Extreme Dry Mouth during Ars

Has anyone else had horrible Dry Mouth during their ARS scare? I mean really dry, like you couldn't form enough salivat to spit for a few days

[cluelessintexas]

I got really dry mouth right after it happened.. I think it's severe stress and anxiety induced..
I get it sometimes when I am really stressed...

[te-ay]

yes. i've had dry mouth from time to time during this period. my friends tell me it's anxiety, but i feel it's due to ars

[coz80]

I also had very dry mouth for many days and i had to drink alot

[cryin]

i have dry mouth too for about a week or more.  i  also have have this feeling of wanting to thrown up.

[bigdummy]

Every time I try to tell myself no risk I think about how dry my mouth was. At times my tongue feels dryed out if that makes any sense.

I drank 3 liters of Fiji Water the day before and I still had the dryest mouth of my life. This scares the hell out of me. I switched mouth wash and have been trying to tell myself thats what it was, but man I just keep thinking of how dry my mouth was.

[MiamiLat]

Dry mouth here too...

[nerviouskid]

yeah I did.  Mine was really severe during my ARS scare.  Dry mouth can be associated with many other things as well though.  I drank liters of water just like you did and it wouldn't go away for some days.

Anxiety problem is devestating.

[bigdummy]

Man, and you tested neg after a real exposure, that is a little comforting. Thank you for your reply.

[bigdummy]

anyone else had drymouth?

[bluebell81]

I wake up in the middle of the night (which i never did before the HIV scare) and my mouth is dry and burning like I have not drank water in days.

[bigdummy]

what do you do all day? Its like you post, and then out of the blue you come back and ask more questions in a panic state.

[Marins]

I get dry mouth quite a lot (and no, nothing to do with my current concern). I typically get it when I get really stressed out. It's normal and sounds like what you are going though. I actually feel it now, along a cold/canker sour. Considering I am only a few days from my "risky encounter" I know enough that all it is, is stress (along with other stress symptoms I am feeling and had felt before).

[Wear/a/Jimmy]

Dude go get tested....   man you remind so much of a friend I had back in the states... FFF  Fat F'n Funny guy he was.  That is how he got the ladies, because he was in no way a Travolta...  

The dude had no shame, and no pride either. Fact is he suffered from depression, came from a very very poor family. Dang he was funny though.  I remeber he once called a doctors office and asked the lady on the phone if he could pee after taking his medication.... because the bottle warned against operating "Heavy equipment" after taking the meds.

So any how, go get tested....  and poof your mouth will get better.  

I still have some anxiety issues. Today is my last day of my 14 days shot of Rocephin (2 grams) and then I am placed on a 2xDay 500 mg of ciproflaxin for 14 days.  My anxiety is, if this does not work then what?  

Things are feeling better. No more pain in the prostate area, no more noticeable pain in the testicles....   Just a slight continious burn in the urethera area. It is especially noticeable when I make wood. I tested negative for everything, practically twice over even.  But they never did test my man-goo  so we don't know if there is an infection in that area of the system.  I had my prostate massaged......   Nope, I still can't relate to those that find satisfaction in that.

I did offer to produce my own "sample" without the doctors manipulating finger.... "he asked me just how I was going to produce my own sample, I replied, I had been doing it for decades...

Any how, go get tested....  I think you know by now you are negative, so go get it down, and lets laugh together...

take care BD

[bluebell81]

Here is my day:

Wake up around 10-11am. Late because I cant sleep and have HIV nightmares that leave me awakening at all hours of the night. This is how I know my mouth is dry and parched as I wake up constantly.

Check the forums and post.

Watch soaps and try to eat something and maybe do some housecleaning

Get cabin fever, then maybe go the grocery store.

Come home and try to find jobs online and submit my resume

Watch the news

Try to eat dinner

Go back to the forums

You must know that my anxiety peaks at night. That is when I feel alone and everything is dark and I know most people are asleep in their beds with no worry. I am afraid to sleep, that is when the bad dreams come.

[bluebell81]

where did you goooooooooo?

