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Post Nasal drip, acid relfux, anxiety?
I have had this problem for about a year now. I have this problem with gagging, what seems to be caused by post nasal drip. When i wake up i tend to have a dry mucus build up in the post nasal area of my throat. The thing is when i gagg, trying to free the mucus from my throat, nothing seems to loosen up, which makes me have this feeling of vomiting. These symptoms are 10 fold when i am in any social situation, or have to tend to any type of stressfull situation. I always bring water with me, just for the fact that if i dont sip on anything while im out, i start to panic (and when i mean panic, i have had panic attacks due to this, mostly anxiety attacks now) This situation makes me wonder if i have some kind of disorder affiliated with anxiety or anxiety is just being manifested because of the mucus. My anxiety only seems to go away if i vomit, and i usually do end up vomiting due to the gagging. Usually during the evining hours the mucus tends to flow constantly from the post nasal area.
When i take deep relaxing breaths i can feel stomach muscles below my rib cage tense up and release, but i am not sure if it is my stomach muscles or posibly acid relfux. It feels as if something at the bottom of my esophegous is contracting and releasing, or rising and falling, every time i take deep breaths. Only when i take deep breaths does it seem that my stomach relaxes fully, but goes back to tense almost imidiatly. When the gagging and gastro problem combind together it makes me not want to live.I am 20 years old and have given up smoking about a month ago.Underweight due to prob
When i take deep relaxing breaths i can feel stomach muscles below my rib cage tense up and release, but i am not sure if it is my stomach muscles or posibly acid relfux. It feels as if something at the bottom of my esophegous is contracting and releasing, or rising and falling, every time i take deep breaths. Only when i take deep breaths does it seem that my stomach relaxes fully, but goes back to tense almost imidiatly. When the gagging and gastro problem combind together it makes me not want to live.I am 20 years old and have given up smoking about a month ago.Underweight due to prob
continued, I also feel as if i have a tight chest, due to the "acid reflux" or "post nasal drip or "anxiety" , all of the symptoms i have described are constant from the time i wake up to the time i go to bed, and 10 times worse when i have to deal with anything else. Never had any problems socialy untill these problems started.
Any solutions would due a great for me, thanks.
Any solutions would due a great for me, thanks.
Hi Yarray,
I have a very similar problem, at least I think based on what you've said. How did your problems start, just all of a sudden or did they come on gradually?
I have been feeling terrible for about 3 years. Right now, I also have a very gaggy feeling in my throat. I'm not sure if its post-nasal drip (I am guessing so), but it it there daily and seems to vary in severity throughout the day. When I get it, I tend to have mucous production (usually clear unless I have a cold) in my throat and esophagus. I end up coughing to try and relieve it, sometimes it helps, sometimes not. But I do know that mucous is forming, whatever it is, and often first thing in the morning I cough mucous as well. I also get a lot of burning and tightness in my chest with this, and lots of nausea at times (comes and goes in severity). This whole thing seems to be digestive related, not so much in my respiratory system.
Like you, this is much worse when I am stressed. With it are other sympoms as well, such as it feels like a "knot" forms in my abdomen with it often. Also, I get what feels like burning at the back of my neck at times, headaches, and a general "woozy" or "queasy" feeling. Of course, this also will be at its worst when I am stressed or undertake physical activity. And it doesn't take much stress.
I also have dry mouth and dry lips. I initially thought that a lot of my symptoms could be attributed to acid reflux, but the meds did not work and so I underwent the fundoplication surgery, but it didn't solve it. All it did was cause me to lose more weight and now I am struggling with being underweight as well.
I think I know how you feel, although I don't know the severity of your problems. I am unable (for the past year and a half) to work a normal day because of it. I don't work full 8 hour days, and the times when I do work, I feel sick usually.
Another odd thing is that when I go to sleep, I will generally wake up feeling bad, even if it wasn't that bad on going to sleep.
No diagnosis has been made, and I am unsure of what it could be - possibly allergy related at least somewhat, some stress/anxiety likely, but really I don't know for sure. Of course stress will always make a condition or problem worse.
Let me know more about your situation. I will try and offer any help where I can, but like I say it's a struggle for me as well right now.
I have a very similar problem, at least I think based on what you've said. How did your problems start, just all of a sudden or did they come on gradually?
I have been feeling terrible for about 3 years. Right now, I also have a very gaggy feeling in my throat. I'm not sure if its post-nasal drip (I am guessing so), but it it there daily and seems to vary in severity throughout the day. When I get it, I tend to have mucous production (usually clear unless I have a cold) in my throat and esophagus. I end up coughing to try and relieve it, sometimes it helps, sometimes not. But I do know that mucous is forming, whatever it is, and often first thing in the morning I cough mucous as well. I also get a lot of burning and tightness in my chest with this, and lots of nausea at times (comes and goes in severity). This whole thing seems to be digestive related, not so much in my respiratory system.
Like you, this is much worse when I am stressed. With it are other sympoms as well, such as it feels like a "knot" forms in my abdomen with it often. Also, I get what feels like burning at the back of my neck at times, headaches, and a general "woozy" or "queasy" feeling. Of course, this also will be at its worst when I am stressed or undertake physical activity. And it doesn't take much stress.
