For nearly three months now I've had to deal with something that has been driving me crazy nearly every single day. It started when I was eating a burger one day and noticed that my swallowing felt...different. Almost like a numbing sensation in my throat. Each day afterward I began to think about it more and more often, which in turn has caused me to obsessively swallow to the point where my mouth has almost no saliva. My obsessiveness over this has truly begun to ruin my life.
I have not gone a single day since then where I haven't thought about my swallowing. Every doctor I've gone to has diagnosed me with GERD, or thinks I'm absolutely insane. The scariest part to me is the fact that I've choked on food several times because of this issue and I can't even drink water without having a coughing fit. I even drank a little bit too much one weekend and accidentally inhaled some vomit which I was thankfully able to cough out immediately.
I don't know why I've waited this long to get this off my chest but I've been a wreck ever since then. From the moment I wake up I think about my swallowing and how weird it feels. I really don't know where to go from here but I could really use some help.