Help please

Hello all. I am new to this forum. I would like some help with a horrible feeling and problem I been having for 3+ months now. Since September I been having this feeling of something stuck in my throat and difficulty swallowing.

It all started in September. I ate a beef patie while over at my friend's house, I ate it really quickly because I was hungry and did not chew it very well. I feeled like it got stuck in my throat and the spices from it burned me somewhat from the feeling I remember. I dranked alot of water and I was horrible that night.

I think this is when the majority of the problems started, although before this happend I was already having very minor problems swallowing, sometimes I would have to clear my throat but was still able to swallow food ok and I would get the food come back up as well on many ocasions but did not think much of it, as a liquid.

After the beef patie incident, I could not swallow solid foods afterwards on the next day, my mom was really worried. I am 29 years old male by the way and I live with my mom and my sister and we have no health insurance. My mom started making blended vegetables for me to drink as a soup almost, mashed potatoes etc, squash etc.

If I tried to eat anything more solid I would feel like the food gets stuck after I swallowed it and I would get really scared and panic. I would have to drink alot of water afterwards. A week later we went to the emergency room. The doctor did a x-ray and said it came out clear and said oh it's probably a hair in your throat, I was so angry and just gave me a paper that said I had swallowing problems.

I went to 2 more emergency room visits on one ocasion they did a catscan of my throat and the doctor just said I had a thickening there and wrote me off saying I had swallowing problems and refered me to a ENT. I ended up going to a ent that allowed us to go to his clininc and that would bill later, since we have no insurance.

The ENT doctor put a tube down my nose and down my throat and said I had nothing wrong at all after 15 seconds of the tube being in there. I was sorta mad he reffered me to a gastroentologist--(( sorry if wrong spelling. ))

We ended up going to this doctor and paying him cash for the visits. He gave me prevacid after I explaining to him that I could not swallow solid foods. He also scheduled me for a barium swallow. The barium swallow came up as clear nothing wrong but showed signs of gerd from what the x-ray technician said. The doctor gave me a prescription for prevacid solutabs and told me to keep taking those, one a day.

I also got a endoscopy and that came out clear but he said my esophagus was inflamed and I had a bacteria called Pholry or something, ??? I'm not sure. He gave me some strong antibiotics but my heart started going really fast and I stopped taking them after 4 days, I had to take them for 10 days at least.

He told me to stop taking them and I have a appointment with him on the 21st of November now.  The problem is now I still am having trouble swallowing, feeling of food gettign stuck in my throat and on top of this now my heart still beats fast now through the day, it slows down at times but goes fast again for now reason.

The fast heartbeats happens alot when I am in bed in my house all alone. I started to get anxiety attacks, I think it is. It's a feeling in my stomach, and a feeling in my heart area like pinching and needles, I called the ambulance once already and they did a AKE I think it's called heart test and they said everything was normal. I am freaking out now though I still am getting axiety attacks, fast heart beat and food getting stuck feeling in throat. Someone please help!!!.

On the 20 I'm seeing a general medicine doctor for the heart and axiety and the 21 going back to see the gastroentologist. Please anyone what is wrong with me? Anyone have had this? I am going crazy basically. My friends think it's in my head now. Please help!

Could this be a thyroid problem? I still feel the fast heartbeats that come all of a sudden, anxiety and trouble swallowing. Today I notice I have alot of phlem in my throat. producing alot of saliva and feel like my throat area below the adam apple is tender.

Sorry to make a huge post but I wanted to post as much information as possible, thank you.

[nick142]

Hiya,and welcome you came to the right place......Sorry to hear...Many of our problems comes from Anxiety and stress somestimes depression....

[nick142]

Let me add also.......i have GERD...And that came from stress..im on previcid also...im no doctor..but IMO..THIS COULD BE A NERVOUS HABIT from anxiety...Nick...

[sugarpea013]

Pylori is the same bug responsible for stomach ulcers. It is believed to be linked with stress, but more recent studies prove otherwise. I've never heard of pylori in the throat but I guess it's possible. It would explain the throat irritation. It sounds like you have two separate issues...the throat irriation and now the anxiety of not being able to swallow effectively.

You should have your thyroid tested to rule out any issues there that could be causing your fast heart rate. But most likely the fast heart rate is due to the stress. Stress can also cause a tightening feeling in your throat, which I'm sure doesn't help your already irritated esophagus.