I also have dry mouth and dry lips. I initially thought that a lot of my symptoms could be attributed to acid reflux, but the meds did not work and so I underwent the fundoplication surgery, but it didn't solve it. All it did was cause me to lose more weight and now I am struggling with being underweight as well.
I think I know how you feel, although I don't know the severity of your problems. I am unable (for the past year and a half) to work a normal day because of it. I don't work full 8 hour days, and the times when I do work, I feel sick usually.
Another odd thing is that when I go to sleep, I will generally wake up feeling bad, even if it wasn't that bad on going to sleep.
No diagnosis has been made, and I am unsure of what it could be - possibly allergy related at least somewhat, some stress/anxiety likely, but really I don't know for sure. Of course stress will always make a condition or problem worse.
Let me know more about your situation. I will try and offer any help where I can, but like I say it's a struggle for me as well right now.
Thanks ploggin for the reply
"Another odd thing is that when I go to sleep, I will generally wake up feeling bad, even if it wasn't that bad on going to sleep."
I also feel the same way, i usually wake up and start gagging, and if i don't i tend to regret it. Even if i have something to eat, or a hot steamy shower, nothing seems to just make the mucus disapear. The weird thing for me is when i am in social situations, it is the worst. Lets say a friend came over the house, i will automatically go into a state of unwanted anxiety.Now im not talking about mental worring, im talking about physical tension around the mucus. I have a feeling of gagging in my throat that is more sever than when i am alone. Which makes me wonder if i have a sever mucus problem or if i go into a anxiety driven state of mind which makes it seem worse than it realy is. I just cannot put my finger on it. I have just came to the conclusion that it is both. (the point im trying to make here is the mucus and gagging is always worse when under stress)
"I think I know how you feel, although I don't know the severity of your problems. I am unable (for the past year and a half) to work a normal day because of it. I don't work full 8 hour days, and the times when I do work, I feel sick usually."
I do not work, i refuse to work due to this condition. I had a week of panicattacks due to the overwhelming feeling of gagging on this mucus. I will never go threw that again in my life, because frankly ppl just don't give a ****. I am not going to go to work and have these bastards tell me i am not allowed a Fing drink while i slave drive for them. (just venting =]) But anyways
alot of ppl tend to point the "lazzy" finger at me, i just tend to give them the "middle" finger back, because as i stated earlier nobody cares if u are sick.
I also stated that i quit smoking cigaretes, and i have but i have seen no improvment what so ever. i have had a few smokes here and there for social needs but other than that none. I dont think smoking is related but it might possibly be a huge factor, the thing is i just don't know.
"Another odd thing is that when I go to sleep, I will generally wake up feeling bad, even if it wasn't that bad on going to sleep."
I also feel the same way, i usually wake up and start gagging, and if i don't i tend to regret it. Even if i have something to eat, or a hot steamy shower, nothing seems to just make the mucus disapear. The weird thing for me is when i am in social situations, it is the worst. Lets say a friend came over the house, i will automatically go into a state of unwanted anxiety.Now im not talking about mental worring, im talking about physical tension around the mucus. I have a feeling of gagging in my throat that is more sever than when i am alone. Which makes me wonder if i have a sever mucus problem or if i go into a anxiety driven state of mind which makes it seem worse than it realy is. I just cannot put my finger on it. I have just came to the conclusion that it is both. (the point im trying to make here is the mucus and gagging is always worse when under stress)
"I think I know how you feel, although I don't know the severity of your problems. I am unable (for the past year and a half) to work a normal day because of it. I don't work full 8 hour days, and the times when I do work, I feel sick usually."
I do not work, i refuse to work due to this condition. I had a week of panicattacks due to the overwhelming feeling of gagging on this mucus. I will never go threw that again in my life, because frankly ppl just don't give a ****. I am not going to go to work and have these bastards tell me i am not allowed a Fing drink while i slave drive for them. (just venting =]) But anyways
alot of ppl tend to point the "lazzy" finger at me, i just tend to give them the "middle" finger back, because as i stated earlier nobody cares if u are sick.
I also stated that i quit smoking cigaretes, and i have but i have seen no improvment what so ever. i have had a few smokes here and there for social needs but other than that none. I dont think smoking is related but it might possibly be a huge factor, the thing is i just don't know.
Yarray, as I mentioned, if I don't have the "gaggy" feeling in my throat, it is always on the brink as well. When I get stressed and it doesn't have to be much stress, it will get way worse and I even start dry-heaving.
Also, do you lips and mouth feel really dry with this? Mine almost even feel numb at times and even the area around my mouth - it feels like I hit my head on something is a way to describe the weird feeling. If I put my tongue on the roof of my mouth it will literally "stick" to it, it is so dry.
With all of this, I've started grinding my teeth a lot as well. People tell you not to stress, but its pretty hard to just "stop" when you feel terrible every day.
