About a year ago my GP decided to swap me from citalopram to escitalopram as the normal citalopram just wasn't working for me! About 6-8 weeks into the escitalopram ( 10 mg ) I felt good but their was what I believe was a side effect of the tablet that was causing me grief. All of a sudden my stomach started to churn or seem to be more active than before and I started to get what I can only describe as a feeling of something being constantly stuck in my throat making it hard to swallow or eat. My GP seems to think it might be GERD due to the increase of stomach acid in the stomach caused by my anxiety and prescribed me yet more pills ( ranitidine and lately omeprazole )
They don't seem to be helping, I have this feeling in my throat on and off all day, my GP assures me it's all anxiety related but I can't accept that anymore now. I know escitalopram is not kind to the stomach ( nausea ) but it doesn't say anything about this hairball/lump in throat sensation I've been experiencing this last year! Can anyone relate to these symptoms as I'm going out of my mind here thinking something is wrong and especially being a smoker I'm thinking I have developed throat cancer! Don't you just love anxiety!!