Anxiety and a tight throat?
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I suffer from both health anxiety and acid reflux, my throat would get so tight that I would actually end up gagging sometimes and it doesn't help that I also have acid reflux too, I'm really worried that I might end up dying one day because of how tight my throat feels and I would go into a panic mode, there is a food I ate from 4 days ago that I'm worried on if I didn't chew properly since I feel the sensation, but when I went to the ER since I was panicking and worried, they told me if I'm still eating and drinking, then there is nothing stuck in my throat since food would be blocking my throat and drink from going all the way down and that I wouldn't be able to talk to them and they would tell me to relax and that I'm fine, they didn't check my throat though, but I still feel the sensation and it's driving me crazy, this is not the first time this happened to me, I had this before when I ate a piece of steak and I felt the same sensations for weeks until it went away, I've been to the ER so many times before and they would do x-rays on me and find nothing and would tell me it's my acid reflux or anxiety. Should I be worried?
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atz0000 EmilyM1997
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have you been sleeping enough? i was really sleep deprived these past days, and i got the same globus sensation since yesterday and it's driving me nuts. the last time i had it was back in feb during a period of high stress, and it went away on its own. i suspected it might be reflux, but i don't have any of the other symptoms, and i took meds which didn't help. i did notice it getting better when i was relaxing last night, and it was nearly gone this morning after i woke up. i think being hyperaware of it is what makes it worse. doesn't help it's so distracting, maybe you could try catching up on rest and distracting yourself? if the er told you it's nothing to worry about, then it must be your anxiety. what ive learned is that anxiety makes us believe fiction is fact. just because you think something is stuck in your throat, doesn't mean there actually is!
EmilyM1997 atz0000
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Yes, I sleep enough during the night and I normally get 7 or 8 hours of sleep, my most biggest issue is anxiety itself, I've been dealing with anxiety for 9 years and it just keeps getting worst for me, it also worsens up my GERD symptoms easily whenever I worry about my health. And sorry you're experiencing the same issue too. The globus sensation I get is so uncomfortable and a pain to deal with, I'm on my 4th day dealing with the tight throat sensation and feeling as if I might choke, but I don't. Trying my best to distract myself so I don't think about the sensations so much, which does help for me so far. And thank you for giving me some reassurance, you're right, anxiety can easily trick you into thinking there could be something wrong with you, when physically you're just fine.