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

[foofie06]

My six yr old son has had reflux since birth, always spitting up and fussy. Last February he had what appeared to be an asthma attack. Dr put him on albuterol nebulizer 3-4 times a day. Many trips to his Dr, steroids and antibiotics and antihistamines later we changed drs. Had him tested for allergies and asthma and was negative. He was however diagnosed with LPR and vocal cord dysfunction and had been sporting. He was placed on 40 mg nexium at night and had stopped puking every day. Three weeks ago he woke up two mornings in a row saying he couldn't breath, in his throat. Urgent care Dr said bronchitis and sinuitis, er Dr said asthma and stridor, pedi Dr said croup and stridor. Allergist said he was aspirating again and the reflux irritated the vocal cords and throat causing it to close. Will be taking him to an ent and gastro dr for more testing soon. Maybe some of this will help you.

[mama_ash]

That's what it was called, a hida scan. I did the research myself and presented it to my dr to get one because she didn't put two and two together. (yea my drs kind of suck)
It might work for you, it definitely didn't for me though.  good luck

[mama_ash]

I know exactly what you mean!!!  I get all those symptoms all the time.  Mine comes on like a singular hiccup, then I gag, or even throw up.  I'm 21 now and have had these uncontrollable hiccup throat spasms for almost 4 years now.  I've had a gastro specialist look at it, they pumped for 2 hours with what looked like 8 oz of mystery radiation fluid to make my insides glow (don't ask me how that's good for you) and trigger my gallbladder.  Of course nothing was solved And I was sick from whatever was in that giant horse trank.
Recently I have just given up my quest because I can't keep missing school (I already spent a month on a leave of absence in and out of the hospital to get this solved) and its way too expensive.  I'm tired of giving money to Dr.s and pharmaceutical companies that don't help their patience, only prescribe mystery medicine that never works and costs too much.

[margypops]

is the pain on the right just under the ribs and radiates to the back ..if so Gall bladder issues ask for a Hida scan ....good luck

[achoo43]

severe pain in the ribs forever nausea acidity and burping for more than a month.
achoo

[sammyseb]

Hi, My 11 yr old daughter has been gagging since last March. After she was diagnosed with reflux/esophagitis we tried a Lactose free diet and Zantac. It has gotten a bit better but still keeping us home most of the time. We just started a gleten free diet, which is tuff but hopeful she'll get back to normal soon. Let me know how you do with this.