Dry mouth for 8 months! Could iodene help?

Hello there,

I have had an extremely dry mouth for 8 months now which is only getting worse

I am 21 years old, I am on no medication what-so-ever, drink MASSES of water, don't drink any tea/coffee/alcohol as these contain caffeine which would make the problem worse.

In the mornings my tongue is literally stuck to the roof of my mouth and extremely uncomfortable. During the day I produce little to no saliva and never feel the need to swallow (unless I'm drinking of course). I get mouth sores and sometimes the back of my mouth even bleeds it's that dry. I have a lot of difficulty sleeping and getting food down. This is really impacting my quality of life now

I have had blood tests for auto immune diseases, diabetes, under active thyroid, vitamin deficiencies and a bunch other stuff. The list goes on! (All came back clear)

Anyway! I read on a thread about a woman who cured her dry mouth by taking lugols iodene. There is research that shows the salivary glands need potassium iodide ( found in lugols) to produce saliva and a deficiency in this can cause dry mouth. It turns out all the food that contain iodene (fish, milk, seaweed) are the foods I tend to not eat. I though voilà! This is it!!!!

I incorporated those foods into my diet, all to no avail. I then started taking lugos iodene. However, it is only day 2 but my mouth feels even drier! I didn't even think that was possible

I suppose what I'm asking is...has anyone cured their dry mouth with iodene or used iodene in general? Did it make your mouth dryer? Did this subside? And more importantly, if I stick this out will my saliva eventually improve.

Thank you in advance

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