I hate the dry mouth too. I think every single psych med I take gives me dry mouth! It never happens with stuff like antibiotics. Ugh! Not only that, my dentist said the dry mouth is bad for your teeth too. Great. I've already had to get tons of crowns for broken teeth and one time only just avoided a root canal. Dental work is definitely not cheap.

So I'm always drinking something or chewing sugarless gum. Trying to cut down on the gum chewing since I have bruxism (grind my teeth at night). Well, really, I'm not so much sure if it's grinding or clenching them super hard because my husband has said he's never once heard me grind my teeth in the night, and many nights he comes to bed later than I do. My daughter did it a bit when her teeth were first coming in, and I could always hear it. I often wake with my teeth all clenched so tight (supposedly this can start due to lack of nutrition during an eating disorder, but, yep, it doesn't go anyway even if an eating disorder is under control). I have a dental nightguard now that I manage to wear about 75% of the time through the night. The other 25% of the time, I take it out in my sleep, usually without memory, and it takes 2 hands to get it out, so it is a little effort. Then, it ends up buried at random places in the sheets.

I'm trying to drink more water and less diet Coke too. First, because water is good for you, and second, Coke is expensive, and our finances are tight. I've bought lemons and limes to squeeze into the water, and that helps.