Em--

[Guest guest]

Hi, Em,

After reading your post and thinking about it for a while, I began to wonder

what medications you are on. Drugs have all sorts of side-effects and a

combination of drugs can be create pretty bad symptoms.

Just a thought. My suggestion while you are trying to get treated is to

increase your water and make sure that it is " pure " water and maybe double

your intake.

I sure hope you are feeling better and find some relief soon.

Lynn in land

OT: Sjogren's again (for the newcomers)

> Hi y'all --

>

> Hope you're having a lovely Sunday morning.

>

> My question -- for the newcomers to the list, since I did ask this already

> a while back -- anyone else have Sjogren's syndrome? (dry eyes, dry

> mouth) I am headed to the dentist tomorrow because of it -- in less than

> six months I have fifteen new cavities, and the dentist says it's the

> Sjogren's -- dry mouth is really bad for teeth. If anyone here does have

> Sjogren's or knows of lists or anything like that, please contact me

> OFF-LIST? I am getting desperate for something to help with it. Not even

> water helps (and I drink up to 2 liters a day). I can't suck on hard

> candies or anything like that, because the sugar combined iwth the dryness

> makes things even worse for my teeth. It has gotten to the point where I

> can just barely take pills; my throat is equally dry, and the pills stick

> to my tongue and palate instead of going down. This is gonna sound either

> funny or really gross, but a couple of weeks ago I was trying to get some

> pills down and they stuck right where my gag reflex is, and I actually

> threw up into my own lap. *weak smile* Yeech. It's kind of miserable.

>

> I'm sorry this isn't related to FM, just hoping that maybe someone else

> here also deals with this, since it's another autoimmune problem, and can

> perhaps give me some pointers. So far I haven't been able to find very

much

> that was helpful.

>

> Best,

> Em

>