Also, do you lips and mouth feel really dry with this? Mine almost even feel numb at times and even the area around my mouth - it feels like I hit my head on something is a way to describe the weird feeling. If I put my tongue on the roof of my mouth it will literally "stick" to it, it is so dry.
With all of this, I've started grinding my teeth a lot as well. People tell you not to stress, but its pretty hard to just "stop" when you feel terrible every day.
Sry bout not following up on the post.. but anyways
Do you have a feeling of tension near your gag reflex meaning does it always seem like you have to gag to releve this tension?? I just don't knw if i have a problem with phlem near my gag relex or if it is just manifested because of stress(stress like you said dosn't have to be stressfull at all , just the ack of sitting in a car near my friends i just feel the urge to gag and get what ever it is outa my nasal area)
I want to try and help both of us here but i just dont have any answers
I said i quit smoking but i bought a pack of smokes the other day it seems to me when i don't have a smoke for that day all i think about is having a smoke and having the feeling of gagging due to the smoke in my gag relfex. It rly is driving me insane. I fear having panic attacks due to this again. I just need to kick the habbit for good and forget about smoking but it is so hard to do because when evr i am out, everyone around me smokes, i hate it but nicotine helps me calm my nerves, i just need an alternative to smoking because i think this is the root of evil for me.
I just dont understand how i can make myself feel as if i gag but in reality there might be nothing their. That kinda scares me, but i just don't understand it.
Do you have a feeling of tension near your gag reflex meaning does it always seem like you have to gag to releve this tension?? I just don't knw if i have a problem with phlem near my gag relex or if it is just manifested because of stress(stress like you said dosn't have to be stressfull at all , just the ack of sitting in a car near my friends i just feel the urge to gag and get what ever it is outa my nasal area)
I want to try and help both of us here but i just dont have any answers
I said i quit smoking but i bought a pack of smokes the other day it seems to me when i don't have a smoke for that day all i think about is having a smoke and having the feeling of gagging due to the smoke in my gag relfex. It rly is driving me insane. I fear having panic attacks due to this again. I just need to kick the habbit for good and forget about smoking but it is so hard to do because when evr i am out, everyone around me smokes, i hate it but nicotine helps me calm my nerves, i just need an alternative to smoking because i think this is the root of evil for me.
I just dont understand how i can make myself feel as if i gag but in reality there might be nothing their. That kinda scares me, but i just don't understand it.
Do you have a hard time brushing your teeth, because personaly i dont ever go near that.
I don't really have any problems brushing my teeth. Its a gaggy feeling, but I also have mucous production - I cough it up each morning. One morning I even coughed up some blood, but it only happened once. Lots of burning in my sinuses and chest, as well as stomach - which nobody has been able to explain.
I find that drinking lots and lots of water can sometimes help, have you tried this? It tends to settle down the nausea or burning a bit.
I find that drinking lots and lots of water can sometimes help, have you tried this? It tends to settle down the nausea or burning a bit.
hey guys,
i have the same problem as well.. same with yarray i suffered from anxiety attacks 3 times in 2 years... anyway this january i started getting post nasal drip and until now i still get it... same symptoms.. coughing things in the morning, all through out the day i get the sensation of something lodge up the ceiling of my mouth. I even woke up last night gaggling for air because of the mucus down my throat... i had an MRI last year though and they found a polyp, i donno if that's what's causing it. However i also notice that the more i think of it, the more it the dripping gets worst.. so this come back to yarray's question whether it's anxiety related.. my answer is at some point yes. I have tried using flonase steroid sprays and it helps but i don't wanna go through my life using this stuff... i also tried jalai neti or sinus draining using warm water and salt,, it helps me in the morning and night when i need to get the mucus out... but i wanna know how i can stop this.. antihistamines doesnt; work for me.. try the nasal wash thing and see if it helps...
regards!
zandro
i have the same problem as well.. same with yarray i suffered from anxiety attacks 3 times in 2 years... anyway this january i started getting post nasal drip and until now i still get it... same symptoms.. coughing things in the morning, all through out the day i get the sensation of something lodge up the ceiling of my mouth. I even woke up last night gaggling for air because of the mucus down my throat... i had an MRI last year though and they found a polyp, i donno if that's what's causing it. However i also notice that the more i think of it, the more it the dripping gets worst.. so this come back to yarray's question whether it's anxiety related.. my answer is at some point yes. I have tried using flonase steroid sprays and it helps but i don't wanna go through my life using this stuff... i also tried jalai neti or sinus draining using warm water and salt,, it helps me in the morning and night when i need to get the mucus out... but i wanna know how i can stop this.. antihistamines doesnt; work for me.. try the nasal wash thing and see if it helps...
regards!
zandro
I am sure the mucus buildup is from stress. Mine started about 2 years ago during a stressful event and continues on and off, but lately on all the time. I just bought myself a neti pot and use it mornings and nites. It seems to be helping a lot with the mucus, allowing it to thin and release easier. Before that it used to feel like a lump in my throat that wouldnt clear. So we shall see if this is the cure or not. I also went to the health store and he gave me a bottle of Mullein flower ear oil. It has mulien flower extract and extra virgin olive oil in it. Even though it says ear oil, he suggested I put a couple of drops in my green tea and drink it. He uses it for his asthma and says it works very well. So maybe you want to try that? Hopefully someday, we all will be free of this problem>? Good luck to all of you......
