Hi all,

Basically what my situation is is that I've been fighting anxiety for roughly three years now and my anxiety sparks up to its highest when my throat gradually begins to feel dry and raspy when I go out with friends. It feels like it's hard to breathe and that I need to vomit or pass out from oxygen deprivation to get rid of it and no amount of water seems to help cure the dry feeling that I get in my throat. I know that it's a nervous reaction but I'm unsure what to do and it's uncomfortable having to tell everyone I need to leave so that I can head home to feel relaxed again when I just want to be out and having fun with friends.

I have and take ativan and klonopin for these extreme anxiety situations and they generally do help when a dry throat isn't the cause, but even after taking either of these medications the dry throat anxiety still continues full force on me. I even went to the hospital recently for it and they told me nothing was wrong except for anxiety, but another problem is is that this type of anxiety sparks up even more when I think about it getting serious enough to warrant another hospital visit.

Deep breathing generally tends to make me focus more on the difficulty of breathing so that doesn't help too much. If anyone has any advice on what I could do to help keep me calm or to get rid of the dry throat that keeps my anxiety going I'd appreciate it.