Panic Attacks Support Group

A panic attack is a period of intense fear or discomfort, typically with an abrupt onset and usually lasting no more than thirty minutes. Symptoms include trembling, shortness of breath, heart palpitations, sweating, nausea, dizziness, hyperventilation, and sensations of choking or smothering. Panic attacks can be very sudden, appear to be unprovoked, and are often...

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this feeling int he worst

dks07
dks07
So basically all day today i felt shitty, felt like there was something constantly lodged in my throat or like my throat was closing and got worse when i ate lunch and dinner...like it sounds dumb but i wish sometimes i could be asleep all day b/c clearly when i sleep this symptom dosent afffect me i think i rather wake up to a hot calmy sweat panic attack then this kind of a trigger point panic atttack it scares the hell out of me when i feel like im choking and feel like my air supply is being cut off
deleted_user
deleted_user
I feel this way a lot. My mothers friend who also has anxiety went to a throat specialist about feelings of choking. The specialist told her that we sometimes actually tighten a muscle in our throat when we are anxious which leads to feeling as if something is caught in your throat. The muscle tightening can't hurt us or cut off air supply but it does feel mildly uncomfortable.
Also I know for me I have major allergies to tree pollen and everything is blooming around here. The glands in my throat swell slightly and make it feel as if I am choking on something, combine that with tightening a muscle when stressed and it can be pretty unsettling. The important thing to remember is that although it is annoying it can't actually hurt you.