I will let you know how the neti pot is doing long term.
I will let you know how the neti pot is doing long term.
Hello, I can't believe I found this forum. I know just like you we all can write a book about the symptoms. Anyway, mines started over 3 years ago. Eventhough I exercised and have plenty of energy from one day to another my energy level dropped severe. I woke up in the morning and wanted to go back to sleep. I was not tired physically but mentally. I've noticed that the back of my throat is completely red. Was treated for raspiratory, cold, sinus etc. Symptoms continued. I was put on antidepressant, increased dose, now I'm taking ritalin to be energized which does not help. Seen gastro doc last year too who told me about the acid reflux. So he gave me the new med for the reflux, forgot the name, started to see ent doctor, had sinus surgery, now I'm waking up in the morning, full with anxiety, feels like a know in my throat and like my throat is completely dried out. I also noticed that when I exercise, I do aerobic which is very extreme, my throat dries out so bad that I have to stop and get something to drink. I've never experienced this before. I paid attention to my breathing which is through my nose since the sinuses should be cleared after the surgery and the throat is completely dried out. I'm feeling so sleepy in the morning and I should be energized. I also did sleep study. So you see we all trying to find out what is wrong with us and I'm clueless. I just want my energy back. I'm so glad I've found this site to hopefully get some answers. I know how all you feel. Thanks for sharing,
I have a similar problem with mucus buildup in the back of my throat. It happens mostly when I am lying down. I often wake up in the morning gagging as I try to free the mucus in my throat, but it does not loosen up. It has been causing me to be very nauseous. I have visited an ENT doctor who says I do not have signs of post nasal drip. I have also had multiple gastro tests i.e. endoscopy, ph probe, gastric emptying tests. All of which have come back normal. Anyone having similar problem or have any suggestions as to how I should treat my symptoms.
I have exactly the same issues as you guys ... anxiety and mucus running down the back of my throat ... I have to carry a bottle of water around as a security, because if I do not constantly sip, I will gag. then eventually throw up ... When I have taken Valium (mild dose, 1mg) to stop the anxiety, and the gagging issue goes away, I still feel the post nasal drip oozing down my throat, but I don't seem to gag ... the gagging seems to be triggered by a combination of anxiety and post nasal drip??
I have the exact same thing..The mucos thing in my throat.. It has affected me for several years but in the last two years it is much worse because I think about it all the time.. Evertime I swallow I can just feel the ball of mucos in my throat.. I now have a back tooth which needs a root canal and I cannot even go to the dentist because I gag constantly and will drive him nuts trying to fix my tooth.. I sure wish someone had some answers to this problem..I have tried everything too such as flonase, clariten, salt solutuon irrigation of the nose, sinus drops, antihistimines, etc. and nothing seems to work..I need to go to the dentist soon and wondering if anyone has any ideas for me to stop the gagging.. The dentist suggested giving me gas but I am not sold on the idea.. Maybe I should ask to be put to sleep.. Any comments would be appreciated.
I'm 23 years old... it started with headaches and a post nasal drip which i had for a few weeks, i had tremendous anxiety from, to the point where i took an MRI thank G-D it came back normal... any ways since then i have a post nasal drip (to be clear a glob of mucous stuck in the back of my throat), acid reflux (it was actually more like sitting acid the reflux).
gagging, nausea, as to everybody on this board the post nasal drip responds to anxiety. the post nasal drip also gets worse in the morning.. i went to the ENT and took sinus Ex-rays which determined that it was not sinusitis.. i take nexiom (40mg) which keeps the acid under control.. reading all the posts here and the only thing i thing i can think of is the anxiety which is a vicious cycle... on the occasion where its subdues, its when I'm completely submerged in physical activity, exercise didn't do it for me, it was actually a project that involved wood working (using your brain and hands) etc. other wise its a daily struggle which is hampering my work, dating etc.
gagging, nausea, as to everybody on this board the post nasal drip responds to anxiety. the post nasal drip also gets worse in the morning.. i went to the ENT and took sinus Ex-rays which determined that it was not sinusitis.. i take nexiom (40mg) which keeps the acid under control.. reading all the posts here and the only thing i thing i can think of is the anxiety which is a vicious cycle... on the occasion where its subdues, its when I'm completely submerged in physical activity, exercise didn't do it for me, it was actually a project that involved wood working (using your brain and hands) etc. other wise its a daily struggle which is hampering my work, dating etc.
Same stuff here.
I'm 33, it started being a regular problem about five years ago. Had a monster sinus infection that just never did quite go away. I think I managed to ignore it longer than I should have, as I've had chronic respiratory issues since birth (Takes a little more impairment for me to really notice, sometimes).
Over the past couple of years it's advanced to the point of gagging and vomiting, and I can go for longer periods of time with almost constant nausea and fear that the next hack will have me a'hurling.
