Anxiety Support Group

Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

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bbhatrimovau
bbhatrimovau
Okay, this has been going on for a while. My throat feels like it is like being squeezed, it has a lot of tension. I was wondering if anyone else with anxiety has this or do I have a cold or something. It is constant, its not just once in a while. Thank you in advance for your advice. ~Amanda
deleted_user
deleted_user
How long is a while?
It could be a number of things. Do you have any other cold symptoms?
As some of us clench our jaws, it is possible you may have a subconcious habit with you throat muscles.
Have you tried tylenol or ibuprophen to see if that helps the discomfort?
deleted_user
deleted_user
i agree with 4boys, take some pain/anti-inflammatory medication. if it works, its a cold. if it doesn't...its TMJ. i learned that symptoms of TMJ can also happen in the throat. i feel like the TMJ freak tongiht.
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Have you thought of having your thyroid checked out? thyroid problem does lead to depression and anxiety. Just a thought :)
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I do get a weird throat thing. Sometimes it feels like there is a major lump in my throat and no matter what I can not get rid of it. There are also times that I feel like behind or on the sides of my throat, that it is swelling. I try not to think about it and sometimes it goes away but other times it stays for a while. It usually comes with some other type of pressure as well.
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