Bad Breath and Bad taste

I am 32 and have chronic bad breath and sometimes have a bad taste in my mouth, I have had these symptons for some time. When I was a teenager I had tonsilitis about once a year until I eventually stopped geting it. Occasionally I have coughed up those foul smelling tonsil stones and I have noticed that my tonsils are quite large and cryptic. I can not see any tonsil stones on my tonsils, maybe there are more of them but further down out of sight.
Also when I wake in the morning my mouth is very dry due to sleeping with my mouth open and occasionally there is a feeling of something stuck in my throat. My nose is not permanently blocked and I can breathe through my nose most of the time, but when asleep I seem to breathe through my mouth.
I think it must be tonsil stones causing my bad breath, I have tried gargling, mouth washes etc, and am very particular with oral hygiene and visit the dentist every 6 months, but nothing seems to rid me of bad breath.

Could there be any other reasons for these symptons? Do I need my tonsils out? I just want rid of the bad breath. its starting to affect my confidence.

[Amanda0922]

Tonsil stones seem to hide and you may not be able to actually see all of them when looking into your mouth. I never used to have them until medication caused me to have acid reflux and now I have grooves in my tonsils. My guess would be to have your tonsils taken out. Sorry I can't be of more help, but it's hard to enough to remove them even when you CAN see them.