hi
I've had dry mouth and dry eye symptoms for about 8 yrs but doctors just seemed to fob me off, i was diagnosed last yr with autoimmune hepatitis and then developed rheumatoid arthritis and diabetes. it was at this point that they then diagnosed SS but again it doesn't seem to be a primary issue with the docs?
i think i am in a flare at the moment with the SS (not on any medication for any of my conditions due to bad reactions to meds, due to start on something but not been decided by all my consultants yet!) I am sleeping for 12 -15 hours solid which isn't like me I'm an early bird that hates sleeping normally
my eyes are constantly dry and itchy, blurred vision comes and goes throughout the day and the back of my eye feels like they are being drilled with a blunt drill.
the whole of my head and face hurt! my jaws feel like someone has hit me with a sledgehammer, my teeth feel like they are all about to fall out or are infected (dentist cant find anything wrong though?)
the inside of my mouth is always sticky at the moment, (i get oral thrush too but this is different?)
has anyone else experienced this? how do you get rid of it?
Ive also got all the other symptoms ie..... cant speak due to mouth being dry and tongue being like leather, unable to eat due to throat being dry, nose is either very dry which makes breathing difficult or running like a leaking tap grrrrrr, cracks at corners of my mouth, blisters inside mouth, aches and pain in all my bones and joints and cramps or restless legs etc.....
The sticky mouth is my most annoying and embarrassing symptom at the moment, so if anyone has any ideas that would be helpful that would be great.
thanking you all in advance, i am off to read more of the forums (this in itself has been a mine of information)
Abby x
