tightness in throat, nausea, chronic feeling as though i need to gag, miserable, please help

[will3477]

Hi, my name is will. i am eighteen years old and in very good physical shape an otherwise very healthy, but for a long time or at least its seems like an eternity, i have had this recurrent feeling of tightness in my throat just below my jaw bones on either side of my face. It is like i have this constant need to gag, and eventually i finally do but afterwards the feeling just comes right back with no relief.

Some times if i take a sip of a drink of some sort the feeling will go away for a second, but then comes right back and i have to sip on it continuously until it eventually goes away, sometimes not for hours. Another thing that helps a little is chewing peppermint gum. But neither of these completely relieve the feeling.

I have been to many doctors. Until just recently i have referred to this feeling as nausea because it always makes me feel like i need to gag an sometimes almost vomit. Due to this i have had many GI tests done with all clean negative results. I also seemed to notice that this feeling gets worse if i lay in an inclined position such as a dentists chair. This feeling seems to be completely unrelated to anything i do. i am unsure but sometimes it seems to come a little while after i eat, and many times after i eat i will burp for hours, long deep burps.
I have seen a neurologist who diagnosed me with abdominal migraines, and i have since tried several medicines to treat this, all with no results. I have recently several days ago been diagnosed by a different doctor with gastroesophagal reflux disease.
This seemed very strange to me as the main symptom is heartburn and i very rarely get heartburn.  the day before yesterday i was prescribed prevacid solutabs that dissolve in my mouth and gas x for the burping. so far i can tell no difference whatsoever, but it has only been two days and i am going to see if they work after a couple weeks.

I have always referred to this as nausea because it makes me feel like i need to gag and vomit, so i always believed it was some sort of digestive problem as did the doctors. and recently the idea hit me that this could possibly be something wrong with my throat?

This is so miserable, it is practically ruining my life. If anyone has any suggestions as  to what is causing this, or anyone out there with the same symptoms, please comment i would greatly greatly appreciate it and thank you for taking the time to read this

[ZenobiaRM]

hey, Try looking up cyclic vomiting syndrome....i see no cure YET, but this will at least get you a step closer and you can look up remedies.

[Tc1960]

Jerry if you go to the doc and get some help please let me know what they say...  Nothing has helped me so far...  

[Tc1960]

Ok Jerry I have the exact thing here.  Just went to a heart doc for help.    No idea what this is... I take prilesect but it does not help.   Feel like this with one bite or a bowl...

[I_gag_vb]

It really helped me to find this old thread today. I have been having a problem with this "gagging thing" for over 10 years now. I have been to several doctors (who have all made me feel crazy) and been told allergies, GERD, reflex the whole gambit. I've also had an endoscopy and and the barium swallow test...all negative. I've noticed that the gagging is worse when I'm outdoors.

I definitely want to continue to fight this thing; whatever it is. What I'm most afraid of is being told it's nothing, but then having a worse issue later in life. I'm 31-years-old and have been dealing with this issue since the age of 20. Thanks to all of you for the information and support.

[Skuratchinz]

I have had my throat tighten up a few times like this. Usually after I've puked. The only way I've found temperaru releif is by burping. Yet every time I burp it would make me salivate and I would need to swallow. And each time I swallow it brings the feeling back creating the need to burp again to relieve the pressure. Such a horrible feeling.
As it only usually last for a couple days this time it lasted 3 days. In the 3rd day it wouldn't let it keep me from going to the gym so I went lastnigjt.
I usually start with good mornings and squats. As I was doing my good mornings I would go down with proper form and shape my neck like a hook to hold the weight. While doing this I stained my neck hard in purpose. It seemed that after only my second set that the pressure was gone.
I think that when I would puke my neck and throat muscles would strain or overwork themselves forcing them in an awkward position. Where as when I do heavy goodmornings I feel that my body straining forces my neck and throat muscles into their normal position.
I really hope that this helps as I know it was very discomforting and annoying as ever.

[Dudegirl543210]

Hi will,
I have the same problem, I feel very sick every single day sometimes worse than others. It is a gagging feeling aswell, it makes me want to keep on yawning. It is ruining my life!!