LPR/Silent Reflux - desperately in need of a miracle. Has anyone recovered from this?

Hi, this is in reply to Sonya and Peter, 

Thanks for your input. I have suffered from high anxiety since being a child. The last 10 years Ive tried so many different therapies, bodywork, anti depressants, self medicating, meditation retreats, yoga, ayahuasca!  

Many things have helped, but it seems even when I am feeling at by best, there is still a fair bit of discomfort, mainly lump in the throat and the tightness in the diaphragm.  

The last few days I had a hideous bout of globus, really felt I coudlnt breathe at times, and wake up dry mouth and throat kind of stuck together. It was horrible, and my anxiety was very high. This is also when I found out about LPR, having thought the main cause of my globus was anxiety. It was interesting to think it may be silent reflux.

So yesterday, after little sleep and a hideous night, my throat was a mess. I went for a 2 hour deep massage. She worked on my neck and shoulders probably for over an hour. It was painful! Afterwards I was a different person, and the throat pain had gone from 80% to 10%, and stayed that way until now, as I slept well last night.

So is it still possible this could be LPR? If I can get that much relief from a massage, surely it means its muscular?

Does anyone know what the feeling of globus is when its related to LPR, because I cant find out, is it irritated nerve endings, swelling, psychological?

Anyway, its good to know relief can be had, but I cant exacty have a 2 hour massage every day!  I live in a mindful community in Thailand, its very supportive, we meditate and do yoga every day, work much less than back home, so IM in a good enviroment, but still the symptoms always return.

Thanks again for everything guys.

Alex

Hi Alex, sorry to hear about your experience.  I hope you are feeling better now. I too have suffered from LPR/Silent reflux for the past months and came to a desperate point of having a lump feeling on my throat, sore throat symptoms, stuffed nose with sticky post nasal drip, persistent sticky phlegm on the mid-low part of my throat, difficulty speaking, etc.  I went to 5 doctors to diagnose me some of which are ENT's and Gastroenterologist.  Finally, I had an endoscopy in my throat.  The ENT didn't see any lump, Thank God.  What he saw is swelling on the tip of my esophagus caused by acid reflux which I never feel (that's why it's called Silent Reflux - we don't really feel the acid coming up but the throat symptoms are there).  When I learned that it was purely acid reflux causing it and not anything serious, I felt happy and not stressed anymore and in 7 days the symptoms were gone.  I was taking omeprazole that time and I thought the acid reflux was gone for good. So I went out to have buffet and the next day all the symptoms were back.  My ENT extended Omeprazole 40mg for another month.  I realized with LPR you need to listen to your body and follow medical advice religiosly.  So I stopped eating anything with tomatoes, raw onions, too much garlic, anything citrus, chili, spicy, anything with caffein, coffee, tea, chocolate, too much dairy, fatty food, and oily food.  Choose grilled, steamed, boiled, roasted food over fried food.  Choose lean meat and always balance meat with veggies.  If possible eat more veggies than meat.  They said Apple Cider works for them but it doesn't work for me - it aggravates my throat issues.  What goes in your throat is important.  Fruits allowed are bananas and melon only.  In my husband's case bananas triggers acid reflux.  I used to eat oatmeal for breakfast and I stopped it just to see if my LPR would improve and it did.  No-no to all juices except for plain aloe vera, banana or melon juice.  I also gargle 1/4 teaspoon baking soda with a cup of warm water once everynight before I go to sleep or once every other night and it helped the LPR symptoms to improve.  I drink yakult or eat yogurt once a day after breakfat or after dinner, take 1 probiotic capsule at noon, and drink calcium with d3 before bed.  And, NEVER eat too much or drink too much water as this pushes the acid up our esophagus.  Once LPR symptoms are on the throat, it takes time to heal because that's just how our throat is -it's like a wound that needs time to heal but for a longer period of time.  Finally, I noticed that when I am happily busy LPR goes away.  Stress causes our stomach to produce acid so decide NOT to be stressed.  When I take notice of my symptoms, seems my esophahus and throat really acts up since my mind is on it the nerves becomes overly sensitive. When my sister visited I was happy and I hardly notice it and it was the time when it started healing.  Above all, prayer and the belief that God is able to heal me works 2 thumbs up.

So I have been trying to be really conscious of whats going on in my throat at the moment, rather than just getting lost in the pain of the globus sensation.

I wake up and feel like the root of my tongue is pressed against the roof of my mouth, and its tense, closing up my airway, and I have a dry mouth. I can just about consciously relax it enough to bring it off the roof of my mouth. It makes a small suction releasing sound. But within seconds it seems to default back to that state. 

It bring me back to my question that wasnt answered before...

I can aggravate my symptoms by talking too much, or singing, which results in hoarseness, a raw and sore throat and globus sensation. Then it normally stops me sleeping because I cant relax with all that going on, and the viscious cycle begins again.

So when Ive aggravated my throat from singing etc, are the muscles tight and contracted, or is there inflammation, or is it just all in my mind!! Its driving me crazy

Wishing you all well, and some relief

 

So i was at my cousins house before 4th of july and i ate pretty big meals and i was always regurtating my meals and it would burn the bottom part my throat then later i was swimming in their pool when i felt a lump in my  throat so i got out of the pool to spit out some mucus and i later went away the next day 4th of july i felt it all day and it was killing me so i went to the doctor they checked my breathing and i was wheezing the gave me a inhaler and liquid steriods to take but i still get this lump in my throat and my stomach hurts after eating 

HI!

     I have exerything you said + a 100.2 fever most of the time!  Everything I have tried doesn't work either.  The ENT did the same thing for me, yet put me on Augmentin 875 and Pantoprazol 40mg that is apparently a very strong PPI.  I took that I can't remember 1 time or 2 times, and I swear I thought I was going to die at night time when I was in bed.  I had no problems at night time sleeping at all.  NONE!  Up until I took the PPI or the Augmentin.  I walked into the ENT and told them that and he said to stop the PPI and to keep taking the Augmentin.  Well, if there was nothing wrong then why the pills?  Why the fever, (which I still have) And now a sore throat.  And body pains too.  And an earache by night time?  Although I have also tried things for the post nasal drip which I believe is not helping.  I have tried, antihistimines, all kinds of acid reflux pills, sinus congestion pills, the med that is supposed to make mucas thinner to spit up.  Because I couldn't spit anything up and had trouble swallowing it all as well.  I also have a nose spray that I had to use before for awhile and am trying that, but that takes about a week or so of constant use 1 time a day for it to start working.  There was one thing I was reading a persons comment on this globus sensation about honey at night time.  So at night before bed, I take 100% natural bee honey, 1 tbs and that calms the feeling down, but anything else doesn't help.  The feeling is always there and won't go away.  I also noticed that when I eat the feeling comes back worse.  I ate a whole chopped up apple last night because I didn't want something fattening and I got to the last stupid piece with not much trouble at all and bang, something stuck there again.  Water, especially ice water makes the feeling of somthing stuck back there worse.  I am so lost and don't know what to do.  Plus, I moved to a new state and left the best doctors for really crappy ones that don't care.  I am also very depressed and an anxious person as it is and this isn't helping at all.  I dont want to exercise anymore or for that matter do anything.  I'm sorry for the blabbering, but at least you know someone out here is having the same problems.  Jacqui