[Marins]

Until you can get a conclusive test, you can exhibit all the symptoms in the world and it doesn't mean anything. All it is right now is nothing more than stress and anxiety. Trust me, I know the feeling. I tend to get stressed out pretty easy and had a real bad case of it several years ago. To the point you are describing. I couldn't sleep, always felt like ****, didn't want to eat, aside from work, I had no inclination to go out, be with friends, always felt hot (feverish) - but no temperature, tight chest, tight / sore throat, etc. At the time, I also knew it was stress. What I did, and I don't mean to offend you, but I went to the doctor and got Zoloft (yes, it's a drug for depression, overall that's how I felt, and it did help) and some Ambien (it work's wonders for sleep).

What really took care of my problem at the time was making some very important life changes - which I did.

I don't see how anyone here is going to say something that is magically going to make you feel better and that's what you are looking for. But if it is really eating you up inside that much, see a doctor and see what he/she can do.

I am only a few days after my exposure, so have a much longer wait than you, and yes, I feel stressed as well, but I know there is nothing I can until I can get tested and I know that no matter what I might feel, symptoms I might experience, etc before my 12 week test, it means absolutely nothing until the test results come back.

Am I looking forward to the long wait? No. Do I wish I could get tested right now with 100% conclusive results? Absolutely. But I can't.

The best advice I can give is if you can find something to help take your mind off of things, have a friend or family member to talk to, etc. - then do that. If all else fails, see a doctor.

[Marins]

BTW - My last comment was for BlueBell81 (I just realized this was bigdummy's thread)

[Bryanle1988]

dry mouthg can cuase by aniety, or during the night u breath with ur mouth.
drink alot of liquid.

[bigdummy]

I fell asleep.

Thanks Jimmy for the kind words and all.

[bluebell81]

When it was only a few days past my exposure I didnt fear HIV tests and I wanted to know right away.

Now that I am at 6 weeks, the point where i can find out for sure if I have it, I am too scared to go. I am also scared if I get a false positive. If they told me it was positive I just know I would have an actual heart attack.

[bigdummy]

My exact feelings too. WHen it first happened I wanted to know what was wrong with me, now I don't want to know as bad.

[bluebell81]

I am so scared right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just turned on my tv and it was a commercial for an eye drop to help with EYE HERPES!

Apparently herpes virus can travel to the eye!!!!!!!!!!! It can blind you!

I just know I have herpes from that jerk. Even tho the blood test said I dont have herpes I or 2.

Like Dr HHH said, 3 months is when you should test :( I tested at 1.5 months.

[bluebell81]

What if I am left with HIV, Herpes and then the herpes goes to my eyes and I am blind with HIV?

I feel so upset right now like I could throw up.

[bigdummy]

If I knew herpes was as easy to get as it appears to be, after all it only takes skin to skin contact. I would have gotten every person I ever slept with tested before we did anything. Herpes 2 is no joke, but I'd rather have that than the big one being HIV.

[bluebell81]

The man who might have given me HIV and took off the condoms has taken away all trust in men. If, after years of therpay and intense counseling I decide to "do it" again, he will need to be quarantined for 3 months with guards making sure he doenst have sex with anyone. Then at the end of the window period, he will be tested for EVERY STD under the sun.

[bigdummy]

He would come at you like a hungry lion after waiting that long.

[bluebell81]

at least he would be an HIV and STD negative lion

[lovelylady27]

i had the dry mouth thing too:)

[bigdummy]

Thats one of the things that got me so scared. When I say dry mouth I mean really dry mouth. I played football and have been dehydrated during summer practices, but this just seemed like extreme drymouth. I couldn't even spit. The worse dry mouth I ever had.

[bluebell81]

I wonder if I can request to get a Western Blot test. I dont want to deal with the possiblity of having a false positive antibody test.

I think I would do something to harm myself if that happened.

[bigdummy]

If you have the money you can probably request anything, but when its free you have to take what they give you. I don't think the health dept. would do wester blot. You would probably have to have a medical provider for that. Or find a place on the web that would do it.

[Teak]

"I wonder if I can request to get a Western Blot test. I dont want to deal with the possiblity of having a false positive antibody test."

A Western Blot is a confirmative test. You don't have a job and if you don't have insurance you won't be getting one unless your test is reactive and then it will be confirmed with a Western Blot. It is not a stand alone test.  

[Bryanle1988]

dotn worrry about dry mouth, it just anxiety..relax bluebell and bigdummy.
we just overacting and over worrying, that why we start to think that we are infected in HIV, or we could have had HIV anxiety instead of HIV+ anxiety.
relax, and relie on 6 weeks test, even i said that im still worrying myself
god

[macgyver16]

how do you do prostate massage on yourself? its difficult

[bluebell81]

The public health wont let me take anymore tests until 12 weeks!!!

