I would wake up with cotton mouth. I'm sure this also affected my gums terribly. Lack of saliva, thriving bacteria around the gums. No matter how diligent I am about brushing and flossing.

Plus burning mouth syndrome on it's own causes dry mouth. Why do they suggest Amitriptyline with such a common side effect (dry mouth) to deal with BMS? Unreal.

LOL Frank! I have not gargled with tabasco *yet*. Clonazepam junkie maaaaaaaybe ... since this helps the pain and helps me to sleep. (I'm kidding about the Clonaz junkie. I only take a very small amount for mouth pain relief).