dry mouth

[zoss]

when i have a panic attack sometimes i get a dry mouth and nose anyone else like this?

[nomorepanic]

This is from the symptoms page on the left...

What you feel:
Often one of the first symptoms of anxiety. People complain of feeling as though they will choke or being strangled. In reality its not nearly so dramatic - the muscles in the throat contract and salivary glands produce thick mucus leading to a feeling of restriction around the throat, it can produce a feeling that you are having difficulty swallowing or breathing. In fact you are not having difficulty, it just feels as though you are. You also get a dry mouth and it can feel like you cannot drink but you can.

You feel as though there is something stuck in your throat or sometimes feel there is a lump in your throat. Other times you may feel that you can barely swallow or that there is a tightness in the throat, or that you have to really force yourself to swallow. Sometimes this feeling can lead you to think that you may suffocate or get something stuck in your throat.

What causes this:

When in danger, stress biology produces a tightening in the throat muscles which produces the choking or 'something stuck in the throat' feeling. When in a nervous or stressful situation, many people will experience this feeling. It is often referred to as 'a lump on your throat'.

There is minimal danger of choking or suffocating under normal conditions, however, some people are very sensitive to things in their throat and therefore caution should always be observed when eating. Chewing food thoroughly and slowly will prevent inadvertently swallowing something that may provoke someone to gag.
This symptom can come and go, and may seem to intensify if one becomes focused on it.

MORE HORRID SYMPTOMS!!!!

Swallowing / throat problems / Being strangled!

What has suddenly changed, feel awful!

[clickaway]

I don't get the tight throat very often, but the dry mouth each and every day most commonly in the morning. I have a tumbler and a half full of water by my bed each night and some mornings I need to take all of that!

I can see the correlation between anxiety and dryness. I also get dry during the day when I am having a bad time.

[catherine24]

hi zoss i suffer dry mouth all the time during the night not so much my nose but i can drink a pint of juice during the night and most of the time i dont realise im doing it. keep going and be strong i joined this site when iwas really ill and it really helped me ive asked all sorts of questions and the info on the home pages are a godsend x cath