Does anybody suffer with a dry mouth? I seem to be either drinking or sucking sweets. Mouth feels like bottom of birdcage when I wake.

[CyprusPat]

[newlands]

hI I always have a dry mouth and wake up during the night and have to suck a sweet take care Dorothy

[Hidden]

Me too . think it must be the meds, Feels as if I havnt had a drink for hours, also suck sweets , not a fan of chewing gum but it seems to help for a liitle while. Joyce

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[Puffthemagicdragon]

I do but I put it down to the oxygen.

[Mocarey]

Yes me too. I dont blame my oxygen though as it happened before I was prescribed it! M

[Hidden]

Husband the same and often wakes in the night for a drink of water. TAD xx

[knitter]

Could you be breathing through your mouth ...easy to do at night...I know it can be difficult not to when your nose is blocked and breathing is difficult during the day.

Nose breathing warms and filters the air though, but I really have to think about it and often mouth breathe without realising

[rick1]

Yes I have trebor mints on hand, have been prescribed montilucast one to be taken at night to keep my nasal airwaves open so I can breath through my nose!

[linsabout]

Doctor prescribed me with fake saliva for it.

[mahunamoon]

oh yes newlands its very bad first thing, however the meds I take cause this, dry eyes aswell on and of though I have prescrition ointment for eyes. I keep one of those non spillable small juice bottles filled (the ones all the kids like lol) with my own orange or even just water, saves a walk to kitchen, Joan................. oeeeeeer just read post above re fake saliva wonder where they get that from.

[Hidden]

As already suggested some of the meds can cause this problem, so can sleeping with the mouth open

If you are feeling thirsty a lot of the time as well, this can be a symptom of diabetes, something the doc can check for you.

The information leaflet that comes with the med/s may indicate dry mouth as being one of the side affects and if this should be mentioned to your doctor.

For more information about thirst or dry mouth check NHS choices page:

nhs.uk/Conditions/thirst/Pa...

Best wishes BC

[becraftygirl]

this really drives me mad they say oxegen does it or inhalers but im drinking not stop with terrible thirst i suck cheap ice lollys u no the cheap kids ones they help

[CyprusPat]

Thanks for all the responses obviously a side effect from the meds although fortunately the docs took me off oxygen so it can't be that. As the meds apart from spiriva can't be got in the U.K. I was wondering whether it was just the meds I get here in Cyprus but must be a generic problem. It's good to know you're not alone

[delilah]

Sympathise its a trial to cope with & my dentist would verify that my extremely dry mouth is the worst he's ever seen. My eyes are moderately dry also & I have to use Viscotears but I don't think its to do with COPD or my Bronchiectasis as I don't take regular medication for either, apart from inhalers of course.

I have Sjogrens Syndrome (pronounced Show-grins) which is just one of the several 'autoimmune' conditions that I'm busy collecting but unfortunately its the one that causes the most misery.

Often can't complete a sentence without the inside of my mouth sticking to my teeth like superglue. Can't talk without taking a swig of water or a spray of mouth moisturiser, sucking a sweet or chewing gum, but nothing helps for more than a few minutes.

Get some very strange looks when I'm out shopping so have come to dread casual chats with anyone who doesn't know me as it can be a bit embarassing.

[CyprusPat in reply to delilah]

Poor you. I shan't complain about my dry mouth again. Hope things improve for you x

[delilah in reply to CyprusPat]

Thanks, I keep hoping but it just gets worse, so dry my tongue resembles the Sahara desert . Lol

[Hidden]

you can get a dry mouth spray and a nose spray ... ask doc or pharmacist. x

[delilah in reply to Hidden]

Thanks for trying to help Juliekkay but I've had Sjogrens for more than 10 yrs and believe me I've tried every 'dry mouth' product on the market past & present, my dentist and my doctor do their best but as I've already said nothing gives more than a few minutes relief. The doc; even referred me to a Rheumatologist but he couldnt offer anything I hadn't already tried.

So I now carry a little bottle of water everywhere I go and take a sip every few minutes, not a good look but it works as good as any thing else and probably better for me.

[Sooki]

Could be sicca syndrome,I have IPF and noticed in a letter to my GP from my consultant that I have sicca syndrome.Look it up on google loads of info.