Socially, this is hideous. I don't go out. I just moved to a new city for a job, so I see my girlfriend about once a month (And last time I had to cancel our hotel reservations, because... of COURSE. Barf, hack, barf.). Hobbies: I'm a singer/songwriter. OBviously that doesn't work well. I can get through a song or two, but a set? An entire night? Nope, had to hang up the guitar. Work: I'm a respiratory therapist. Cue the irony laughter. I've missed one day of work this week, and an average of one a month... I frequently have to break out the major willpower to keep it under control when I'm with a patient. I've had to excuse myself and step out a couple of times.
Now, the Big Kicker: The stress/anxiety tie-in. It -started- during a stressful period of my life. Not 'work sucks' or 'school is hard' anxiety, but 'Addict ex was threatening to stab me in my sleep psychological torture' anxiety.
The 'symptoms' get exponentially work with 'stress'. Good stress or bad stress doesn't matter. Big date with girlfriend? Barf. Audition with a new band? Barf. Licensing exam? Barf. Family coming to see me for the first time in two months? Barf. Particularly picky patients? Will-Away-Barf.
What's also ironic is that I can find myself distracted by something. (Like NOW, mid-post, I hadn't noticed anything because I was absorbed in typing) Anything that -really- absorbs my attention seems to make the PND magically bearable for the duration. That indicates to me that there's a strong psychosomatic component. I -do- have chronic sinusitis, according to X-Rays, but it doesn't seem to HAVE to be so violently symptomatic.
So, I think stress/anxiety is a major key. Now, the problem with THAT guess is that emergencies -also- seem to make me magically better. I work in intensive care, and when something goes wrong, it's the same as if I'd been absorbed by something else. However, it's certainly stressful, I would think.
In short, I don't know. Going to an ENT next month, so we'll see where it goes from there. The valium idea sounds to be worth a try. I have a tendency to not be aware of my emotional states (Especially since The Ex), so I could see a lot of it transferring into that throat-tightening mucous-producing stomach-wrenching response.
I'm 33, it started being a regular problem about five years ago. Had a monster sinus infection that just never did quite go away. I think I managed to ignore it longer than I should have, as I've had chronic respiratory issues since birth (Takes a little more impairment for me to really notice, sometimes).
Over the past couple of years it's advanced to the point of gagging and vomiting, and I can go for longer periods of time with almost constant nausea and fear that the next hack will have me a'hurling.
Socially, this is hideous. I don't go out. I just moved to a new city for a job, so I see my girlfriend about once a month (And last time I had to cancel our hotel reservations, because... of COURSE. Barf, hack, barf.). Hobbies: I'm a singer/songwriter. OBviously that doesn't work well. I can get through a song or two, but a set? An entire night? Nope, had to hang up the guitar. Work: I'm a respiratory therapist. Cue the irony laughter. I've missed one day of work this week, and an average of one a month... I frequently have to break out the major willpower to keep it under control when I'm with a patient. I've had to excuse myself and step out a couple of times.
Now, the Big Kicker: The stress/anxiety tie-in. It -started- during a stressful period of my life. Not 'work sucks' or 'school is hard' anxiety, but 'Addict ex was threatening to stab me in my sleep psychological torture' anxiety.
The 'symptoms' get exponentially work with 'stress'. Good stress or bad stress doesn't matter. Big date with girlfriend? Barf. Audition with a new band? Barf. Licensing exam? Barf. Family coming to see me for the first time in two months? Barf. Particularly picky patients? Will-Away-Barf.
What's also ironic is that I can find myself distracted by something. (Like NOW, mid-post, I hadn't noticed anything because I was absorbed in typing) Anything that -really- absorbs my attention seems to make the PND magically bearable for the duration. That indicates to me that there's a strong psychosomatic component. I -do- have chronic sinusitis, according to X-Rays, but it doesn't seem to HAVE to be so violently symptomatic.
So, I think stress/anxiety is a major key. Now, the problem with THAT guess is that emergencies -also- seem to make me magically better. I work in intensive care, and when something goes wrong, it's the same as if I'd been absorbed by something else. However, it's certainly stressful, I would think.
In short, I don't know. Going to an ENT next month, so we'll see where it goes from there. The valium idea sounds to be worth a try. I have a tendency to not be aware of my emotional states (Especially since The Ex), so I could see a lot of it transferring into that throat-tightening mucous-producing stomach-wrenching response.
MY CONCLUSIONS SO FAR:
PND + anxiety = gagging / vomiting. It is the combination that does it.
I tried attacking both issues, PND and anxiety ... for the PND, I was prescribed Nasonex Nasal Spray (mometasone furoate) which I have been on for nearly 2 months and PND things have settled quite a bit ... I would say half way there, a big noticeable difference, but still a way to go.
For the anxiety I started (on advice from a naturopath) magnesium and zinc supplements, as a deficiency in these areas can give you an elevated base anxiety level. I was skeptical, but googled magnesium zinc anxiety, and it seemed plausible. So I have been on these supplements for nearly 2 months, with fantastic results.
All-in-All ... the anxiety/gagging has been totally eliminated ... the worst I have gotten over the last month would be clearing my throat, without the gagging feeling ... I haven't felt this good in a long time, and I have a lot of work pressure (very busy schedule) at the moment.
