Extreme thirst and/or hunger is a commonly listed indication  of diabetes or
pre-diabetes. In my own case, I was not a full blown diabetic,  but was in the
pre-diabetic range, (although my doctor said my blood sugar was  perfectly
normal!) and I had months of terrible dry mouth (but not thirst- it's  not quite
the same thing) until I figured it out. When I got my blood sugars
consistently down into the 90's to low 100's range, the dry mouth vanished.  Bernstein
(Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution) says he has seen patients develop
diabetic complications with sugars that run in the 120 range. Currently the  cut-off
number for diagnosing diabetes is 2 fasting readings of 125 or  higher.

HTH
Maddy Mason
Hudson Valley, NY

In a message dated 12/27/2004 4:00:14 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, Stardust
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I have a colleague who is always complaining about having  dry mouth.  She
has seen a number of doctor and no one can tell her what is  causing this.

She's on the SAD, she has no desire to try the paleo diet,  she's overweight,
she drinks a lot of water on a daily basis and looks bloated  to me.  The
worst part of it is that her fluid out-take is so minimal  compared to her
in-take.

Any  suggestions on what is causing Dry mouth?