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has anyone had any glands feel sore or pop out due to their anxiety????

please elaborate on this. I too have had throat issues ongoing. What do you mean when the glands pop out?

I also have throat issues, i always worried that it would close up and such. We are so hypersensetive to our bodies at this point that the slightest feeling and we freak out thinking something is wrong. This is most likely your anxiety playing a trick on you, but just to make sure talk with your doc. tell him/her what you feel and when you feel it. try to describe how it feels. Its gives the doctor a better understanding of what to look for. I still always worry about my throat and such although not obsessively like i used to, but i clear my throat all the time, and i dont even notice that i do it anymore. people often ask me why i do it so much,lol. maybe i should stop it, probably sound like an idiot,lol. anyway hope this helped

I feel this sort of pain half way down my throat on the right side. It doesn't hurt when I swallow really. It's just sort of there, but the weird thing is a couple of times when I pressed on the part that hurts it made a bizarre clicking sound...perhaps it always did that and I just never knew? It is really strange though...what about yours??? thank you catz and coryn1...and coryn1, thank you for the advice!

this is my first time on the chat line. amazing but i have finished the program and am doing great stopped my antidepressant for a month now after 6 years on and 1 year weaning off. very scared at the moment cause an old symptom is back and it is the feeling of my throat closing up. i guess this is a sensitive area with anxiety. if not for the program i probably would just go back on the pills but after dealing with many symptons at once in the past what is this one. drinking a lot of water and doing the 2-4 breathing is great for it.

i forgot to mention in my first note that i have been to doctors in the past for this feeling in my throat and there is nothing physically wrong with me. i even had an endoscopy. it is a horrible feeling of being choked and i need to see spiritually why i should feel this way.

Carole

agate, your welcome for the advice, that is what we are here for. I never had the clicking noise but ive had the feelings of not being able to swallow, or so dry i think i cant, sometimes it feels like its getting smaller. but ofcourse its all in my mind. I've been to too many doctors that have checked it out telling me nothing is wrong, one even told me he could drive a mac truck down it, funny, but that actually made me feel better. As i said in my first post you always want to rule out anything physical before anything. even if it is the anxiety doing it to you, hearing the doctor tell you your fine will make you feel better. I think that is why i went to them everyday for months before i really realised it was the anxiety doing it. feel better and post often, it will make you feel better too

snowmoon, Im not sure if i can help with spirituality of this but i know how you feel. I hate the feeling aswell. It's a great thing that you have done the program and know your tools, and i will give you the biggest praise for getting off the meds. you know when i went to the doctor one time i made her explain to me in medical terms why my throat would not close and knowing that made me feel somewhat better. just remember that your doing great, and keep your tools with you and ofcourse do your breathing. be proud of yourself, im proud of you.

Maybe there are two things going on?

My husband doesn't normally have anxiety/depression issues, but after we went through some really difficult times over the past few years he started having problems with his throat feeling that way. We ended up in the emergency room one night.

That led to about a year of being tested for reflux and the like, and taking Nexium. But it never helped. Finally, an ENT told him that it was anxiety that was causing the problem and that except for occasional heartburn he didn't have any problems with his digestive tract.

The same ENT also told him that he *really* needed to see an allergist. And sure enough, here it is spring and his glands on the side of his neck are swollen and sore.

Seeing thing in a spiritual light is important to me, too. I see anxiety as not trusting life and I try to "Let Go and Let God", although it isn't easy when you're a control freak like me, lol!

I believe that when my husband was going through his tight throat experience that it was somehow related to not being able to express himself. His business was in trouble, causing a lot of stress and a lot of people were jerking him around. But to really stand up to them put the job contracts in jeopardy, so he was holding lots of anger in. He would even have dreams where he was screaming at them.

I haven't gotten to the tape yet where Lucinda talks about anger, but I'm sure that will also be eye opening!

I have that clicking thing too. I also have glands that pop out all up and down my neck. I don't know if it's anxiety, or allergies, or stress pressure from the muscles or what. The worst is my throat. It gets so dry that I swear I taste blood. And then it feels like the muscles are spasming and I think I won't be able to breathe soon. It's really hard to believe this is anxiety doing this.