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Nighttime Dry Mouth
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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Just my experience and my personal opinion. Many of us have trouble getting diagnosed, I think you do have at least one autoimmune disease based on your symptoms. I have all your symptoms from Sjogrens. There are a lot of things to try for the dry mouth. Some people try all the Biotin products all sold OTC. You can get online and type in products for dry mouth and read and decide what you would like to try. Right now my nose is as dry as the palm on my hand so I am dealing with that. I am using Saline gels. God bless and please keep us posted because we do understand. Oh I didn’t say I have Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lupus and Sjogrens.
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1 ReactionTry keeping a humidifier by your bed, it seems to help quite a bit