Can you outgrow "dry mouth syndrome" or am I changing breathing technique?

[walkonmars]

Hey folks. After reading a few posts and seeing a complaint about "dry mouth syndrome" I realized I don't get this problem often anymore.
When I had under 100 dives, I used to get dry mouth all the time and fussed about it a lot. Some time around the 200 dive range I seemed to have forgotten about dry mouth or it has bothered me less.
I have been running newer generation second stages as oppose to the conshelf 14 and conshelf 21 type seconds I ran years ago.
Do we actually "outgrow" dry mouth?
Are the new regulators to give credit for this?
Is my breathing technique changing somehow that I don't notice? (Am I gulping saliva more often than I realize or pressing my tongue up against my palate more often?)

 

[Mr. Sunday]

What make of reg do you use?

 

[walkonmars]

Various...
Hollis DC3first-212second,
Aqualung Legend, Mikron,
Apeks ATX200,
HOG.

 

[buddhasummer]

If it's a real issue a sugar free, unless you hate your teeth, hard candy sitting against your check solves this issue. I used to do it but seem to have become self moisturizing. I have on occasion slurped some salt water which has helped. The advertising by SS on the AL comfobite says it reduces dry mouth, not sure I buy it though. Staying hydrated in the first place helps. I own metal regs which people say also reduces dry mouth, can't say I've noticed much difference though. Outgrow it? not sure one does, I think we just develope strategies to better combat it through experience.

 

[Bowers]

regs with heat/moisture retention veins in second stage help reduce drymouth. might also be slower more relaxed breathing...

 

[t3chnobrat]

Oddly mine has gone away too.. I started with the AL Core (with comfobite) and moved on to an Atomic Z2 (with comfobite).. both gave me dry mouth. It seemed to end when I started using an Apeks xtx100.

 

[Pedro Burrito]

I've been diving since 1978 and I get dry mouth almost every dive. I pop a candy in my mouth, if I remember, or pull my reg out and gargle the water if it's not too dirty.

 

[icechip]

Doesn't seem to come around as often but when it does, ditto on pulling reg out and gargling some water.