Cough and gagging

[Frankie123]

Have been quite stressed recently. Have been experiencing cough and dry gagging particularly when I rinse my mouth after cleaning my teeth. Also seems worse in the morning. Can anyone tell me whether this could be an symptom of anxiety.

[nicola1980]

Hi when i was at my worst with my anxiety i used to gag and retch every morning it was horrible but in time and with the help of meds it stopped but i used to dread getting up as i knew as soon as i did the retching would start :-( apparently its a very common anxiety symptom x x

[angrry]

Hi Frankie...whenever my anxiety is up this happens to me...it was really bad from August to November then it went away....now that my anxiety has increased again it's back

[Frankie123]

Many thanks Nicola and Angrry for replying. I feel reassured that this has happened to others. When you get a new symptom and suffer with health anxiety you immediately think that you have something like esophacal cancer so it is a comfort to me to know that others have had this.