You are not losing your mind. There are so many ways we each deal with anxiety symptoms. Your's is in your throat. I think we all feel at times we are in control of our anxiety, but it can always creep back. I was white knuckeling mine for many years as I was told by a doctor till I got treated for it. I know for myself I have chemical imbalance in my brain and I take meds so I am able to live a happy and productive life for the last 20yrs. If you have not seen a doctor make an appointment. NOBODY has to live with anxiety attacks or panic attacks. Good luck and know that you at least are normal and not crazy

I am taking meds and was doing great until this throat feeling. So of course now i worry about health and am constantly thinking about it.

The throat thing is called Globus Hystericus - the old theory that depression and anxiety are caused by a chemical imbalance has been well disproven. In fact there is no way to test brain chemicals while the patient is alive. This is an old drug marketing story !!

How do i make it go away? I keep thinking its something like cancer. And it makes me feel like i am losing my mind.

If you need a peace of mind that you are all right, then get it checked out by your Primary doc. Anxiety has a way of shifting. The sensations change. Some symptoms disappear, and new ones pop up. It is a very dynamic and everchanging disorder/disease. Once you know that you are ok (after getting it checked out), you need to focus on techniques to help you deal with it and stop obsessing about the "What if"s....?" What if's are a huge enemy!!! They will perpetuate your anxiety. I completely sympathize with you. You are not crazy, just unlucky to have this crappy disorder! :)

Utah is right - once you lose the fear it will disappear

It is exactly how my moms anxiety started...I get it too from time to time. I am a big believer of putting your mind at peace so if feel you need to have it checked for your sanity but I'm positive its anxiety.

Very common and just another way that we find to give ourselves something to worry about. I am guessing you happened to be going through a time where nothing particularly troublesome was going on and then you got the old hankering to worry about something. It was probably triggered by something going on in your life. And well, a person who wants to give in to their smoking urge has to have a cigarette. And people like us have to have something to worry ABOUT before we can worry. So subconsciously we look for it and we ALWAYS find it...lol. The throat, head and lungs are always "hot spots" for us because these areas are so associated with survival. What better way to create the drama we seek than to imagine something terrible going on with one of those areas, right? I spent a year not only thinking that I might lose my mind and get the urge to strangle myself, but also that I would choke because I had somehow lost my ability to chew or swallow thoroughly and I refused to eat steak or anything remotely "tough". Both of these fears, I honestly look back on and shake my head wondering what in the hell I was thinking to be that worked up over something so ridiculous. But when you are going through it, it is very hard to see through the fog, into what is real. So that is just what happens. Like the others said, if you ignore it, it will go away. I PROMISE you.

I really do try to ignore it. I did go to the doc and she said well if it doesnt go away will send you to another doc. Real reassuring. Could my thyroid do this, I do keep worry about it cause of the feeling .

I don't know much about the thyroid. It couldn't hurt to get your levels checked though. Any time you have a new physical symptom that you have never had before, it never hurts to get it looked at. But then once the doctor clears you, and once the ENT clears you...if that is where they send you....it is up to you to carry on and forget about it or it won't go away.

@MysticSoul
I was wondering about your comment about the chemical imbalance. I am not sure what you mean.

Hasn't it been proven that people who have depression or anxiety have lower levels of serotonin and dopamine...the neurotransmitters. They are brain chemicals.

And either medications or exercise or even nutrient rich foods are able to increase serotonin.

Do you have a link or information to explain what you are saying.
Thanks if you can help me out on this.

@e4shannon, I hope you feel better. I think you got solid advice.

A thyroid goiter would have to be so huge to occlude your esophagus that it would be swollen huge on the
outside. The thyroid is outside the esophagus and it is tough tissue not prone to occulusion - what you have is muscle spasms also called
Esophageal dysphagia or in psychiatry Globus Hystericus

This is garden variety anxiety 101

I don't believe the whole chemical imbalance thing either. If there is a chemical imbalance in my brain, which I don't think there is, than it is a result of my anxiety, not a cause. I don't believe that millions of people in this country are walking around with brains that all of a sudden started spitting out the wrong amounts of dopamine and serotonin. And if that were the case, why am I only afraid of things I am afraid of? If I have some chemical imbalance than why I am not afraid of EVERYTHING? But instead I am only afraid of things that in my head I can manage to find an excuse to be afraid of. And why, if I have a chemical imbalance, can I manage to calm down as soon as I get my mind of something else? That doesn't make any sense to me. I don't expect anybody to answer these questions, lol. I am just pointing out my reasons for thinking the whole chemical imbalance isn't true. And I mean no disrespect to anybody who does believe it.

Meant get my mind 'on' to something else...:)

For the people who don't believe the chemical imbalance thing. Have you guys ever taken medication for Anxiety and did it work?

I've never taken any so I don't know. I did one time get some relief from Anxiety having taken a couple of painkillers for Toothache. They were Zapain but they totally doped me out and had me very relaxed which in itself helped me get through my working day without the Anxiety and nervous feeling bogging me down.

Also I hear people talk about how Xanax and Anti depressants etc help with Anxiety, but wouldn't that be a chemical thing then?