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?
Eu ainda não tive esse (pelo menos até agora), mas sei que é um sintoma de ansiedade. Vou te mandar um link e você vai ver!
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!
Ah sim, a ansiedade pode ser realmente traiçoeira! Sem problemas!
Sim. Tenho 1 de três coisas.
1) Minha garganta parece que está fechando
2) Minha língua parece que está inchando
3) Minha úvula (ou seja, aquela coisa que balança na parte de trás da minha garganta) parece que está inchando
Foi ontem à noite que tive o número 3. Parecia extremamente grande e como se estivesse bloqueando minha garganta. Tive que beber água, o que piorou a situação, então comi alguns chips, o que também piorou (mas era 3h da manhã e essa foi a única comida perto de mim, lol), então finalmente fiz o que sempre faço quando tenho qualquer um desses sentimentos.
Tirei uma foto (bem, mais como 20 para conseguir um bom ângulo, lol) da minha garganta. Só para ter certeza de que tudo estava do tamanho normal. E estava. Ainda me sentia desconfortável, mas pelo menos sabia que estava tudo bem.
Normalmente, se estou acordado e ativo, vou até um espelho e ilumino minha boca com a lanterna do meu celular para me certificar de que minha garganta está aberta, minha úvula está do tamanho normal e minha língua está do tamanho normal.
Olá, eu também sofro de transtorno de pânico e ansiedade. Isso realmente me abalou. Por favor, me envie a mensagem com os sintomas.
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