Re: Fear of swallowing tongue
I have this on and off the first time I had it was when I started taking anti depressant citroplam I thought I was totally crazy I use to sleep holding my tounge between my teeth cause it felt like it was sliping back then my tonge would swell again and id think ok I can feel it, so it won't slip bk.
I googled it and it said u couldn't if u tried cause underneath ur tonge it all stuck in can't remember the tech term but it made me feel better.
It past and gave me another thought my glands are swollen and they going to close up, googled it s**t myself ill never google symtoms again.
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Re: Fear of swallowing tongue
I also suffer from this, and have since i was young and nearly choked on a boiled sweet. It didn't obstruct my breathing. it's natural shape lodged it at the back of my throat for twenty minutes.I tried to swallow it a few times, creating great anxiety. If you've ever seen that Laurel and Hardy film were Laurel swallows a whole apple, then you'll get it. I eventually vomited it up. A horrible event indeed that left me occasionally scared or unable to swallow. I have been getting this again recently, worsened by having coconsciousness. Basically, I have more than one mind. My other mind torments me with my swallowing condition and keeps telling me to swallow my tongue. It is now so bad I am afraid of doing something stupid. Reading through the accounts above made him laugh. He finds it funny. Eating chocolate biscuits distracts him, I find. For someone who has just lost 4 and half stone it seems like another problem to eat so much.
Re: Fear of swallowing tongue
I have had this fear since the November 2010 when i first stopped smoking. I thought it was stress related but when i started smoking again in january it didnt go away. It made me go on sick from work for two weeks. went on anti-depression tablets. The doctors did not help. They look at me like i am crazy when i tell them. I then got a new job in Febuary and it stopped for about a week or so. But with the new stresses of the new job along it came again. It varies with me. My throat can be extremely dry and then it times i feel like i could druel. lol. My throat feels like it is swelling as well as my cheeks. It has given me panic attacks and i feel like crying everyday. It turns everyday life into such a hard task. I speak to so many people on the phone in my job and when it comes on i can not even pick up the phone. I have become nervous and i can never keep still anymore. It has even affected my eating habits. I really do not know what to do. I can not speak to anyone i know because they do not understand. My boyfriend looks at me like a idiot. So i have to keep iy to myself. I do not want this for the rest of my life. I keep going on with it. I have to shake to stop it, or get up and walk. Or splash my face with cold water. Im going to get to the point where i loose my job. some one please help me. Thank u for reading. xxx
Re: Fear of swallowing tongue
When I was very young I used to be afraid of sleeping on my back in case I swallowed my tongue in my sleep. This phobia followed me around for years and years. It finally disappeared years later after I had a back operation, which forced me to lie on my back for nights on end.
From my experience, my advice is that you have to face the fear head on :) Hope this helps :)
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