Weird throat problems, thyroid?

[jessem166]

I am a 25 yr old male.

So for nearly the past year and a half, I have had these weird sensations in my throat.
It's like a pulsating sensation, at the base of my throat right underneath my Adams apple. Like a spasm of some sort, very odd sensation.
It feels as if a balloon is being inflated and deflated in my throat in that specific location. Which, ultimately makes me think it may be a thyroid disorder due to it's location. It gets tight sometimes and affects surrounding muscles, almost making me feel like i am going to choke, but I don't have issues eating. It's not a constant issue thank god.

I've also experienced throat pains in the past, but usually it's not painful. Just scary and irritating. Back last year I was also diagnosed with major depression, generalized anxiety and fibromyalgia. Which have all gotten better. The Fibromyalgia is not a concern anymore as it doesn't bother me, the pain is gone.
But these throat problems persist, they come at random and it has no consistency.

I should also mention, I talked to a few doctors about it, who all shrugged and chalked it down to an anxiety disorder.
I seen an ENT last year, who felt around my throat and looked down it. Said he felt nothing, seen nothing. He told me there is nothing to worry about, It's just problem with painful muscles in my throat.
I also went back to my primary, after mentioning to him I have never had my thyroid hormone levels checked and begged him to check it cause it was driving me crazy. He did. I believe he just checked the basic, TSH or whatever. It came back in the nearly perfect rage within like .1.

So, does anybody have any advice, experience?
Or am I just going crazy?

[ahmee]

Well, your first task should be getting bloodwork that includes Free T3 and Free T4. Consider requesting Vitamin D, vitamin B12, ferritin, and a full iron panel as well because these tests could also reveal deficiencies that lead to low energy, muscle aches, and the like. When you receive your results, please post the numbers with ranges as they vary from lab to lab.

[jessem166]

Thanks for the response.

I have a host of symptoms. Most doctors contribute to other things.
I suffer from severe anxiety, depression, problems with mental clarity which I contribute to working night shift, sleeping problems, sleep to little or to much which I also contribute to working nights.

Last year I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia after having muscle aches and pains that wouldn't go away. They put me on Medication, Gabapentin and Paxil which I contributed to weight gain problems, my Fibro is pretty much gone and the weight gain is slowly coming off after stopping the meds last year.

Dry itchy rashes that keep reappearing, only can be treated with prescription medication, doctors also contribute this to anxiety. I also suffer from IBS like symptoms.

And In General I just feel like crap, run down. But as usual, doctors contribute it to anxiety disorders and Depression.

But all those things have become normal for me, it's just this weird throat pulsating sensation that drives me crazy. I'm just thankful it's not a constant thing. I'm not sure if it is a thyroid thing, just the location of the problems makes me think it may be, but my age and gender I think is what makes doctors think that it most likely isn't.

[ahmee]

Thyroiditis, inflammation of the thyroid, can occur due to both hyperthyroidism (too much thyroid hormone) and hypothyroidism (too little thyroid hormone). However, if an ENT was not able to feel your thyroid by physical exam your thyroid is probably not seriously enlarged, if at all. As for the bloodwork, the TSH result of .1 is actually a little below the standard .3-3 TSH reference range, indicating potential hyperthyroidism. However, TSH is not the most accurate of measurements as it can fluctuate wildly based on any number of things over the course of one day. If you were not tested for Free T3 and Free T4, those are the tests to request from your doctor. They are the only really revealing test results-- they will show your actual amount of available thyroid hormone in your body. Are you having any other symptoms other than this feeling in your throat?