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| westcoastram |
Posted - 08/30/2007 : 16:14:20
I swear I've read some other people have had this on the site but, dear god, what the heck do you search for it under...
I've had this intermittant feeling of something pressing against my throat as if I'm wearing a turtle neck or a tight shirt. It's come on at night when I'm about to go to sleep and I have it now as I type. (I neither wear restrictive clothing to bed nor have anything tightly restrictive on around my neck now).
I wouldn't mention something so ridiculously sounding except that I actually think I've heard mention of it here on the board.
thanks,
WCR |
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| tmsguy |
Posted - 07/07/2011 : 09:19:46
I just got this for the first time the other day. I've beaten numerous tms symtoms over the years and for some reason didn't connect the lump in the throat with tms till a few days in. It's been so painful I could barely eat or talk.
Throat is now starting to loosen up after reading these posts. Reading about other peoples experiences really seems to help.
Thanks!
j |
| Baseball65 |
Posted - 09/05/2007 : 20:30:16
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Originally posted by mamaboulet
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Originally posted by Nor
I had to walk away from an internet conversation yesterday because everybody was comparing their disabilities. "I've got a bulging herniated L4/L5." "I've got pinched nerves." "I've had a bad back for 10 years."
I have to turn off my sports radio talkshows I love so much for the same reason.
I had that throat thing-a-ma-bob...came down with it Xmas eve two years ago. I was , of course, certain I had esophageal cancer and would be dead within 6 months.
so... 21 months later, here I am
It got in my head GOOD. Even after it went away, I'd be eating a peanut Butter sandwich with no drink...than I'd remember I was having trouble swallowing,and Than I'd gag.
Lately, I've woken from naps (never from actual night time sleep) gagging.... very odd (and scary for a second). I can only imagine that when I'm napping my defenses go down and my REM kicks in and that as I wake up, it's like busting a party that the kids are having when they THINK the parents are away.
Truth is... we TMSers aren't really afraid to die...we're afraid to LIVE. We have this weird thing inside us (anxiety) that makes our brains 'help' us along with a little terrifying distraction.
Every time I have an episode,symptom,whatever, the logical extent of it's implication is doom, despair,degradation,emptiness,loneliness....never actually death
. A little self examination usually reveals that it's something about LIVING that is what I can't seem to swallow.
The throat thing was a bit of a pain if I recall, because you have to eat,right?
It is TMS. Funny, it was diagnosed as a psychosomatic symptom long before Sarno....there are very few of those.
-bb65
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| justme |
Posted - 09/04/2007 : 22:09:12
Nor-
I sure could use another reassurance. I just cant kick my chest pain, lump in the throat for past one and a half years, except with the help of klonopin. What did you do specifically?
Thanks,
Just ME |
| westcoastram |
Posted - 09/03/2007 : 20:09:06
Thanks for the info guys. It's pretty much gone. Gotta keep a check on that damn nocebo effect.
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| mamaboulet |
Posted - 09/03/2007 : 07:35:23
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Originally posted by Nor
It saddens me how many people enter the medical maze w/anxiety induced symptoms and leave w/diagnoses with which they identify and truly "become".
Sarno's work has changed the way I look at everything. -Nor
I had to walk away from an internet conversation yesterday because everybody was comparing their disabilities. "I've got a bulging herniated L4/L5." "I've got pinched nerves." "I've had a bad back for 10 years."
I'm not ready to lose some good internet friends by telling them they have psychosomatic symptoms. |
| Nor |
Posted - 09/02/2007 : 22:13:39
Hi WCR.
It sounds like you've got your thingy under control but I figured another reassurance would only help. I also had the "lump in the throat" issue, as well as many other anxiety induced sensations in my chest and throat. They all come and go, mostly go these days, thankfully.
It saddens me how many people enter the medical maze w/anxiety induced symptoms and leave w/diagnoses with which they identify and truly "become".
Sarno's work has changed the way I look at everything. -Nor |
| cfhunter |
Posted - 09/01/2007 : 10:13:08
I would go just to reassure myself if it continued...but mine left after two days literally while reading that article which proves it was TMS.
I didn't fixate on it while it was happening I just went about my business as uncomfortable as it was...I TOLD myself several times it was TMS.
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| justme |
Posted - 08/31/2007 : 19:39:52
cfhunter-
I have also found this reference in the past. It is great. It fits my symptoms so closely. However, being cryco-pharyngeal, does this mean higher up in the throat area? I believe this syndrome can happen with both valves of the esophagus - upper and lower. As the doctor in the article said, valium usually helps. Thats probably why klonopin works for me.
I think I will go look for a good throat doctor in my town.
Thanks for the reminder of that article.
I know there is hope for us. Hope we can all keep in touch to support each other
Justme |
| cfhunter |
Posted - 08/31/2007 : 07:03:05
I posted about this throat issue a couple days ago....
see cfhunter post called "man am I a case"...but here is something that might help. I was in the middle of a major throat episode last night while getting ready to eat and I came down and read this and it went away WHEN I read it.
Not to say it won't come back but I am 100% confident it is TMS.
http://www.voicedoctor.net/therapy/cps.html
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| justme |
Posted - 08/30/2007 : 20:11:50
Finally, a post from someone else who shares my symptom. I have been plagued with the throat thing for over a year now. Over the year I have described it in several ways: lump in the throat, chest pain, chest pressure. I think is is something called "globus hystericus". Term was coined a long time ago to refer to a psychosomatic condition affecting the throat. Chinese call it "plum throat".
Got a diagnosis of hiatal hernia and mild reflux from doc. Went on reflux meds for three months. They did NOTHING. I swore to the doctor that I knew it was emotional, anxiety-related. It actually started the night I had a very, very sad dream regarding a close relationship. She gave me some klonopin, which is the ONLY thing that helps it.
I learned afterward that only 50% of people with hiatal hernias have reflux. (Sort of like Sarno saying most people with herniated discs do not have pain.) I even have three or four close acquaintances who have a hiatal hernia but no pain.
I no longer take any reflux meds, but constantly feel guilty about not. What if I am seriously damaging my esophagus?
My symptom is also worse towards late afternoon and evening. It is much milder in morning.
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| Littlebird |
Posted - 08/30/2007 : 16:30:08
I've experienced that off and on. Even before I heard about Dr. Sarno, I figured it was not a real physical thing. My son used to have the same kind of sensation for and he'd always tug at the collar of his T-shirt, even though it wasn't actually up against his neck. It's very irritating, but now if it starts to occur I can stop it right away by telling myself I know it's nothing but my unconscious mind playing tricks. |
