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Not a very nice taste in my mouth?t

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Shelly0069
Shelly0069

Hi ladies on and off for abit now ......

i can only describe as NOT very nice taste in my mouth........

nothing seems to work, tried all as to what I can take nothing takes it away? If this happens to you what do you take?

mouthwashes seem to sting my mouth 

so to minty toothpaste's

swwets chewing gum you name it I have tried it

any ideas is this another Peri re

atede symptom

jesus this god damn iPad is so god damn annoying keeps freezing on me then taking for ages to write somthing and my English is like a foreign student!!!!!!!

so I'm wondering ladies wha do you take or do if you get this bad/horrid / vile taste in your mouth? 

What else are we going to get thrown are we going to get thrown at us all?

this is annoying just want this symptom to b under controll? Have to many peri symptoms as on add on at the moment haven't we all ladies.

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  • Zigangie
    Zigangie Shelly0069

    Posted

    Hi Shelly,

    Yes it's peri related. I had it for about 10 years so far and like you minty things hurt my tongue.

    They never used to I've used the same brand of toothpaste for 15 years and it was ok. It's a natural one and at one time I kept asking my husband and daughter if they noticed the company had made it stronger.

    I hate extra strong mints but they became my friend as they were the only thing that gave me a bit of a break from the horrible taste for a while also peppermint tea I have never liked that either but it does help sometimes.

    I went through the peri with saying the taste was slightly metallic. Then after meno it changed a bit to more lemony taste but still so annoying because 10 to 15 minutes after eating or drinking it's back.

    I have started HRT about 8 weeks ago but I still have the slight lemony taste most of the time.

    I've still got a sensitive tongue too also very dry and thirsty all the time I've been checked for diabetes and the test came back normal.

    Along with the sensitive and dry tongue came dry eyes.

    The HRT has improved my eyes a lot. I thought it was disagreeing with me because my eyes felt funny right from the first day on it but I think it was just where I'd got so used to them being that way that feeling normal now felt strange. So I am wondering if the HRT will improve the nasty taste as I had that a while before my eyes but not quite as long as the dry thirsty mouth.

    Hope this helps.

    • Shelly0069
      Shelly0069 Zigangie

      Posted

      Many thanks Zigangie.

      oh so I have much, much more .......many many more years of these lovely peri related symptom's ahead of me.....

       I have only recently been diagnosed been in peri! And had such a lot of symptoms already BUt this taste is driving me flipping crazy.........

      plus been in peri.......is a nuisance have 3 children 17,15 and 8........I'm expected to still be Wonder mum".......and meant to be starting some Fitness regime with my 15 year old daughter? Which I'm dreading as I don't seem to have the energy anymore!!!!?.

      infact there are many things that are such a struggle now....and I'm only 46!!!!!!!! Seeming to of aged 20+ years been in peri!!!!!

      how are you doing anway?.

      a slightly lemony taste is far better than the horrid taste I have at the moment? 

      May I ask when will that part of HRT will I be looking at before it hits me? How will I know when will need it?

      many thanks Hun.

    • Topo14
      Topo14 Shelly0069

      Posted

      Hi Shelly,

      I also have a metallic taste in my mouth on and off and a burning tongue most of the time. I have dealt with this for about 4 years now and have just recently been diagnosed to be in peri. Currently I am waiting for my period to start. This is the first time that I am going longer, so far my cycles have only been shorter (26-24) and I am 44 going on 45 in April.

      I have not figured out what will eliminate the bad taste or burning. sad

      Just like you I also feel that everything is a struggle and I have aged 30 years. Fortunately I only have a 17 year old son left living with me at home. My other two are grown and live on their own. I can only imagin how difficult it must be for you with younger children still at home expecting you to be on duty all the time. Hang in there - xx

    • Zigangie
      Zigangie Shelly0069

      Posted

      Well in early peri it was an odd day here and there ( I was about 43 to 44) it just got more and more often reached it peak of nastiness at about 50, at that point I was sucking extra strong mints virtually all day.

      I tried giving up tea and coffee and was drinking green or white tea with a slice of lemon.

