Worried About Hoarseness and Swallowing

[ChaoticGlow42]

I know we've been through this before. I'm sorry that I'm asking everyone to respond to another question on this, but I really need some straight answers and hopefully some reassurance.I'm worried about the hoarseness, big tongue (biting), difficulty forming words, stuck in the throat feelings. I feel like I still have food in my mouth and throat 20 minutes after eating. I have extra saliva. My talking, though normal (aside from hoarseness) to everyone else, feels funny to me. I know I have sinus problems and GERD (going to an ENT on Wed). But...REALLY...can ALL of this come from sinus/GERD? Really? I just have a big doom feeling. What can I do to believe this is all benign? If it weren't for my kids, I think I'd want to jump off a bridge. The Neuro took a 2 second look in my mouth and said that I need therapy. Great...what could he tell, so definatively, by looking in my mouth for 2 seconds? sorry again....Jess

 

[ChaoticGlow42]

Now tonight, I feel so much calmer about everything. granted, I took an extremely small dose of Xanax. That's what I think is driving me most insane. I feel bipolar (or how I think bipolar would feel). I am not bipolar....the only time I feel this way is when I'm obsessing about these blasted symptoms. I can go days thinking everything is fine and then it just whacks me again...and I'll be a mess for an hour/day/whatever. Its a bit unbearable. Believe it or not, I am generally a very happy and laid back person.I would still love any responses.. I hope someone at least understands the rollercoaster.Thanks again....Jess

 

[EyeoftheWild]

The fact that you feel a sense of doom is positive. No, I'm not being disingenuous. Really sick people are just sick, but people who have bfs manifest in their bodies feel like their number is up...at least at the beginning. I've had "that something stuck in your throat" feeling for months, and then it went away. The cage we feel we are in has nothing to do with being ill, but everything to do with our outlook on life. The music plays and we are swept away by it and then it stops and we say "is that all there is?" This is that bi-polar feeling you speak of, and it is completely natural. Add bfs into the mix and it can take on more ominous meaning, but it is just a heightened us, noting the dichotomy within our own selves. You are totes good. ) Basso

 

[TompeteA]

I had the mouth and thoat issues when my anxiety was at its peak, I totally chalk up the speech and swallowing issues to anxiety.

 

[ChaoticGlow42]

Thanks!!I went to the ENT today. I have a sinus infection. Actually, I now officially have a recurring sinus infection. He also stuck a probe through my nose and down my throat (that was fun!). I have a lot of redness and some swelling down my throat...that is hallmark for reflux. I've actually felt the acid backing up all the way into my sinus cavities the last 2 days..blech! That explains a lot of the hoarseness and the swallowing issues. I think, or at least I keep trying to convince myself, that the speech/tongue thing is anxiety. I know that I don't seem to notice it when my mind is off of it and I am, lets say, chatting with friends. Also, nobody else has noticed any change. I know, unfortunately, that my anxiety is not going to just go away. I wish I could make that happen but it doesn't seem to be in the cards for now. Maybe I will cave and go to see a therapist. Thanks again...Jess