So I couldn't swollow on 23rd febuary on the night it dissappeard then on 3rd March it reappeared amd stayed I can swollow food and drink though food does get stuck in my throat or goes down slow I've had a migrain and felt really unwell all day I'm greiving it's getting closer to the funeral and also my partner has started a new job so I have the kids full time all week on my own which is quiete stressful as I love them but I would like to work myself too and that was the plan but now with greiving I feel it's not the right time until after the funeral so yes I'm very stressed but I have been told swallow problems is normal with panic and anxoety but is it Norma all day ? I have started waking in the night gasping for breathe again now I have started panic attacks everyday aswell which I truelly belive are not panic attacks yer again it's like starting anxit y all over again I suppose like im new to it but I'm not I have started having funny noises in my throat to like growls and click noises sometimes when I drink and it freaks me out but I just Googled can't swallow and greiving it came up with what sounds like me to find it was a story about a man who died two days later of a brain anyrsm !! One of my fears that I have just come to terms with now I'm not a terms I'm scared .
One place my doctors don't check is my head lol .
I'm really nervous aswell because I have had breathing problems all day woth this migrain I was due a migrain as it's my hormonal migrains I have not been diagnosed with these I diagnosed myself lol my throat has gone tight and I really feel after all of this been told it's anxiety all along when it hasn't been it's been a brain problems something that's effecting me to cause me all of this with this migrain I have had floaters like when you look at the sun I haven't but it's like that bright electric blue spots ect in my vision paracetamol did not take the pain away either it normally does so does this sound like stress anxiety greif and migrain or should I go to hospital I like to know what you all think because you know anxoety better then anybody I have had dizzyness ect with my migrain but I also read that's what the person who could not swallow had too sorry for annoying you and my long reaccuring posts but your the only people I can talk to and trust xx
Aw Steph you,re not half having a hard time of it!
I'm telling myself I'm fine im trying all sorts and it's just not going im going backwards .
I feel sorry for everyone who has to listen to me because I'm doing my own head in now xx
Sorry that was sent too soon. You,ve been through the mill with one thing or another and I'm sure the doc couldn't have missed them all! If you are having new symptoms then of course for peace of mind get yourself checked. Anxiety symptoms can be relentless and with your bereavement you're on a hiding to nothing at the moment! Be kind to yourself! You're in my thoughts. E.
Its called globus sensation hun.. Its caused from anxiety.. Your going thru a lot right now and your mind is all over the place.. I'm sorry for your loss hugs to you.. But try to calm down cause stress brings on the throat issues. I've been thru this.. Are you on meds? Seek help if your scared.. ❌❌❌
Thank you means a lot I'm going on Monday I need this sorting.once and for all a soon as I accept one symtoms it carry on but does not bother me then a new one comes so maybe I'm seeing the light in this after all now because it is a circle and I'm fueling it you are so right how could the doctor miss everything he wouldn't they wouldn't .lol I feel a bit more confident now I have lasted a year and also lasted since October with horrible symtoms I can't give up now but I need to realise what's happening to me xx
Can I ask you ......how long do you think it has taken you to reach the stage of anxiety that you're at? The reason I'm asking is because it probably takes some time and the same applies to getting better. You can stop being anxious right now but it take some time for the symtoms to go! It's about accepting the symtoms, carrying on with them and not letting them matter! Very easy to say but I believe that's the only way forward. I've been like you Steph and I still have my moments believe me but I try not to let them become important. E.
Thank you Tonya .
Is the tight globus or the can't swollow thing globus sorry abit confused 😊.
no I'm not on meds because I had a reaction to the first ones I took so.the doctor said it is probably best not to take them as my body seems to be prone to side effects I think it was a nice way of saying it's your anxiety still and the tablets are not working lol .
I have tried cbt also helped for the first couple of weeks then did nothing for me xx
I agree with elizabeth, get checked for your peace of mind. So sorry you are going through all of this. Please do not google symptoms. If we pick out what we want out of there, we are all doomed. Are the kids old enough to call for help if you needed it? They would. I truly hope you get checked out and all is fine. You are not a bother!!
I'm going to tell you something.........I am petrified of doctors and all things medical so I don't go so I can never seek reassurance! Aren't you lucky you can???? I don't mean that to sound bad but at least you can get yourself checked! Anyone any ideas how to get rid of that phobia please? I have a list as long as your arm of bits of me needing attention! I would take a whole days appointments! I'm not kidding! What can I do about that Steph? E.
