7 Symptoms That You Don’t Breathe Well While Asleep

SLEEP APNEA SIGNAL: YOUR WAKE UP WITH DRY MOUTH OR A SCRATCHY THROAT

When you’re snoring with your mouth wide open, it’s not just your bed partner who can point it out—how your mouth feels in the morning can give you a clue, too.

“When you have that much air flow through the mouth, you don’t have as much saliva production, so your mouth has a tendency to get dried out,” explains Dr. Breus. This leaves you with dry mouth and throat first thing.