Follow-Up:
ARGHHHHHH!!!! Ok, I have read every message posted. My purse is full of (no joke) 8 different lip balms at this very moment. I am so frustrated because everything that has been listed I have tried. I don't have any burning inside my mouth but every morning I wake up to incredibly uncomfortable peeling, raw, chapped, swollen clown lips, as almost all of you have written. I have tried cold-sore medicine, I have tried going without anything, I have tried severe chapped lip ointments, I have tried vaseline (even this seemed to upset the symptoms), I have tried vitamin e, I have tried drinking so much water in a few days that i felt sick, i have tried Triple antibiotic ointment, i've tried green tree oil, i have tried EVERYTHING! It's more frustrating than I can describe and it just plain hurts. It itches, it burns, and it's embarrassing! I don't know what to do.. I've even gotten desperate enough that I took sleeping pills for two days just so I could sleep and not be awake to feel the pain; in hopes of it healing as I slept... of course this didn't work either! My friends joke around and say I'm addicted to chapstick, but truth is I can't even use chapstick because it irritates my lips even more!!! SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!!!!