While sleeping I get my mouth full of saliva and it starts driping. What causes this? John Farooqui, London

[hricks36]

for quite some time now , when ever I wake up in the  morning I have a full mouth of saliva?   any idea  what it is

[sravzpandu]

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[kishore90388]

while i sleeping during night and i morning i wake up but my mouth is full of saliva .what is the reason ?and what precautions did i take to reduce this problem

[Witteny]

I have the same problem for years. I could say at least 25 years and I just cannot deal with it anymore. When I try to explain it to a doctor or a dentist it's like I am wasting my times. It's very annoying and sometimes I can even see the difference center it makes sleeping next to my wife. I sometimes get that look from her and I don't blame her because I hate it myself and there isn't something I can do about it. I have been searching online and yet to find a solution. Hope one day that can stop because of it I can only sleep on my back... which affect the way i sleep with the spouse.

[Starzi101]

Hey guys, I also had this problem. This happens due to bad oral hygiene and also somewhat strategics with the weight. I'll recommend you to eat clean, Exercise and always brush whenever possible. I have found out this solutions had helped me and I hope it may help you too!!  

[jjmon]

I have the same problem as you just mentioned above....my saliva is sooo thick that I cannot swallow it either...Some pplon here have mentioned theres is watery, mine is too thick to be watery, I just woke up because it just happened to me for the second time ever, and it has been the last 2nights in a row this has happened....all night I swallow my saliva as normal in my sleep except this stuff I cannot swallow. Theres no discoloration to it, and I wake up feeling like I am choking to death. No fun at all. It only happened the once last night but it is only 12:45am tonight and it has already happened. I just took a 150mg ranitidine hydrochloride tablet (heartburn pill) so I will see if this makes a difference. I don't have heartburn but I am sure this is coming from my stomach, so its time to start trouble shooting lol...will post 2moro if it helps or not.....I really don't wanna start sleeping with a small bucket by my bed, but if this keeps up I am gonna have to...I am a 33 year old male...6 feet tall 220lbs,

[blamejane]

I have the sticky saliva, not watery.  I wake up because I feel like I'm about to choke to death.  It's very scary.  I've had this problem for about 20 year.  It only happens at night, and only once in a while.  

I don't think it's reflux, because I thought reflux is painful.  I also don't feel this is coming up from my stomach, but more being produced at the back roof of my mouth.  At least that's the feeling I get.  

One other thing I noticed is I can't swallow this stuff.  It's way too thick.  I wish I could swallow it as the alternative is that I have to have lots of old t-shirts kept handy, so that if I'm having a "saliva" night, then I just reach for a tshirt.  

Last night was a bad night, I went through 3 t-shirts.  Most times I can get away with two or three episodes of waking up and spitting, just need 1 t-shirt for that.  

I think this condition started happening to me when I was 30, and I started using a night-gaurd (one made specifically by the dentist).  Before this time I never had a problem.  I thought maybe the problem was due to the nightguard, but it happens whether I wear it or not.  

I do have a lot of mercury fillings.  I wish I knew whether or not the mercury is truly the problem, because I would gladly pay to have them all removed and swapped for porcelain (whatever).  I also wonder if I have tonsil problems, because I seriously can't swallow this stuff.  I mean, why is that?  It just doesn't go down all the way and then I'm left gagging and choking.

Okay, so my husband is very understanding, but this is so disgusting to go through.  I'm just wondering if when I'm in the nursing home, I'm gonna wake up gagging and actually choke to death on my own saliva.  Seriously, I'm not joking.  It's very scary.

Once I have some money, I will check with a mouth doctor, but I'm not holding out hope that he'll know what's up.  I just want to be sure I don't have some other problem.  Oh, my dentist had no idea what I was talking about when I discussed my problem with saliva-at-night.  In fact, he looked bewildered at my description.  

Anyway, I'm so glad I'm not the only one; but I still feel mine is a little different than everyone else's.  That is, most don't describe the thickness and chocking to death feeling.