jessieblue
03-03-19, 13:33
Hi there, I really hope someone can offer some reassurance as i m having a wobble over my current new and very scary symptom. It is particularly worrying as I have severe emetophobia....fear of vomiting....so many of my worst symptoms seem to be around my stomach and throat causing concern that I may gag or vomit. I have had stomach problems nausea and acid reflux my whole adult life and take daily omeprazole which controls the acid burn quite well, however I get other weird symptoms tht come and go and some that stick. I have a gastro appt in april and this causes me much anxiety as I had an endoscopy done 7 yrs ago the less said about the better. For an emet the experience was deeply traumatising and has lost my trust in doctors, but I am so anxious around my stomach I know I need to get checked out. So far it has taken me two years to pluck up courage but I intend to keep the April appt although whethr I can get through the tests is another matter. So having had various problems i obsess over like burning throat and mouth, lump in the throat, watering mouth, nausea, burping, gagging feeling and so on, the latest new problem is a feeling of regurgitation in my throat. There is no burning but a feeling of liquid rising up and a kind of cold feeling to it. It doesn't come up into my mouth, it kind of subsides for a few mins then happens again. This is causing me extreme anxiety and I admit a little trip to google out of desperation. A quick visit to some terrifying diseases and I managed to stop this unhelpful behaviours and decided to ask if anyone here had experienced anything similar. Im hoping its maybe a kind of globus sensation, I feel like my throat and solar plexus is very tightly held and am trying to do breathing exercises but shortly after I find Im all held in like a clamp there again. It could be reflux but without the acid as im on meds but I have never experienced this before. Or maybe it is just another weird and wonderful terrifying anxiety symptom. Im struggling with the thought of having this feeling forever and my worst case scenario thinking pattern is coming back with a vengeance. Thanks you for taking the time to read.