Obviously, since this has worked for me, there is no guarantee that it work for you guys, I just wanted to share my experience ... I hope it does work for some of you because I know what the gagging feels like, absolute hell!
PLEASE NOTE: Valium is not a fix ... I did try Valium at one time to prove the theory that without the anxiety, the PND does not cause gagging / vomiting. I would not recommend taking Valium regularly due to its addictive nature.
PND + anxiety = gagging / vomiting. It is the combination that does it.
I tried attacking both issues, PND and anxiety ... for the PND, I was prescribed Nasonex Nasal Spray (mometasone furoate) which I have been on for nearly 2 months and PND things have settled quite a bit ... I would say half way there, a big noticeable difference, but still a way to go.
For the anxiety I started (on advice from a naturopath) magnesium and zinc supplements, as a deficiency in these areas can give you an elevated base anxiety level. I was skeptical, but googled magnesium zinc anxiety, and it seemed plausible. So I have been on these supplements for nearly 2 months, with fantastic results.
All-in-All ... the anxiety/gagging has been totally eliminated ... the worst I have gotten over the last month would be clearing my throat, without the gagging feeling ... I haven't felt this good in a long time, and I have a lot of work pressure (very busy schedule) at the moment.
Obviously, since this has worked for me, there is no guarantee that it work for you guys, I just wanted to share my experience ... I hope it does work for some of you because I know what the gagging feels like, absolute hell!
PLEASE NOTE: Valium is not a fix ... I did try Valium at one time to prove the theory that without the anxiety, the PND does not cause gagging / vomiting. I would not recommend taking Valium regularly due to its addictive nature.
Hi Guys, I am contributing thing I use in combating my ongoing cronic mucus and sinus problems.
1) follow gluten-free diet
2) follow anti-mucus diet (available on line)
3) "Thin mucus" - twice in the evening steam nose by breathing over freshly boiled water covering head with a towel. Apply mosterizing cream or vaseline to nose and face prior this.
4) Apply warm object to area next to nose below your eyes. Can be a glass jar with hot water inside over thin fabric.
Wish everybody with this problem quck help, releive and hopefully recovery.
1) follow gluten-free diet
2) follow anti-mucus diet (available on line)
3) "Thin mucus" - twice in the evening steam nose by breathing over freshly boiled water covering head with a towel. Apply mosterizing cream or vaseline to nose and face prior this.
4) Apply warm object to area next to nose below your eyes. Can be a glass jar with hot water inside over thin fabric.
Wish everybody with this problem quck help, releive and hopefully recovery.
Have anybody used "Mucinex D" as mucus thinner? It is over the counter medication. They advertise it like this: "Mucinex D thins and loosens the mucus that causes congestion and sinus pressure due to colds or allergies. For a full 12 hours."
Let me know, I want to try.
Let me know, I want to try.
This started for me one and a half years ago. I feel I am older, than most of you--46 (and female). I find it very peculiar. The wrenching below my rib cage and they call it "heart burn" when it turns into severe pain to the point of passing out from it. I take Mucinex D and unfortunately it works. It's just so very suspicious how this medication popped up and not long after I started suffering.I have made an effort to find out from whomever I might, pharmacists and doctors, what were people doing for these kinds of symptoms before Mucinex (and the little green thug of the commercials) came along? As for diet? I believe in the effort, I just haven't had any results. If it were just mucus? But it so much more. And found that gagging made me feel a little better mentally.... I have had major depression for almost fifteen years now. Do any of you feel otherwise mentally healthy and yet become distressed and take on these symtoms? I kind of feel that it is more an addition to my mental health problem and not a result of it. Stress yes, but environmental as well? And let me just say I am feeling less alone since going on line today. I regret that others suffer the same but not so surprised and the way the stuff flies off the shelves?
To add to the above...I failed to mention how exactly these various symptoms reflect mine beginning with yarray's. Probably first of notice was the mucous as the back of my throat (and my mother has had post nasal drip forever though for her it never developed into what i have) so I guess that, pnd, describes the mucous. The symptom that bothers me most (and this isnt even getting to the more recent onset of acid reflux or is it acid reflux...) is the shortness of breath, suffocating etc. and my doctor says that it is inflammation due to allergies--causing all of it. And I should stress that Mucinex D and I am not a salesman works very well as long as I take at least four tablets daily. I feel almost normal. But then the acid reflux started only a year ago.And yet the lurching below my esophagus, like a flutter sometimes, started at least ten years ago. I've started reading the forums one for respiratory and one for gerd. I spoke as though I am paranoid about the implications and I just find it interesting enough to wonder if there is something caustic in our environment to bring this on especially mucous which has fewer life style implications for me than the gerd. I should also say I have had tests. I had a pulmonary test to see if it was in my lungs and it isn't. I had the barium test to see about the gastric end. It ruled out hiatal hernia and I am going to have a sleep apnia test soon. Because I had a week of heart burn recently I need to go back to that other specialist and get a scope but I had hoped ant-acids would work. My Dr's prescription, I may have ignorantly not given it (I've temporarily misplaced the bottle), enough time to work, but it just didn't seem to work etc. If people wonder if this is mentally or stress induced, I'd ask, why now (this isn't the worst time of my life...) and why so very chronically? Wake up in the morning can't breathe, take the Mucinex D, etc.until evening rolls around and if I don't take my fourth Mucinex D I will be short of breath.
