Panicking and worried. What should I do?
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I just had some cereal today for breakfast as it's something easy and quick to make and eat as I was getting ready for work, my throat feels tight and it feels like the cereal I ate is caught in the middle of my throat, I can eat and drink just fine, but I'm feeling that sensation there, this happened to me the last time and I was panicking like crazy, I saw my ENT who did a endoscopy and checked my throat and said nothing was there and said it's my GERD and it will cause that sensation, even though nothing is really stuck. But I'm worried if I didn't chew enough since my throat just ended up making me swallow the cereal I was chewing on. I do suffer from health anxiety and I'm dealing with the middle of my throat making me want to choke and it's making me panic more. I just started taking Famotidine my doctor recommended, which he said will take awhile to heal my throat. Should I be worried or I should be fine?
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jan34534 amandanisbet
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if you can eat, drink, breathe and talk you’re fine. It’s the anxiety and the Gerd that is causing you the panic. Slow everything down and relax in a chair. Practice your long slow deep breathing exercises breathing through your nose to the count of four and out through pursed lips (which is like if you were blowing out a candle,) to the count of five. Repeat this several times until you start to feel a little calmer. This will help you slow down your thinking and the anxiety.
give the medication some time to work. Everything‘s going to be OK! As a matter of fact there is a great relaxing meditation on YouTube called it’s OK. The lady has a very soothing voice. take care