Hi guys, I have been suffering panic attacks for almost a year now and I am really struggling. about 4 months ago I started having this feeling of something stuck in my throat and it comes and goes but these last two weeks I have been worrying about it so much. I have been taking so many days off work because I am so weak. I have had blood tests but too scared to call my doctor to ask for the results. I have been referred to see ENT specialists for my throat and am dreading it. I have lost my appetite, my partner is losing his patience and I feel like I am about to lose everything. I am having a panic attack as I am writing this, I have this feeling that I may have throat cancer and is slowly spreading to my lungs and brain and am constantly feeling weak and down and scared. I don't know what to do. Has anyone else had this and does it ever get better? I am 30 years old. Please let me know if anyone else has experienced this.
Lump in the throat is very common with anxiety, and horrible to deal with. If your bloods needed attention the docs would contact you. ENT is fine, I went for my lump in the throat, nothing there as expected. It's not so bad
I have been dealing with constant panic attacks for the last 5 months. I hope that's what they are but I have had anxiety since I was 18 and have never had a panic attack until 5 months ago IThey scare me so much I feel like it's somwthing serious and not a panic attack. I feel so weak and like my head is swimming. I get burning sensations and my hands sweat andni feel out of control. Alot of people refer to panic attacks as hyperventilation but I don't do that and if someone was to loom at me im not gasping for air or anything and they wouldn't know I was having one. That's what makes me feel like maybe is not a panic attack. They feel so awful and it's so scary. I have been feeling like I have a lump in my throat too only for like the past month or so off and on. But it doesn't feel like it's inside my throat it feels more like in the muscle or bones in the throat. Is this how yours feels. And it's sore to touch my neck in the throat area.
Sweet if they found something they would have already contacted you. So please stop worrying yourself to death.
I've had many panic attacks and they were all different and that's why I always ended up going to a&e and every time I was told its anxiety. first one I had I was at home trying to get to sleep and I suddenly felt like my chest was so heavy and I was not able to breathe property. My hands were sweating and my whole body trembling. I felt like I was starving of oxygen. The second one I was watching tv after work and suddenly I felt my heart racing, my body felt weak and I felt dizzy and I couldn't stop my teeth from clenching. I went a&e my heart rate was high so they took me in straightaway and did all the tests but found nothing and was told that it was anxiety. I was told by a doctor to try a paper bag and breathe into it to calm down.
last year I had this pressure on my throat like the two muscles on my throat were shrinking and felt like someone was putting pressure on my throat but I tried to ignore it and it went away. Four weeks ago I started having this feeling that something was stuck in my throat and only two weeks ago I had a sore throat, maybe I irritated trying salty water to get rid of whatever was stuck. I also have this clicking sound when I swallow but only when my chin is down. I went doctors last week and was told that my larynx looked swollen and lumpy and was send for blood tests and referred to ENT. the sore throat has gone and the sensation in my throat is no longer there but still have the clicking sound when I swallow sometimes and anxiety is the highest I have ever experienced.
Thank you Saki. I had blood tests before and although my results came back low in iron and low vitamin d3 my doctor never called me to tell me. They told me that they do not call me, I have to call them and that's why I am scared.
Yea guy you are suffering from anxiety, most likey throat is okay, I'm sure of it. I had that a lomg time ago when I was young. Anxiety that turned into depression. Now as a 59 year old I have recently aquired anxiety and depression and am eing treated but no lump in throat which is probably due to my age at this point. Just take aniety meds, Bupar, Paxil for antidepressants, and have doctor to prescibe you klonopin or xanax for real bad panic attcks if they occur ...for their is lots of side effects with Buspar for anxiety and paxil for depression. Just remember Anxiety creates depression...tharts how it goes.
Yes this is another symptom you can get with anxiety , it feels like there is a massive lump there & sometimes you have had to concentrate to swallow as it feels its getting in the way , even when having a drink you feel it wont go down because of the lump. Just keep taking meds right anxiety and depression meds and after 3 to 6 weeks it will go away.