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i have a weird sensation in my throat

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maisiemarie123
maisiemarie123

Hi there im 20 years old and for as long as i can remember ive suffered from health anxiety, for the past few weeks my anxuety has been really high from various things and ive been noticing that i have a sensation of somthing being in my throat/ back of my tongue, my throat also feels abit tight but i can swollow fine and eat and drink fine, i can breathe fine too is this just anxiety nd should i be concerned?

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  • jmcg2014
    jmcg2014 maisiemarie123

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    Very common, I've suffered with the lump in the throat for a long time, I know its anxiety as I've had a camera down to check and everything is fine,but it's an awful feeling
    • maisiemarie123
      maisiemarie123 jmcg2014

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      Thaanks for your advice i akso am pregnant and suffere quite alot with acid reflux/ heartburn indigestion which i no can cause the feeling, i feel like i constantly have a ball of phlegm down my throat and cant swollow it away, was that a similar sensation for you?
    • jmcg2014
      jmcg2014 maisiemarie123

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      yes thats exactly how it is, it genuinely feels like phlegm that just wont pass - its maddening.  I think in essence when your throat tightens - which it does with anxiety we are feeling the normal flow of phlegm which everyone has.  We start to worry because it feels like its a problem, when in fact its normal and normally we dont feel it. We then become focused on it - and it goes round in circles. Reflux can yeah, they thought it might be the case with me, so they gave omeprazole - which didnt help at all. so just plain old anxiety - but its terrible to the extreme
    • maisiemarie123
      maisiemarie123 jmcg2014

      Posted

      I also feel like i have it in my chest like i need to cough somthing up which can be quite irritating but since its on my mind alot of the time i xan always feel it.
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