I went in there on day 9, day 10 and 3 weeks acting crazy and they wrote stuff in my chart about no more tests until 12 weeks.

I am in my 6th week right now and scared to death. I want to get a test.

[imworried5454]

P.S I have no insurance, but every fancy medical place has CHARITY program , talk to finance dept in the clinic, bring your paystubs, and you are approved for all kinds of services, thats what I did, my PEP bill was 1500$, I paid $0 .. so I am very grateful and blessed for that.

[imworried5454]

bluebell, its ILLEGAL I am telling you, I got refused once, I called their manager and he apologized and invited me back. so go get tested, if not, threaten them to tell better business bureau bbb.com ?? at least go at 6 weeks..

[bluebell81]

I am too scared to go call their manager or go back for another test until 12 weeks,

They think I am crazy there, and look at me strangely. The three times I was there I was crying and acting hysterical. They think I am a crazy lady.

I also dont like how they try to tell you how to have safe sex etc. I know how to have safe sex, I was a victim of a man taking off a condom. I try to explain that to them and then they make me feel worse by telling me to know who I am sleeping with, well, I knew him, we were in a relationship. I want a rapid test, not safe sex counseling. I hate Public Health.

[imworried5454]

yea I feel your pain girl. You can buy a Home Acess Test for 60$ at a drug store, mail it in, it takes 2 days and you will get results.

[bluebell81]

I cant buy a Home Access. I lost my job due and have no insurance. I need to save my money, maybe when I get a new job I can buy a HOme Test.

[Nido]

Does anyone think that dry mouth can lead to white patches on the tongue (thrush)? I know for instance that there is a link between dry mouth and frequent urination (like in diabetes). I have white patches on my tongue and wondering what can cause it apart from std. I know anxiety can cause a lot of things like urination AND dry mouth but a white patch seems too much.

[Jaguar83]

white patches on the tongue are by no means necessarily thrush...

[mike_no]

Thrush is a painful mouth infection, white patches can be caused due to dry oral condition which is caused by anxiety

[bluestar2007]

I'm experiencing the dry mouth ARS scare right now.  I'm soo scared by it because it has been extreme and persistent.  Is this anxiety?  I'm hopeful that it is because most people that seem to have had this symptom have been ok right?

[Teak]

You didn't have a risk for HIV so it has nothing to do with ARS.

[bournemistake]

did you read about NTJock? I'm beginning to wonder if I've developed herpes on my tonsils that is causing me to cough. I would think that would be painful, IDK. But I've had a cough since september, how can it not be HIV? I know fingering and protected sex isn't 0 risk. Especially fingering, something went wrong.


This thread brings back memories.

[Teak]

Seek professional mental help. You're beyond the scope of helping in any forum.

[bournemistake]

If I really have something, could I talk to you for guidance? You seem to be a strong and knowledgeable individual.

[Teak]

You're beyond the scope of any help that can be found on the Internet. Seek one on one professional mental help.

[ExtremeStress]

but teak! please be my friend!!!!!

[bournemistake]

I didn't do that. Bluestar found this thread. Apology accepted.



My misery has been going on for more than 6 months. It hasn't seemed that long, but I hve been miserable since June, its like a waisted a year of my life. Not to mention my depression is getting harder to endure

[nickschmick]

I have had the same thing but its getting a little better now but its like it revolves from a dry mouth to a feeling of sore throat (Why I say feeling is because I dont have difficulty eating) to a sore tongue. On top of that I always feel like I have fever but the thermometer never reports above 98.8.

Were all of you guys tested negative? I am too scared to get tested.

My possible exposure was about 3 and a half months ago and I have never had a real fever in this time. It was protected.

Also my wife has not shown any symptoms either, she actually has nothing going on probably cause she is not suffering from the same sort of anxiety as me.

[nickschmick]

Also the fever goes away in the evening, so basically all the symptoms sorta come and go.

Everywhere I read it say the ARS symptoms show up and then vanish so I am really hoping that this is just anxiety. Meanwhile I am trying to gather the guts to go get tested.

[Teak]

Did you happen to look at the date on that thread?

[nickschmick]

I did, but I was hoping someone would reply.