Posted by Kacy on September 24, 2003, at 18:53:47
In reply to metal mouth on effexor, posted by skp on September 24, 2003, at 8:45:11
I have used Effexor a couple of years and still get that sometimes, too. I haven't tried these ideas yet, but here are some tips that were posted here on Independence Day.
Posted by Barbara Cat on July 4, 2003, at 11:08:46I take lithium and occasionally have metal mouth. It's accompanied by unquenchible thirst. My mouth feels sticky and my breath comes out sharp and hot ('Ugh! Hon, do you know your breath is bad?', as my husband keeps reminding me). It's not all the time. The thing is, I used to get this occasionally even before I went on lithium, usually when I was out of my mind with panic attacks and severe agitated depression. Someone once told me that this could be due to mercury amalgam fillings. I don't know.
What to do about it?
• I drink 8 oz hot water with 1/2 lemon squeezed into it (gotta be fresh lemon) in the morning…
• …sometimes with fresh ginger water as well. (Simmer fresh peeled, chopped ginger for 20 min.)
These seem to balance the chemistry.
• Then I chew xylitol gum. I get it from my natural foods market. This keeps the saliva going and
neutralizes the metal taste. I guess regular gum would help too as long as it's not full of crap.
Xylitol however is getting good marks for preventing tooth and gum problems among other
good things.
• Something else to do is to chew well and swallow fresh parsley or drink parsley tea. Parsley
has lots of cholophyll which neutralizes bad breath and bad stomach and it's a great nerve tonic.
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