I've been s uffering of anxiety for quite some time. I've been on effexor for just over a year now. During the last 3 months I've begaun to slowly wean off the meds. About a month ago, my acid reflux/GERD came back. I started having a sore thorat. My doc, told me it was probably caused by my GERD. There was no signs of strep or viral. I went then to an ear, nost, and throat doc. He put a tube through my nose and examed my throat. he said that he did see sign of GERD, which had caused some irritation to my throat, which would have caused the throat pain. He said there's no infection, cancer, or tumors, but my feeling of suffocating he said could be contributed to anxiety. He put me nexium, which has reduced my GERD. However, my throat still gets sore very fast wehn I talk for to long or yell. Over a month its slowly gotten better.
Throat issuewere at the center of my anxiety for a long time. Feeling of suffocating and choking, were really bad a year ago when I was having panic attacks on a regualr basis. I was also having exrtrmely bad chest pains.
My concern is that could my constant tension and worrying somehow be triggering my throat pain. I might believe this because if my thrat/nect muslces are constantly tight, then maybe it's creating some type of pain when I talk. I don't know, I do know that I'm really scared!. I'm scared because, even though I've handled this throat thing fine for the last month without any panic attacks (which is great, because a year ago I would have been in the ER at least dozen time), but I'm not a sure how much longer I can hold on. I feel like I'm right on the edge. I'm beginning to obsess about the throat. I've got a follow up appointment in two weeks with my ENT. I'm also going to see my psychiattrist next week to discuss these concerns with him, but I don't want to go back where I was a years ago (crying, depressed, almost homebound, panic attacks).
PLEASE, anyone wo can offer their advice or encouraging words I would really appreciate it.
Thanks,
Junior
