I am a university student finishing my degree and completing my dissertation - a busy and stressful time. I have been feeling bloated and getting a strange feeling like something is in my throat which i want to swallow, it's not burning like heart burn but feels strangely unpleasant. I am not sure if it is to do with stress or there could be something medically wrong, my mum has problems with acid in her stomach and takes pills for this, is it hereditory? It does not last for long and is not after i eat particularly, it is sometimes when i am hungry, and it does not make me feel less hungry just puts me off eating until the feeling passes. When i feel like that i just want to sit down and feel better. I have googled the symptoms and it suggested pregnancy, i doubt very much this is the case! Any ideas for this yucky student??