Is It A Phobia? Or Is It A OCD?

[d121908a]

Everything decided to happen about a year ago.
I Have not Been able to talk about it much only to my fiancée,
who has been there for me with this.
His Family was in town for th weekend well we all went out for dinner.
The waitress brought me my soup and on the second spoonfull i felt like i was choking.
I went to the rest room,
I found myself shaking and pail white.
I was soo scared my Grand mother happened to be in the same restaurant
we went to the store next door and got a candy bar & soda thinking it was my sugar bottoming out.
( i was to frightened to eat it)
Ending up going to the ER
and they just told me it was my sugar and just having a little scare.
Every since that night i have a very hard time eating in public or places im not comfortable in.
I feel more comfortable in a restaurant that has nobody in it.
My sister will find me guarding my plate while eating.
But i don't think people will take my food.
My mother thinks it's all in my head and i try and tell myself that...
thats what lead me to thinking it was an OCD.
But i found my self repeatedly doing it over and over again chocking or thinking i was chocking i'll shake my head like I'm convolving
And i can't breath.
I feel very embarrassed when i don't eat or hardly even touch my drink.
I felt like i was the only one with a problem like this...
Until i found this site.

[Angelai]

Hi, have a read through the posts in the sub-section on globus hystericus/swallowing/throat problems - that's exactly what this sounds like to me.

I get this really bad sometimes and it's always anxiety. I know it's very scary, but you are not alone or going mad xxx

[Angelai]

Oh, sorry - the sub-section I refer to is under 'Symptoms'

x

[tbourner]

It's definitely an anxiety. I had the same pale feeling sick and like I was going to pass out one random time in a restaurant, since then it's been getting better all the time but I still get a dizzy feeling now and then if it's really busy. It took about a year to start getting over it, docs didn't really help just did loads of blood pressure tests and took bloods and stuff.

[d121908a]

Thanks A Lot.
It's Been Almost 2 years after posting and thinking..
And, The Constant Criticizing and the Embarrassment
I Get where i can't swallow. I'll Twitch and Shake until I Finally swallow.
thanks alot I'll look into somethings on Anxiety.
-Dani.