Well i wish i could be the bearer of good news, but i too have similar problems. not sure if anyone can remember when or where their problem started exactly but i can remember mine. 1996 i was skipping school with a friend and he told me to meet him after first bell or he was gonna leave me at school. when i went to the student parking lot he was leaving me. i ran and jumped on the hood of his car and he slammed on the brakes and i was thrown from what i was told forty feet from the car. awaking 14 days later in the hospital i was told that i had a skull fracture. It happened august of 96'. I have not been able to smell since the day i woke up in the hospital.i have had to sleep with a fan right in my face for the past 12 years in order to wake up without a stuffed up nose and not to start gagging. i have had what it feels like anxiety attacks constantly 12 or 13 times daily hoping that it was just my adrenellan and hoping that i would grow out of it. Well not yet!. i too have what feels like social anxiety attacks when around others. i am unable to work due the the adrenellan feeling and nausea and gagging feeling i get when i move to fast. puking at work is not cool then you have to clean it up and that makes you puke more. when i get really excited it happens and i cant control it. my wife thinks somethings terribly wrong with me. ha ha ha! well ive had my fun in life i could care less if i go now. i cant take this anymore. i just hope everyone here can find out whats causing it and find their cure. i dont know if anything i have said has help at all or even made things worse. have any of you ever had a major head injury or bumped the back of your noggin? well thats what my problem is. if theres anything anyone figures out please dont hessitate to respond of if any questions. williamanddonna at hotmail.com
First of all, to William and the other lovely people that have expressed an ambivalence, or even longing for, death: Please don't let yourselves go! Look at this blog, we're all here with the same symptoms, and all caring about each other.
It seems absolutely clear that depression and anxiety are just as constant as the mucus! Why don't we all try the magnesium and zinc that was so kindly suggested.
I've had depression all my life (even though I'm only 24). I just started working on it (again) this time with a hypnotherapist. She said since I'm in a "safe place" now with a fiance, I'm starting to see the physical consequences of trying to survive and thus holding my healthy mental development back- I'm getting aches and pains everywhere, itching, mucus coming down my nose just barely so I can't swallow it or blow it out, chronic sinus congestion, anxiety that I think every other minute something terrible will happen. I only gag after I brush my teeth, when I have to brush my tongue with the toothbrush. It's not related to the mucus. I'm using Mucinex (since the congestion got worse because of a bad cold) and it's finally thinned out the mucus enough (after a week taking the medicine) for it to actually drip down my nose.
I just think we all need to try to have better outlooks. I'm going to talk to hypno about trying to get over the "sick mentality", and going to try magnesium and zinc (thanks!), as well as TRY to tell myself I'm healthy (I have IBS, and heartburn alot, but heck I've got both arms and legs!) and nothing catastrophic will happen to me. (Still want to do allergy testing and wish I could have MRI cause I'm freaked I might have a tumour..........................)
Anyway, I just don't want anyone to lose hope. I know I do all the time, but I don't want anyone else to feel that way cause it's horrible. Let's all have hope for each other okay??
Love to all
xxx
p.s. Great webpage
http://www.entnet.org/healthinfo/nose/nasal.cfm
It seems absolutely clear that depression and anxiety are just as constant as the mucus! Why don't we all try the magnesium and zinc that was so kindly suggested.
I've had depression all my life (even though I'm only 24). I just started working on it (again) this time with a hypnotherapist. She said since I'm in a "safe place" now with a fiance, I'm starting to see the physical consequences of trying to survive and thus holding my healthy mental development back- I'm getting aches and pains everywhere, itching, mucus coming down my nose just barely so I can't swallow it or blow it out, chronic sinus congestion, anxiety that I think every other minute something terrible will happen. I only gag after I brush my teeth, when I have to brush my tongue with the toothbrush. It's not related to the mucus. I'm using Mucinex (since the congestion got worse because of a bad cold) and it's finally thinned out the mucus enough (after a week taking the medicine) for it to actually drip down my nose.
I just think we all need to try to have better outlooks. I'm going to talk to hypno about trying to get over the "sick mentality", and going to try magnesium and zinc (thanks!), as well as TRY to tell myself I'm healthy (I have IBS, and heartburn alot, but heck I've got both arms and legs!) and nothing catastrophic will happen to me. (Still want to do allergy testing and wish I could have MRI cause I'm freaked I might have a tumour..........................)
Anyway, I just don't want anyone to lose hope. I know I do all the time, but I don't want anyone else to feel that way cause it's horrible. Let's all have hope for each other okay??