      I had my last period a week before my 52nd birthday.

      About halfway through that year I had this awful strange smell about me (I worried that I must have cancer or something). It was so bad at one point that while I was bathing I could still smell it (smelled like something I can't describe like the taste) and I decided if it continued I'd have to see the doctor. Luckily only lasted about 8 days and right after that the taste changed to lemony. My hot flushes also stopped then and I became just generally hotter all the time.

      I also suffered with low energy and I think that peaks just before your one year period free is up. I went shopping with my daughter a few times and ended up sitting in a cafe waiting for her (really not like me at all as I love shopping with her).

      My daughter (22) has just asked me to join her in a get fit plan and I'm really not up for it.

      I did used to enjoy keeping fit but I have been really lazy about it all since about your age now.

      I don't know if the HRT will help with these things. I'm really going it will.

      Both the taste and energy had improved somewhat before I began HRT.

      Hope this helps.

    • sha863
      sha863 Zigangie

      Posted

      Sorry to hear you are having a bad time. I don't remember a bad taste, I had changes in preferences of taste. Ie, I used to love hot sause, no more. I do have a dry mouth. And, I cannot tolerate the mint in toothpastes. I get a prescription toothpaste for dry mouth from my dentist. Also, use Biotene mouth wash several times a day. It does help to moisturize my mouth. That does help with a burning pain in my tongue. Also, I have noticed I am rubbing/pushing my tongue on my teeth. I think this is also contributing to the tongue burning feeling. 

      My biggest annoyance is sweating. I have had this for at least 20 yrs. My mother had the same thing. From the onset of her menopause until her death at 79. 

      Did anyone have this, and did HRT help? Also, pain with intercourse, so painful, I do not have intercourse for past 2 years.

      Thank you,

      sharonlee513

    • Zigangie
      Zigangie sha863

      Posted

      I didn't sweat but i got so hot on and off with the quilt every 10 minutes. It got better 2 weeks after starting HRT.

      The tongue thing I had also it started with rubbing my tongue side to side and gradually got worse until I was trying to push the bottom teeth out. It has now gone back to rubbing them.

      Intercourse became more comfortable and enjoyable at around 5 weeks into HRT.

      My dry mouth and thirst have yet to change.

      If you are not worried about trying HRT then I would say go for it. I decided to try it for 6 months or so. lol now I'm worrying that i will have to give it up in 5 years time.

      Not all HRT is the same. If you just go and ask the chances are you will be given one containing horse urine. These are well known to be badly tolerated and also the ones that caused the cancer scare in the trials.

      Ask for Oestrogel and Utrogestan as recommended by Professor John Studd. This is plant derived and bioidentical and the estrogen part is transdermal so missing the liver and digestive system. Good luck!

  • monique_93857
    monique_93857 Shelly0069

    Posted

    I have been going through this as well I've also noticed it makes my teeth feel so sensitive and achey has anyone else felt this along with the burning in different places in the mouth it also bothers my sinuses grrrrrr when will this ever end
    • Zigangie
      Zigangie monique_93857

      Posted

      Yes I had very sensitive teeth also gum problems and very dry mouth.

      I also lost two bottom teeth basically they just crumbled and broke got filled then kept breaking until there was nothing else that could be done for them.

      That was mid peri now I have two top ones doing much the same.

    • Topo14
      Topo14 monique_93857

      Posted

      I have terrible gum and teeth problems too. My sinuses also act up a lot. Some days I just cannot stop sneezing...
  • michelle50768
    michelle50768 Shelly0069

    Posted

    I too have this awful taste along with nausea. I started another thread on this very subject. Ive been in perimenopause eight years and the symptoms just seem to intensify.

    I take ginger capsules twice a day. It helps a bit x

  • sha863
    sha863 Shelly0069

    Posted

    Have you seen your dentist? Biotene oral rinse is great, no minty taste, no alcohol, doesn't burn my mouth. Alot of meds are drying to the mouth, too. I'd advise you to see your GP and dentist. If no answers there, then Gyn. I'm a former LPN, so I wouldn't advise you to take recommendations from a lay person as gold. Might be peri related, might not.
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