Does My Condition Sound Like Stress / Anxiety? Posted: 11-26-07 12:50pm
Greetings,
In may of 06 I had my wisdom teeth
removed. I was very scared about the
procedure to the point whereas I didn't
sleep for about 3 days prior to the
event.
My procedure went fine and for about 3
weeks afterwards all was normal. Despite
being "done" with it I was still worried
about getting infected, having
difficulties etc.. needless to say I was a
little stressed out about this and having
my doctor tell me to lose weight.
After 3 weeks I started getting a funny
feeling on the right side of my throat
whereas when I swallowed it felt as if my
tongue was pulling to one side. This came
on over about a week or so.
This pulled tongue, difficult swallowing
elevated into stuffy ears etc.. To sum it
all up I have good days (whereas I feel
nearly normal) and I have bad days
(whereas my face feels all tense, It's
hard to swallow).
I have not pinpointed any pattern of my
condition and try my best to "not stress"
but always seem to worry.
Now - every few days or so I have episodes
(could be linked to stress level) whereas
when I try to breath in real fast I sort
of "snore" with the back of my tongue.
I've been to umteen TMJ doctors none of
whom seem to think I have a classic TMJ
problem. I've seen my normal doctor whom
thinks it's just stress.
I'm trying to lose about 70lbs to get back
to an ideal weight of a 26 year old but
(like most people) having trouble with
it.
My conditions:
- Stuffyness in ears
- Difficulty swallowing
- Pulling sensation on right side of
throat
- Fatigue
- Irritable
- Shallow Breathing (sometimes)
I usually always feel better at night as I
lay down and in the morning when I wake
up. I do think about my problem a lot and
can't seem to "ignore it". My anxiety
gets so bad that when I eat out with
friends I find it hard to finish a meal as
I nearly choke - but don't have the
problem when eating alone in a comfortable
environment.
My father had an issue when he was around
my age which was attributed to stress /
anxiety and kept him from eating meals and
living a fulfilling life. He got over it
over about 5 years.
Any suggestions would greatly be
appreciated.
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Georgia59
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Posted: 11-27-07 18:04pm
If you browse around this forum, you'll
see that alot of people experience trouble
swallowing and weird sensations like that.
It seems fairly normal to me.
Which doesn't mean you should ignore it.
Have you seen a psychologist?
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mike17
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 08 Jul 2007 Posts: 63
Posted: 11-27-07 18:30pm
this dose sound abit like anxeity/stress,
you should try to relax and do things to
keep your mind off worrys and in reguards
to your fitness thiers an excellent forum
to keep you on track and give you the
motivation you need, im sure you can do it
and good luck
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jchartr1
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Posted: 12-05-07 03:45am
Georgia59
wrote:
If you browse around this
forum, you'll see that alot of people
experience trouble swallowing and weird
sensations like that. It seems fairly
normal to me.
Which doesn't mean you should ignore it.
Have you seen a
psychologist?
It sounds fairly normal for a person
sufferring from anxiety, right? It really
does sound like you have a little bit of
an anxiety problem, and I bet if you just
talked to a psychologist they would be
able to help you with some of those
symptoms. Good luck to you, keep us posted
on how you are doing eh?
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Georgia59
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Joined: 11 Apr 2007 Posts: 5539 Location: Along the Mississippi, USA
