Why can't I mount my optical drive in Linux Mint 19.3

I'm having trouble mounting my optical drive in Linux Mint 19.3. I figured this constituted a new question because of how outdated other posts have been on the topic. My system:

~$ uname -a
Linux chris-anthemum 5.3.0-51-generic #44~18.04.2-Ubuntu SMP Thu Apr 23 14:27:18 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Attempting to mount device to /cdrom:

~$ sudo mount /dev/sr0 /cdrom
mount: /cdrom: no medium found on /dev/sr0.

After creating a directory /mnt/dvd and attempting to mount to that:

~$ sudo mount /dev/sr0 /mnt/dvd
mount: /mnt/dvd: no medium found on /dev/sr0.

**Note** - Even though no medium is found on /dev/sr0, I can eject on the drive and it opens up my optical drive:

~$ eject /dev/sr0

lsblk shows sr0 as type rom:

~$ lsblk
NAME   MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
loop0    7:0    0 142.4M  1 loop /snap/opera/73
loop1    7:1    0  93.8M  1 loop /snap/core/8935
loop2    7:2    0  62.1M  1 loop /snap/gtk-common-themes/1506
loop3    7:3    0  28.9M  1 loop /snap/chromium-ffmpeg/15
loop4    7:4    0    55M  1 loop /snap/core18/1705
loop5    7:5    0 451.2M  1 loop /snap/pycharm-professional/192
loop6    7:6    0  48.3M  1 loop /snap/gtk-common-themes/1474
loop7    7:7    0    55M  1 loop /snap/core18/1754
loop8    7:8    0 142.4M  1 loop /snap/opera/74
loop9    7:9    0  93.9M  1 loop /snap/core/9066
loop10   7:10   0 445.1M  1 loop /snap/pycharm-professional/196
loop11   7:11   0 160.2M  1 loop /snap/gnome-3-28-1804/116
sda      8:0    0 931.5G  0 disk 
├─sda1   8:1    0   326G  0 part /
├─sda2   8:2    0     1K  0 part 
└─sda5   8:5    0 605.6G  0 part /home
sr0     11:0    1  1024M  0 rom

blkid does not show an entry for my optical drive:

~$ blkid
/dev/sda1: UUID="f2c86904-6312-4656-acd1-afa304e9f867" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="a0cf3af1-01"
/dev/sda5: UUID="1746ce12-039c-4d19-a601-9889026f260a" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="a0cf3af1-05"

lshw shows no disk when a disk is inserted:

~$ sudo lshw
*-scsi:1
          physical id: 2
          logical name: scsi1
          capabilities: emulated
        *-cdrom
             description: DVD-RAM writer
             product: DVDRWBD BC-5540H
             vendor: Optiarc
             physical id: 0.0.0
             bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
             logical name: /dev/cdrom
             logical name: /dev/cdrw
             logical name: /dev/dvd
             logical name: /dev/dvdrw
             logical name: /dev/sr0
             version: 201A
             capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
             configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc

cdrskin finds the drive:

~$ cdrskin --devices
cdrskin 1.4.8 : limited cdrecord compatibility wrapper for libburn
cdrskin: scanning for devices ...
cdrskin: ... scanning for devices done
cdrskin: Overview of accessible drives (1 found) :
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
0  dev='/dev/sr0'  rwrw-- :  'Optiarc '  'DVDRWBD BC-5540H'

My fstab file:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
#                
# / was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=f2c86904-6312-4656-acd1-afa304e9f867 /               ext4    errors=remount-ro 0       1
# /home was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=1746ce12-039c-4d19-a601-9889026f260a /home           ext4    defaults        0       2
/swapfile                                 none            swap    sw              0       0

I have also already installed libdvd-pkg, vlc player, ubuntu-restricted-extras, libdvdcss2, libdvdnav4, and libdvdread4. There are no prompts upon insertion of any type of media disk (bluray, dvd, or cd) I feel I'm running in circles and am unsure where to go next.