastroenterologist asked me to change a couple of my medicines from generic to brand name! It was expensive but worth it, the burning went away !

@minijo43 What scripts were they?