Globus newcomer, scared and uncomfortable.

Dear CaeronDe,

Poor you!

It is not a nice thing at all. However, you must eliminate all of the possibilities if you have any chance of relaxing and reducing your stress and anxiety.

I was initally given a diagnosis of post nasal dripping (over the phone) and was taking steroid nasal spray. This dleared the constand dripping and swallowing feeling but then the pain in the throat (lump) got worse and scratchy and dry cough and constantly clearing throat.

I was then diagonse as LRPD, which is stomache acid getting into throat and irritating it, thus causing the lump and sore feeling.

I was advised to:

Reduce alchol

Not smoke

Not to eat late or eat spicy foods

Reduce tea/coffee/ citrus driks and fizzy pop

more exercise

not to wear tight clothes

sleep with a wedge under matress to elivate head (10 cms)

Try to meditate or relax

I was also prescribed 2 anti-acid type tablets per day and 40ml of extra strong gaviscon per day and I was told to come back 7 weeks later for camera down nose to throat to check it was nothing else.

The medication seemed to work and the pain and soreness has reduced day by day. It has got worse on occassion when I have had a lot of stress or anxiety, but on the whole it has been subsiding.

Had the camera thing - which was not too bad and the consultant reassured me that there were no signs of cancer!!

His diagnosis was Globus Hysterica! Basically part of the condition is physilogical and part psycolgical.

I am on reduced medication (only 1 tablet per day) but was told to maintain the gaviscon for as long as the symtoms were present. He advised me that it would likely ebb away over the next fewe months. So I guess all I can do is wait and see and try and reduce all thr things they rekon exasibate it.

My advise to you, would be to get to the doctors, get the camera done ( coz as soon as you know it isnt something serious you will feel better a bit anyway), join a yoga or pilates class to help relax.

Exercise will also help you sleep better, so try and get some in and try that.

I also would reccommend some herbal sleeping aid, lavender on your pillow, nytol to aid some sleep. maybe some relaxing music really low as you try to sleep...?

Most of all - go and elimite anything scary from your mind so that you can try and relax.

From what I have read, there are so many variations on how long this lasts and what are the triggers for it, I guess everyone is a little different depending on their circumstances....most important thing to remember is that you will get better, you must believe it and focus on that belief and try and find something to distract you as much as possible.

Warm water with organic honey and a touch of lemon also helped me a bit in the day with the pain and sratchyness.

Take care and chin up, hope you feel better soon.

Louben

I'm going to a doctor today, so we'll have to see how this plays out. Its good to know there is hope of this waning before too long. But I would be surprised if this started from the mental side of things over the physical.. I regularly meditate and am the exact opposite of anxious in my daily life. I've got kind of a short fuse.. But am generally very calm and cool. Well see what they say I guess. Thanks for the reply.

Hello, I have been wanting to respond to you, sorry for the delay.

I have been experiencing this for nearly 2 years. I pay very close

attention to it, in fact, probably too much. I have a very stressful job,

and I can tell that it seems worse at work than it does when I am off.

My best suggestion would be to pay close attention to when it seems to

"flare up" more than usual. My ENT prescribed medication for the anxiety.

I have to admit, that helps quite a bit. Although I know that I am stressed

out and anxious, the medication does not give me the feeling of the anxiety,

which in turn seems to keep the sensation at a minimum. The mornings are

the best, right when I wake up, there is no sensation. As the morning goes on,

however, it returns. This condition will drive you crazy if you let it. Rule out the

obvious (which is what I worry about). See an ENT, get the proper diagnosis

and then try to live with it the best you can. My ENT also told me it is a result of

silent reflux. I sleep on an elevated wedge under my pillow and take an anti-reflux, over the counter medication. I have no idea when it will, or if it will, go away, but I hope it does every day! Hang in there and keep us all posted on your progress.