Hi! I'm new to this website and I'm hoping that someone else will understand what I'm going through. I have developed a problem when swallowing - I panic that I am going to choke on food and I'm reluctant to swallow and when I do swallow I feel like the food is stuck in my throat and I start coughing trying to get all the food out of my mouth. After eating I feel like there is still food there and I end up drinking loads to make sure that it moves!
I have had this for about 2 weeks and its getting worse and so now I'm just eating soup and ice-cream so I dont have to cope with the panic! [Sigh...] Also, when I am drinking I often feel that I need to burp after every mouth full! Tonight I also started to have pains in my chest - just a few sharp pains but enough to scare me! If anyone else has experienced anything like this it would be great to hear from you because I just can't see it getting any better! [Sigh...]