Love to all
xxx
p.s. Great webpage
http://www.entnet.org/healthinfo/nose/nasal.cfm
I want to say that being "weak" and talking about my "problems" is very difficult. I fear the call of "hypochnadriac." I haven't worked since my "mental breakdown" in 93. Tried briefly. But all of you who are working still? That is pretty impressive. By the way i picked up a multiple vitamin with a good amount of magnesium and zinc (because of reading these blogs) and I could have shopped around more, but supposedly, supposedly, multiples are are more useful than some of us thought at one time. And the head injury, it seems to be quite prevalent, or something that never seemed like such a big deal. Falling on ice or slippery tiles....My brother and I were
talking about depression (that contains anxiety) and how a large percentage of the heart muscle is actually neural. And last week I see this link about anxiety and heart disease. Well, i can believe that anxiety can worsen the condition of a heart but how about a heart condition that worsens the condition of anxiety? Maybe, and probably congenital. I don't see an awful lot linear truths here and isn't that just as well? And the heart burn that was quite bad yesterday with minimal blood in my urine today... i know that pork is terrible for me and I have been careless about it. One holiday 25 years ago i had bloody bowels and our cat had a fit--like heart burn, my one brother had been feeding him a lot of that good ol' ham. Yes, pork and coffee....
talking about depression (that contains anxiety) and how a large percentage of the heart muscle is actually neural. And last week I see this link about anxiety and heart disease. Well, i can believe that anxiety can worsen the condition of a heart but how about a heart condition that worsens the condition of anxiety? Maybe, and probably congenital. I don't see an awful lot linear truths here and isn't that just as well? And the heart burn that was quite bad yesterday with minimal blood in my urine today... i know that pork is terrible for me and I have been careless about it. One holiday 25 years ago i had bloody bowels and our cat had a fit--like heart burn, my one brother had been feeding him a lot of that good ol' ham. Yes, pork and coffee....
I guess I'll jump into this conversation as I can relate to much of what is said here.
To give a brief overview of my situation - I've battled with heartburn, GERD, PND and anxiety for about 15+ years. Not all at the same time, until recently. I've noticed that one thing led to another.
I saw an allergist about 8 years ago and he gave me Guaifenesin - telling me it will unclog my head and help with the PND. Sure enough, it drained every bit of junk that had been stuck in my sinuses for years. I continued taking it and soon noticed that my anxiety went away as did my PND and heartburn issues. Hmmm, coincidence? I believe not. For years I've said that anxiety is tied to PND and my friends and doc have said no. Sorry, I believe otherwise.
I stopped taking the Mucinex for a while and now I'm once again battling the PND, heartburn, what feels like GERD but could be PND, sour stomach/unwell feeling, and anxiety. My anxiety is brought on when I get that little burn in my throat if I'm stressed or in a situation where I feel like I can't easily get away from (ie. dentist). I also have a problem eating with other people because I get this feeling, don't feel well, can't eat and then I sit there and have to make excuses of why I'm not eating. I'm trying some techniques to overcome it which are working but I need to continue to work at them to get a handle on it.
I'm recovering from a head cold that brought along some more PND and chest congestion so that turned up my symptoms a notch and for the past week I've been dealing with waking in the middle of the night feeling just this sick feeling and a burn in my throat - all thanks to the damn PND.
I think what I have to do is get back on the Mucinex and also get the soda out of my diet. I drink 1 soda per day (16oz) and I don't think that's helping due to the caffiene, carbonation and acid. I've felt bloated, gassy and just gross feeling the past few days and I can only assume it's a combination of the mucus in my stomach, the PND and the soda. So in a way I'm setting myself up. :(
To give a brief overview of my situation - I've battled with heartburn, GERD, PND and anxiety for about 15+ years. Not all at the same time, until recently. I've noticed that one thing led to another.
I saw an allergist about 8 years ago and he gave me Guaifenesin - telling me it will unclog my head and help with the PND. Sure enough, it drained every bit of junk that had been stuck in my sinuses for years. I continued taking it and soon noticed that my anxiety went away as did my PND and heartburn issues. Hmmm, coincidence? I believe not. For years I've said that anxiety is tied to PND and my friends and doc have said no. Sorry, I believe otherwise.
I stopped taking the Mucinex for a while and now I'm once again battling the PND, heartburn, what feels like GERD but could be PND, sour stomach/unwell feeling, and anxiety. My anxiety is brought on when I get that little burn in my throat if I'm stressed or in a situation where I feel like I can't easily get away from (ie. dentist). I also have a problem eating with other people because I get this feeling, don't feel well, can't eat and then I sit there and have to make excuses of why I'm not eating. I'm trying some techniques to overcome it which are working but I need to continue to work at them to get a handle on it.
I'm recovering from a head cold that brought along some more PND and chest congestion so that turned up my symptoms a notch and for the past week I've been dealing with waking in the middle of the night feeling just this sick feeling and a burn in my throat - all thanks to the damn PND.
I think what I have to do is get back on the Mucinex and also get the soda out of my diet. I drink 1 soda per day (16oz) and I don't think that's helping due to the caffiene, carbonation and acid. I've felt bloated, gassy and just gross feeling the past few days and I can only assume it's a combination of the mucus in my stomach, the PND and the soda. So in a way I'm setting myself up. :(
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