I am only 15. i HATE this feeling. it started lst wed night i flt like my saliva wusnt goin down right. the next morning i thought it went away..yet it came back later on the day and got even worst at night to the point that i cant sleep. i told my parents about they and they jst think is a really bad sore throat so they went out n gut me medication..today it feels a little bit better then it did lst night but it still bothers me..like if theres somehting in my throat thats jst not goin away! can someone please help!

Yes it is you're anxiety! Some advice I can give you is take slow deep breathes inhale as much as you can and say "I am" exhale slowly and say "relaxed" keep doing this for about 5 minutes a day.. I suffer anxiety I was on 1mg Clonazapam now I am trying to weeeeeeeee of them so I am on .5
I was getting to the point where I thought I was having a panic attack but it was WITHDRAW from not taking my meds when I was suppose to! It is horrible feeling with what we have and we have to make the best of it!
Try to excersise
Eat a better
STAY AWAY FROM CAFFIENE!!!! <--------
And when you feel like you're having a panic attack tell yourself it is my anxiety and relaxxxxxxxxx........ I know it is easier said than done! It is a horrible feeling when you get them! A lot of people don't understand what we go through because they dont have this........ I have just got myself into meditation music to relax because my stress level is through the roof! And my anxiety is horrible I am eliminating one thing at a time that I see triggers them....
With me I had noticed what started my anxiety and I will be truthful was marijuana I have not done that garbage in 3 years and it helped so much!!!
I noticed when I drink and get a buzz next day I feel the same like I am having a heart attack!!!
I noticed if I eat to much same thing!!!!
Caffiene does it to me So I am trying to eliminate these habits! ANYTHING to make these panic attacks go away they are scaryyyyyyyy! Well I hope I was helpful for when you feel you're throat closing or you're heart is pounding and you start pacing saying OMG what is happening to me am I dieing!!! I hear you on all of it!! Bottom line Anxiety is a rotten thing!!! Wish you the best!!!

I've had some really weird stuff go on lately....all this started out as a 'tight chest' and anxiety feelings in my chest. I've been on asthma med and as soon as the chest symptoms went away, the throat symptoms showed up. Still on asthma meds...and have an appointment tomorrow.

They've told me 4 months ago this was stress (when my chest was tight) and gave me xanax. That stuff just relaxed me but didn't make those feelings go away. I've never been an anxious or worrysom person at all and I don't understand how all of a sudden...all this is from anxiety. I am a high strung kinda person (on the go, always moving) -but - again...I'm not convinced its anxiety.

My throat is constricted...feels weird to swallow, but food/drink make it feel temporarily better. Feels best in the morning....
Feels like I need to drink something to 'wash' something down... When I drink fluids, feels like they take longer to get down my throat also. Weird...

Certainly, when I'm relaxed, the feelings aren't as pronounced but they never go away. How can I be in a constant state of anxiety?

If the doctor tells me its anxiety without running some sort of throat test - I think I'll give HIM some throat pain!!
(laugh)

Hey folks

My name is Chris and im 18 from Kent in England

Well a few months back I was suffering with regular nose bleeds... they went away eventually but I was left with the after effects and bringing it back up from my throat... anyway...

I sing and scream in a band which I know can cause problems to the vocal chords... anyway... I started to notice my throat was feeling a bit numb/tighter than usual but didnt think anything of it until when I was singing at practise I was feeling chesty and felt like I had pushed myself too much... sometimes with a slight taste of blood in my throat

The problems persisted and eventually I have ended up becoming dizzy from holding notes and geting like attacks were I can get a really tight throat and have to focus on my breathing

This did kind of worry me so I went to the doctors... they said I had a throat infection which I was given medicine for but im worried I may have nodules which they didnt see... I was also told I had a heart murmer which is apparently common in active teenagers...

I need to have a blood test to find out further problems... I suffer from anxiety quite a bit and ive been told I worry about things more than I should... I have also heard that anxiety can cause the effect of these symtoms that I have mentioned

Anyone got any ideas what this could be?
thankies
mr kwiss

Hey, im a 19 year old guy and yeah this started happening to me too a few days ago. It was the most awful feeling, it felt like someone had me by the throat, and also that my airway would close at any moment. Very annoying and it really wouldn't go away.

Well I decided to try taking half an ativan (I was prescribed these 8 months ago, for anxiety attacks, which went away for 3 months and came back) to see if it would help it and what do you know! The whole feeling was gone for the whole day, so i guess it was anxiety and stress causing this? I know lately university has been pretty overwhelming but i'm not that stressed out.

Its really weird how stress and anxiety can cause that stupid odd feeling huh? Well just thought i'd give my experience with this annoying thing hah.

