Perhaps this is due in part to Clonazepam, or the various other medications in the last several months I've been subject to (anti depressants come to mind).

In any event, let's talk salivation.

I've been a mouth breather FOREVER. I suffered with terrible sinus troubles as a child, and got into this habit then. It never much caused me a thought, until recently when I quit my excessive smoking habit and my poor mouth was trying to heal from that, and couldn't because at night it would dry out and be raw when I woke up.

Electric heat during the winter... doesn't help matters! Lining up little cups of water on the registers can to a degree.

I've resorted to taping my mouth shut to sleep. Frank before you say anything, Tabasco sauce is not harmed in the making of this mouth! LOL. Tape is the only thing to ensure that I don't wake up with raw and tender tongue and dry cheeks inside.

I do find however that my throat now suffers! It's the dry when I wake up from the nose breathing. Also I find I wake up quite a bit, I would assume in part due to the discomfort factor of the tape, but I also believe that I am not breathing 100% capacity through my nose still.

Now go figure, I would contact my ENT about this (who I love because, he basically found my MS), but long story short there was a fire in their building, so they're out of commission there for a couple weeks.

I know about the breathe right strips... are they worth the investment? Could that alone stop the mouth breathing? Or would I still likely be prone to breathe through the mouth?

Other than drugs, I wonder if anything else contributes to this...although in waking I don't seem to have a problem with saliva. Only when I sleep!