Hi again ladies,
I've been in and out of the forum in recent weeks. Dr says I'm in peri (age 50) even though bloods were "within normal ranges". I've been v panicky for 3 months or so, feeling breathless most days (have been checked out and nothing abnormal detected!) but my dry mouth and throat are at the bottom of this I think. Dr put it down to anxiety, but it's the chicken and egg; having a dry mouth kind of makes you feel anxious! My mouth is sore when I wake and I wake several times in the night feeling so hot but also with a mouth so dry I can barely swallow. Now I'm getting issues swallowing dry food and the more I dwell on it, the worse it gets. So of course now I'm thinking it's something much worse. Keep testing myself with toast etc then panicking when it takes ages to go down. Long suffering hubby says just eat soft, moist foods until this passes . . . Dr prescribed me a mouth spray, but that was it. Said no to HRT because I'm still having periods. This is getting me down so much and I fear I will just be sent away with a script for citalopram or betablockers (as was suggested) and booked in for endoscopies or such like. Yet logic tells me dry mouth will make eating difficult.
Any advice or support would be wonderful! x