Unfortunately, having posted earlier in the thread about my throat problems going away months ago, they're back at the moment. Take it from me though, it is JUST stress and can go away for months at a time (or forever!) so stay positive and know that you're not alone!

yes i ahve been suffereing from this! except that there really isnt a lump in my throat my neck is just feeling so tight. it ever started when my friend told me about a brother of his having tonsilitis. i got really worried about it and now my neck just feels tight! its as if you mention an illness and i get it just like that. exept i dont think its tonsilitis. its just really tight at times. please help me im really scared! if it is anxiety lease tell me how to get over it!!! i also worry alot about things!!!

Hi

I also have this, went to doc, said it is stress symptoms. I recently moved to new home, and started during that time, all the worry and thinking about.
I also cheated on wife, and worried about aids etc, and keep on looking for something wrong with me, so, went to doc almost every week, then I thought I had a rash in thigt, and then it was this and that, eventely, I keep thinking something is wrong with me, I wake up in morning, and it start then, because then I keep on thinking where is something wrong with me today, untill my throat started to feel like this thight, and neck is stiff, my collor on shirt hurts around my neck, feels heavy, so went to doc again, he gave me stress pills, next time, I will let me test for aids I fear so much, but so afraid, my wife will find out etc. So I must admit, after drinking some alcol, or using the stress pill, the doc gave me, and reading this forum, make my tight throat feel better, as I am typing here, I am also going for my first holliday in a year time, was working very very hard the past few days. Also difficult with driving with this neck, when I need to turn my head if reverse. So yes, maybe it is stress!, also read this things on internet about throat cancer, that makes me worry, because I smoke, and with the stress I smoke allot and drinking way to much. When people talk to me, I dont even listen what they say, keep on worry about all this thing.

Cheers, Hope you all will beat this!

i have the same exact symptoms.
I'm also a hypercondriac so when i get this lumpy closed up feeling i start to get scared and thinking the worst which only in the end makes it worse. My boyfriend worrys about me cuz i'll be past out asleep and then wake up and freak out cuz my throat will feel closed up and i'll be breathing hard and my heart feels like its beating harder.
he gets me water and i drink and do whatever i can to calm myself till i fall asleep and once i do i'm good again. i feel stupid when i ask ppl if they ever expeirence it cuz all they say is "your okay its just anxiety"
well i think thats what it is too but just cuz i know what it is doesnt mean its going to go away. i try to relax but it doesnt help.

I am 19, and my first episode was when I was 12, eating a brownie and then gum (trident), my throat closed up and i couldnt breathe for about 15 seconds. the same year, it happened a few more times when I ate other chocolate bars. then i started having hyperventilation, but not always after eating foods. the worst time (age 13) after eating a hamburger i had to go to the emergency room because i couldnt stop hyperventilatig, it was pretty bad. i havent eaten chocolate or anything very sweet (candy) since then, maybe a few times, but with great anxiety. also i have developed in the past couple years anxiety at being around people smoking, and my throat feels like it's closing. also when i'm under social stress i feel like it constricts.

is this physiological, psychological, or both?

i'm very worried now especially because in two weeks I am moving to Istanbul (where everyone smokes and is heavily polluted), and I don't know how to prevent this...maybe an oxygen bottle?

I have found that "lump in the throat" feeling is usually a magnesium deficiency. I take 200 mg of Mag citrate 3x a day and it goes away . You should take more mag than calcium and it will cause soft stools so space the doses several hours apart. Mag is used up by the body during stress (

It can also be caused by allergies that dry out the nasal passages. Get nose spray like "simply saline" and spray it up into your nasal passages (I sniff in a little to get it up there.) It usually works immediately.

I also take 1000 mg 2x a day of MSM for allergies (usually takes about 3 weeks to work)


If you have acid reflux, take 3 papaya enzymes with every meal.


Also, if you have anxiety from the whole situation you might want to take 100 to 300 mgs of PS--Phosphatidylserine. It tends to lessen the cortisol in the blood thus relieving (and even eliminating) anxiety and panic attacks.

I sometimes tend to get a lump in my throught in the mornings when I woke up...it's like you swallowed your pills wrong...

It does tend to correlate with stressfull situations.

hi all, im glad i found this site,
iv been having the same problems for the last 4 years,
it feels like my adams apple is getting bigger and blocking up my throat,
iv been to my gp and he said there was nothing wrong with me,
then i paid a hugh amount to see a throat specialist and he said the same,
im just pretty pist off with it all now and totally gave up on the doc visits as i feel like im waisting his time and mine,
can anyone please help me to tackle this problem as i am at my wits end with it,

please help me if you can.

I've had the same tight throat symptoms as those above in this post and previous posts. It's been happening since late December 2007, off and on. Been to my doctor (said allergies) and she put me on Claritin and a nasal spray (fluticasone propionate). Not sure either has done anything, but the nasal spray does clear me up at night when I lay down.