I am the same elizabeth!! Thank goodness I have a friend in practice now, and I just drop by the dr office to say hi, and get used to just being there. Yesterday I asked her to put the oxygen monitor on me just to see if I really was lacking oxygen. Guess what? It was 98%. But I still fear them telling me the worst. I need a dentist in a desperate way, but will not go. I also need a doctor to help me eat healthy again. I stopped because of numerous allergic reactions to foods I have eaten all of my life. I just started therapy to reach these goals, and to hopefully get where I can get to doctors. We are so afraid of dying. But more afraid of going for help. Nothing about this disorder makes sense!!!
Your advice is so good Elizabeth ! Honestly it makes complete sence you say it better then my cbt worker did ! I understand it's not just going to go away but you have given me the first kick up the backside to realise it is anxiety can 100% guarantee I will be back writing a new thing tommorow but I'm going to write a note to myself saying what you have just said and reminding myself it is anxiety if that makes sence 😊 xx
I can only talk from my own experience but I've been on this merry-go- round of anxiety for longer than I care to remember! I'm happy to be of use! Please feel free to pm me for ANYTHING! One thing I will say ....stop fighting!!! If you even say the word fight it makes you tense/ anxious. Try saying "I will accept this just for the moment". Accept is a much calmer word so brings the anxiety down a wee bit. E.
hi Bonnie thank you sooo much for this post! I hate even visiting friends in hospital! I'm having probs with food at the mo too. Used to have the constitution of an ox but now toast and butter can give me a problem.
First step is ringing for a appointment on the phone talk to the doctor on the phone that will ease your mind and let you know what he/she is thinking straight away .
I have a fear to be honest but I have to tell my self if I never go I will never know and that's something that I don't like not knowing things lol so might not be much use to you because we are all diffrent .
I've had panic attacks while been put to sleep and always thought I'm not going to wake up but I did so I think that's what put my fear away because I was the same now I go to much I actually have a fear from been embarrassed about my symtoms and how many I have 😂xx
Don't you DARE ever feel embarrassed about going to get checked!!! Any doctor worth their salt will be only to pleased to try and allay your fears! Anxiety is a crippling illness the same as any other. In fact I think it's worse than many! As for phoning doc I,d rather stick pins in my eyes!!!! Apart from that I'm profoundly deaf and can't use the phone! Lol. Any other ideas on a postcard please! E.
Yes globus sensation is what I suffered with for a few months until I was put on lexapro and ativan now its gone.. Always felt like something stuck in my throat.
Hi steph all the symptoms you described i get breathing is shallow and when i take a deep breath still doesnt feel like im getting a full breath im shooting up out of my sleep at night gasping for air 2 or 3 times everynight iv got a feeling of a lump in my throat sometimes i can be fine and il just swallow and then if feels like i cant then il panic i get the clicking feeling in my throat but now that clicking noise has become a habit i just keep doing it i got a feeling its anxiety and panic attacks but im scared of going doctors im scared of what i might hear
Well I will let you know what the doctor says for me tommorow as I'm going to write my list tonight I always forget to mention things and only aloud one problem 10 minute appointment rule but screw it I need this sorting im scares but it's getting beyond the joke I don't look forward to anything in life because I believe there's only one thing and that health problems and death sounds crazy but it's what I'm going through .
How long have you been waking up gasping ?
It all started just after christmas every night i got in bed i drank alot of coffee and i was up til like 4 am every morning when i got in bed i would lay there wide awake and i would think about death then my mind would just go blank i know it sounds stupid anyway after a couple more nights of laying in bed wide awake thinking about death i got in bed one night and i was lay there all off a sudden i found it hard to breath my throat felt like it was closing up my stomach was turning i thought i was having a heart attack i got that scared i rang an ambulance 2 paramedics came he sat me down checked my heart with an ECG and pricked my finger to check my blood sugars waited 5 mins then told me everything was fine he told me that i must of had a panic attack and asked me was i going through any stress but i wasnt i mean my job is hard but nothing that will push me over the edge i went to see my gp the following day and he just give me diazapam i was taking them for a couple of days but i had to stop as they was making me feel sleepy and i work long hours after that i was fine for about 4 days not one symptom then one day i was in work and i all off a sudden felt off balance dizzy shallow breathing and from then i was getting a different symptom every day like first it was my breathing and a lump feeling in my throat then id get a cold sensation on top of my head for about 10 seconds then another day it would be my breathing and the corner of my lips would go all numb and start tingling then at night i started shooting out of my sleep breathing as tho id just ran a marathon haha please let me know what the doctor says my doctor didnt seem to care just threw a diazapam perscription at me and sent me on my way