hi everyone I'm having a real rough patch right now , I've had health anxiety pretty much all my teens and adulthood I'm 34 now and I was ok for a few years but it's back with a vengeance. It all started 3 weeks ago when I started to experience a reflux feeling into my throat every time I ate anything . I was taking aspirin regularly for headaches and the doctor said that's why I've got reflux the doctor sent me for a barium swallow test were you swallow this chalky drink that coats your esophagus and stomach to see for any signs of reflux or narrowing of the esophagus plus other things. well I had the test on Tuesday and to my horror it came back that I have a moderate narrowing of my esophagus from a rare congenital birth defect a artery that's connected to the aortic artery is in the wrong place it's going behind my esophagus were it should not be and its narrowed my esophagus quite a lot . They said while I was doing the test that the thick drink was not getting stuck at the narrowed spot and if it food was getting stuck it would be very obvious such as a chocking type feeling 😖 I definitely am not feeling anything get stuck in my chest but I am having the reflux of food sitting in my lower throat which is making me think it's the narrowing of my esophagus that's causing it .. Two doctors say it would not cause reflux feelings but a blockage feeling but I cant stop stressing about this now It really is so hard because every time I have believed I was sick I wasnt now I actually have something wrong and I'm not handling it at all I'm terrified I'm gonna choke and die and im freaking out that the narrowing will close up completely.. The thing that makes this even harder is I have to wait and wait and wait till I can get in to see a specialist that may be able to clear things up for me or do surgery to open the esophagus up .. In the mean time I scared to eat so I'm living off broth and runny yogurt and I have lost weight and I'm feeling weak . I know no one on here is a doctor and can stop what's happening but I'm reaching out to see if anyone that's got health anxiety has ever actually gotten a diagnosis when you thought it was just another one of your anxiety obsessions ??? Would love to talk to someone I'm feeling low and very alone , quiet frankly terrified