Hrm, can dry mouth be attributed to MS as well?

I didn't think so... but hey, anything's possible huh?

Yeah, humidifier may be something to consider for definite

Yes breathe right strips are great...once you train your mouth to stop breathing. When I am actually breathing through my nose hte strips work great the problem is, I breathe through my mouth too.

Duct tape it is! But I'll try the strips as well

LOL duct tape! Silence may be golden but duct tape is silver!

I can't tell you the number of times I have threatened the man with duct tape because of his snoring!

So far the nights I've slept with it on my mouth, I wake up with less mouth irritation and pain

Still trying to heal this mouth, which is like nursing a wounded lamb back to health. It's going well at least!

My friend who lives in Ireland is also trying the same technique of duct tape.

As a general rule, I wake up with the tape still intact. Depending on how I'm sleeping that is. I have taken the tape off my mouth in my sleep before.

Friend did suggest a tape that breathes a bit more (can be bought at the drug store I believe) that holds just as well, so I may have to look into that one! I think it's a cloth based tape v whatever duct tape is, plastic? LOL.

dmplaura

Do you also have dry eyes? There is an autoimmune condition which features a dry mouth and eyes ( Sjogren's Syndrome ) and often appears as a secondary condition.

You might ask on the autoimmune forum how those with Sjogren's Syndrome cope with their dry mouth symptoms.

Merle

Nope, the eyes are not dry. Just the mouth seems to be when I sleep and if I don't drink lots of water through the day.

I'm leaning on dehydration.

They did retest my ANA, so we'll see if anything funky comes up in that. I know that testing is used in part for Sjogren's