Has anyone ever experienced this as a symptom of anxiety? I've been dealing with anxiety/panic disorder for about two years now. It was really bad at first with almost daily panic attacks, sometimes coming in waves for hours at a time. It then evolved into what I guess would be health anxiety, where every feeling in my body started to signify that something was horribly/fatally wrong with me. I've made a lot of progress with this up until a couple of months ago when all of a sudden my tongue felt swollen and sore. Didn't really think anything of it at first, but it never went away. 24 hours a day for two months now it's been bothering me. It's very frustrating because it feels like it's swelling and possibly going to obstruct the airway and it wreaks havoc on my anxiety. My PCP saw nothing wrong, neither did the ENT. Wondering if anyone else has experienced this as an anxiety symptom, and how the hell to get past it?
Ich hatte das noch nicht (zumindest noch nicht), aber ich weiß, dass es ein Symptom von Angst ist. Ich werde dir einen Link schicken und du wirst es sehen!
Thanks for the link. I've never seen that listed as a possible anxiety symptom before. It's definitely one of the stranger ones I've experienced!
Ja, Ängste können wirklich knifflig sein! Kein Problem!
Ja. Ich habe eines von drei Dingen.
1) mein Hals fühlt sich an, als würde er sich schließen
2) meine Zunge fühlt sich an, als würde sie anschwellen
3) mein Zäpfchen (oder was auch immer dieses baumelnde Ding hinten in meinem Hals ist) fühlt sich an, als würde es anschwellen
Gestern Nacht hatte ich Nummer 3. Es fühlte sich extrem groß an und so, als würde es meinen Hals blockieren. Ich musste Wasser trinken, was es schlimmer machte, also aß ich ein paar Chips, was es auch schlimmer machte (aber es war 3 Uhr morgens und das war das einzige Essen in meiner Nähe lol). Also habe ich schließlich das gemacht, was ich immer tue, wenn ich eines dieser Gefühle habe.
Ich habe ein Foto (genauer gesagt 20, um einen guten Winkel zu bekommen lol) von meinem Hals gemacht. Nur um sicherzustellen, dass alles normal groß ist. Und das war es. Es fühlte sich zwar unangenehm an, aber zumindest wusste ich, dass alles in Ordnung war.
Normalerweise, wenn ich auf bin und herumlaufe, gehe ich zu einem Spiegel und leuchte mit der Taschenlampenfunktion meines Handys in meinen Mund und stelle sicher, dass mein Hals offen ist, mein Zäpfchen normal groß ist und meine Zunge normal groß ist.
Ich leide auch unter Panik- und Angststörungen. Das hat mich wirklich mitgenommen. Könnten Sie mir bitte die Nachricht mit den Symptomen schicken?
Hi there I bit my tongue a few days ago and have been having minimal pain on that side and woke up with it hurting. I went in to the bathroom to look at it and the under part of my tongue is swollen there and every time I swallow there is tension and it's hard to swallow directly under my jaw in my neck where the soreness is in my tongue. It's also important to note that I have had a very bad cold but am at the tail end of it. I am very aware of my body due to my health related anxiety so know that my tongue looks very different underneath. I also felt it and it feels like thick and swollen. I have tried heat, salt water, tea, gum, ice, etc and it's freaking me out Have you or anyone on this forum experienced anything like this before? I am so scared
hello, i know this post was written 4 years ago but i am really struggling with that exact feeling right now and driving myself up the walls with this feeling that there is something wrong with me, however after seeing your message its helped me so much in realising that im not just alone and to calm down all this anxiety inside. so thank you
I know this was posted a long time ago, and I certainly hope you are better by now ;)… I just wanted to mention that I suffer terribly with a similar issue, to the point it is sometimes absolutely debilitating and seems to have an awful, roller-coaster effect on my anxiety/OCD/physical pain. Just knowing someone else had an issue similar to mine is oddly comforting, though I certainly hope your story had a happy outcome! I think my pain/obsessing and being anxious about the pain is tied to hormones and anxiety brought on by hormonal changes. My first episode of bizarre “tongue anxiety” started in the last trimester of my pregnancy with my son, and this second one started after menopause & thyroid cancer… I don’t know if anyone else has had this, but some days it’s so bad I’m sure I am salivating more than usual, as a reaction to whatever nerves are being irritated in my mouth. It is awful, managing this issue; sorry for ranting about it. Be well everyone - rachelvioletta
hi there!! do you still have this issue ?? it s happening to me as well. thank you
I get a similar feeling of my throat being tight constantly, and just a couple minutes ago I had a short panic attack where it felt like my tongue was swelling up. It’s the middle of the night so it was hard to tell if it actually was or not, which just added to my panic.
Anyway, I didn’t know what to do, so I turned to Google and ended up here.
It’s reassuring that I’m not the only person to experience this and honestly I think knowing that is what stopped my panic attack just now.
Thank you to OP for posting about it and to everyone who commented 
i am currently strugglinng with this did yiu ever get an answer?
Hi, I’m feeling the same thing. It’s like my tongue is touching my úvula. Did it went away? Are you feeling better now? I’ve been having my tongue swollen since three month ago. It does look swollen but it feels. Thanks a lot