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katniss
18-07-20, 05:58
Hey everyone!

Hope you all are doing well! I had this weird incident 5 days ago. I was watching a movie and was pretty relaxed eating some chips when all of a sudden I couldn’t swallow. The whole thing lasted 3 seconds top and then swallowing was back to normal. It happened again today while eating popcorn and watching a show! I panicked like insane. Again, it went away in seconds. I am now reeling with worry about brain tumors, MS and ALS. Has this ever happened to anyone?
Scass
18-07-20, 07:32
I’ve had that before, it’s like your swallow isn’t ready! Usually a good gulp and it gets better. It’s honestly just one of those things and not worth wasting worry on.


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ankietyjoe
18-07-20, 10:58
Had it loads of times.

How do you know this is related to MS/ALS etc?
Lolalee1
18-07-20, 11:06
Dr Google of coarse :D
ankietyjoe
18-07-20, 11:15
Dr Google of coarse :D

Of course I KNOW what the answer is.....but just trying to get the OP to see it too ;)
katniss
18-07-20, 16:28
Has it really? As though you’ve forgotten how to swallow?

I honestly assumed that if it’s an automatic muscle issue then it’s probably related to the nervous system and therefore brain/neuro stuff. 😕😕😕😕
ErinKC
18-07-20, 16:55
This happened to me for the first time about a year ago. It threw me into one of the biggest panic attacks I've ever had. For me, my doctor and I both think it was related to my TMJ. It was almost like my jaw and throat all locked up. After the first time my anxiety was elevated for a good while and it would keep happening. She prescribed me some Ativan and it immediately resolved because it was all anxiety.
katniss
18-07-20, 17:11
Thanks for sharing that Erin. It is scary indeed but I am glad that your doc understood it was anxiety and nothing more scary..
textsfromthemoon
19-07-20, 08:30
I've had this happen occasionally over the years too! I always just assumed it was one of my weird anxiety things haha, it tends to happen more if I focus on it, my bet is your just fine! :)
Midnight-mouse
19-07-20, 14:17
I actually have this all the time, don’t remember when it happened for the first time but I do remember the first time after my anxiety had progressed definitely had an attack with it. My swallow doesn’t work right away when I’m drinking especially, I have to wait a moment with the liquid in my mouth quite often.


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katniss
19-07-20, 17:09
I’m sorry that so many of you are going through this or have. I also feel a bit better knowing that it’s not complete unheard of as an anxiety symptom. It’s so sucky. Now I can’t eat without thinking about swallowing and it happens every so often. Almost every time I’m chewing solids I can feel the strange feeling of forgetting how to swallow and then the reflex kicks in. Oh well.
Pamplemousse
19-07-20, 17:55
Hey everyone!

Hope you all are doing well! I had this weird incident 5 days ago. I was watching a movie and was pretty relaxed eating some chips when all of a sudden I couldn’t swallow. The whole thing lasted 3 seconds top and then swallowing was back to normal. It happened again today while eating popcorn and watching a show! I panicked like insane. Again, it went away in seconds. I am now reeling with worry about brain tumors, MS and ALS. Has this ever happened to anyone?

Yep, many a time.

Still here.
katniss
08-08-20, 21:14
I didn’t want to start a new thread. The swallowing thing has gone away however I noticed that now whenever I eat something sometimes it takes forever to go down my esophagus. I keep swallowing several times to get it down. Yesterday it took an hour for my rice to go down. And no it wasn’t just a “feeling”. It sounds gross but the grains of rice were still at the base of my throat. The day before it was a cherry. I had to swallow several times for it to go down properly. Can still be anxiety? Has this ever happened to anyone? I’m really scared that my esophageal muscles are getting weaker and it’s neuro related :(
katniss
18-08-20, 04:11
I didn’t want to make a new thread but guys I’m having some real issues. The swallowing problem has gone but I feel like I may have nasal regurgitation. It feels like food or liquid is coming up to my nose and then goes down my esophagus. I know liquid is definitely coming up as today when I was having spicy soup and I blew my nose I had some red liquid on the tissue after blowing.

Nasal regurgitation is a horrible symptom to have as it can indicate a neuro disorder. Has this ever happened to anyone? Could anxiety cause me to do this? Really scared right now obviously