Anxiety........ I have a tightness around my jaw an throat is this normal?

No they don't make u feel funny at all, I would try rescue remedy aswell as that was a godsend to me and seriously got me through some difficult times, I'm on sertraline now and have been for 22 days, I take it at night and I have a 5 yr old, it did make me feel sleepy and loss of appetite and abit anxious at first and I also still have rescue remedy aswell lol x

Normally it's dry mouth, but as u say that I have had that before so it could well be,mi wish u all the luck and pls keep me posted how u get on x

Hi laura33uk as an anxiety sufferer myself i understand how your feeling, ive experienced the type of sensations you are discribing and its not nice expecially when you het it in your head that you could be suffering from some life threatening condition such as cancer, my biggest fear iscancer and i too google my symptoms and highten my anxieties, rest assured what youare experiencing is more than likely anxiety and u may find thinking about it too much can actually prolong the symptoms and make them feel worse, have you seen your gp? Get it checked our anyway but i think you need to sort out you anxiety problem which is whats causing your symptoms.

Oh Laura I am so in the same boat with you. I recently had a serious health scare. It turns out it was minor and I'll be okay, however, I was told to be very aware of any possible symptoms I may experience that could signal oral or throat cancer. I had a cold at the time. I had a sore throat. Since then, in a period of less than a week, I've manifested several other symptoms just by stressing about it. I have ear pain, a tight jaw, and it hurts when I swallow. I know it's part real and part imagined and very stress related but how do I stop being so focused on this so I can see what symptoms may in fact be real and which are stress induced?  I think it's good to talk about it with someone other than my husband who is beginning to think I'm nuts. 

I find my daughter clenches her jaw and grinds her teeth when she is anxious.  She is nine years old, non-verbal and has a severe intellecual disability so I can't exactly sit down and discuss her worries.  I just try to give her lots of reassuring hugs and distract her or take her away from the situation that is making her anxious.  I find distraction has been a common thread on this forum for dealing with anxiety.

I have same but also can't eat it feels like I have pockets in my throat and food is getting stuck in there under bottom teeth tightness scared to eat after eating hard to breathe

glad I'm not the only one

Hi laura i was wondering if you ever figured out your problem i am under alot of stress and have srarted having a left side neck tightness and twitching and tingling theoughout the day for about 3 weeks. i also feel a pain or pulling under my jaw but cant pinpoint the location. thanks

Hey I do get these same feelings , I make my self burp because I think it's too much gas in my body so I try to realease it . But that doesn't help , I assume it's normal because I've had tightening around the throats and jaw . I get your worry.

me to i just had dry throat and a stiff jaw and i started panicing because my jaw was hard but i had a headache that day also