Been having shortness of breath now as well (for about 2 months), scary enough last Friday to go to an emergency center. Doctor there put me on a pro-air inhaler, which I'm experimenting with now. This does seem to let me breath easier, especially when I'm exercising.

I only can offer that Halls Naturals and sleeping face down have in conjunction helped (but not cured) both of these symptoms. I am convinced it is due to something I'm eating or an allergy to my immediate surroundings.

I'm going to look into the MSG issue I've seen on other posts and try taking magnesium.

I've lived with my roommates' cats since July 2007 but my problems started December. Is it possible to develop allergies after 6 months?

Also, many of the posts seem stress-related, but since I'm still alive and kicking after 3 months of this annoyance, I don't blame it on that. I have minimal stress in my life and take things pretty easily.

This tight throat and shortness of breath has GOT TO GO, though!

Best all!

I too have the tight throated feelings, especially when I try to eat. I have been living off of baby food for two mos. and having Dr.s run endless tests on me to check for cancer, abnormalities, or thyroid conditions... After $3000 and a lot of sleepless nights, it turned out to be all stress related. Today was the first time that I was able to eat solid food w/o having to be rushed to the er in a few weeks. I am feeling a lot more secure now that I know that it is all literally in my head.

I have had these same symtpoms for years now. I have had a scope done after a swallow study only the be told is is anxiety related. ONe of the posters stated they feel a lump. Several visits to a speech therapist straightened that out as there were spasms and throat and tongue stretches got rid of the "knot" Lately I can be at rest reading a book and the spasms may start. I cannot lie on my back as the throat closes off. I wake up in the middle of the night and can get no air. Sometimes I have to cough but cannot get air in to cough out. This leads to panic which constricts more. If I go onto my knees and relax as in holding my breath general the throat releases enough to get air in. But the symptoms are becoming more frequent and the last time I really did not think I was going to make it. This is scarey and no one seems to understand this. I keep getting told - sleep apnea. NOpe! Not with the day symptoms as well. Thank goodness someone else feels this way!

Dear Sufferers,

This is an annoying symptom to stress. It is called Globus and is directly related to stress and anxiety. I have been experiencing it for about a month now and it comes and goes depending on how stressed out I am.

The good new is that it is real, but not life threatening in any way. I went through this in my early twenties and luckily I had a doctor that knew exactly what it was. He suggested that I have a glass of wine and relax. The more you concentrate on it, the more it happens. If you forget about it and chalk it up to stress and anxiety, it will go away.

Recently, my dad passed away and I have been overwhelmed with work and life. This is why it has come back to haunt me. I know that I will be fine and you will too. If you have been to numerous doctors trying to figure out what is going on, stop it right now. This is the problem! The odds that you have cancer of the throat or thyroid are slim to none.
Obsessing over this little annoying pressure in your throat will only intensify and lengthen the time that it occurs.

Relax, breath through your diaphram, chill out and it will eventually go away.

Good Luck!

Jeanne

Hi Everyone,

I have lived through what you are describing for the past 3 months. After many ENT and allergist appointments, I have figured out that every single symptom was due to taking the Advair inhaler. I was perfectly healthy prior to taking Advair while being sick around the holidays. Now that I am off of Advair for 10 days, my daily throat constrictions are mostly gone. Advair also causes anxiety attacks, which makes sense as to why I would have had the feeling of throat constrictions.

I suggest you analyze EVERY single medication you are taking and see if it could possibly be a side effect of the drug.

One other thing I have learned from my many dr appts...

The throat constriction and possible complete throat closure can be caused by acid reflux. Even if you have no heartburn or standard acid reflux symptoms, you might have acid reflux. If your symptoms get worse when you are lying down, that would be a good indication of such. Your throat will close off to prevent acid from creeping up where it does not belong. I suffered my first laryngospasm a few months ago, believed to be caused by silent acid reflux.

Best of luck!

Hi, I am a 16 year old who is having problems with my tight throat. I have had it for months now. We went to the doctor because I also have slight asthma. I think that it is anxiety or stress. Like most of the people that talked here. But I also get it when I eat foods that I don't know the ingredients to. I haven't tried any new food in forever. Some people here said that it went away when they ate food. My sometimes gets worse. I used to smoke. I had to stop because it also started getting tight when I did that. I get scared. I used to get panic attacks. But now my throat is just getting tight. I crack my neck a lot because it makes it feel better. This probably isn't good for my neck but I just had to do something. My mom is suggesting putting my on some herbal medicine for people with anxiety. At this point I would try anything. It has honestly taken over my life. I am stressed. But I would have never thought that it could get this bad. I just needed to know if these symptoms are common for anyone else? Or if anyone has any suggestions? I would appreciate it greatly.