Hi Blue, don't be sorry, thats what a forum like this is for! :)

That said, what are you blood sugars lately? Also, do you have any urine sticks where you can check for protein in your urine? Sometimes ketosis will cause this effect.

Hi bluejeanz,

Yes, definitely check for ketosis (protein in urine). Are you on a very calorie-restricted diet? Does your urine have any strange odor?

Lots of people seem to have this problem and no-one (on my little romp around the internet) was sure of the cause. Medication is another possibility...antihistamines, antibiotics and anti-depressives can give you dry-mouth/strange tastes.

You may get some relief by chewing sugarless gum to stimulate your salivary glands, hopefully flushing away the sweet taste. (Does the taste come with dry-mouth?)

Stay hydrated, whatever else you do.

Best,
-fm

Artificial sweeteners can do this also.

I take diueretics and I too get a strange sweet tast in my mouth. Not a pleasant either! I don't take artifiical sweetners but I do take many other pharmacueticals so I will test for ketones!
I would not of thought of that!
Thanks Socks!!!
I'd be lost without you!
Meow!!!!

I was actually told that its due to not having enough carbs in my diet...

Ive managed to lose an amazing 5 stone in 5 months which some tell me is too much too quick,but since coming out of hospital I have been somewhat traumatised by what happened while I was there.

Im trying desperately to keep the weight lkost going but I think I need to slow things down,but am determenined to acheive this one thing thats like the elusive butterfly.....

oh yes duiretics will cause the sweet taste too so im told,but I think I overdid things and have been feeling dizzy alot,but just put it down to the increased dose of my byetta pen from 5uq to 10uq......

its one step fprward and two steps back at times for me and it really gets to me alot.
dying to be thin syndrome I guess.

I too have recently noticed this sweet taste in my mouth. I am an athlete how is very health conscious and nutrition oriented, and work out daily. The only thing I can attribute this to is the recent dental work I had done...had a crown put on. I found out the materials that make up a porcelain crown: nickel, gold, and other metals in an alloy. These crowns are placed over an amalgam filling (mercury, silver, tin, copper, zinc). I am an engineer by trade, and know that differing conductive metals create a current when in a conductive solution (saliva). Looking into this a bit more, I found out these metallic and sometimes sweet tastes are actually your taste senses detecting the small electrical current in your mouth. This is the [b]EXACT[/b] principle behind thermocouples. Have you ever licked a 9-volt battery and had that nasty taste? :shock:

In short, I have attributed this and other health maladies to my dental work - increase in headaches, and dizziness, etc. I plan to have my dental work replaced with composite materials after I save some money.

I was advised to make sure I have enough carbs,as often when losing weight,or at least trying to we all tend to want quicker results,which everyone knows is not the right way to lose weight.

But Im one of there people that like to see a result for all my giving up chocolate and cakes....

Its hard anyway to lose the weight with diabetes,what with things you are limited to being able to eat,but cannot go for a walk as I rarely go out.

I have nerve damage in my foot that is a club foot anyway,so exercise is limited too.

But I have managed to lose 70lbs since last August,and keep it off but its now slowing down,which depresses me so much.

Tempted to starve myself,but know its foolish to even try,but have managed to alter some of my bad eating habits,cutting out fat has had a dramatic effect.

Who said being healthy was easy...?

Roll on the magic pill the makes it all go away.....