Posting for traffic, weird rightness in throat!

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For the last hour or so I have felt like something is squeezing my neck, something external not internal, my ears are ringing and there's a pressure round my throat and ears like when something is strangling you

Half of me is convinced I'm going to die and I'm panicking and scared to go to bed, the other half of me just feels ridiculous, my mum wants to ring 111 but even that seems ridiculous to me but I'm also feeling quite scared

Has anyone ever experienced this before?

I think my mum is going to ring regardless but I just feel like I'm wasting peoples time but on the other hand like I'm dying

(I do have a history of being terrified of dying and often think/worry about it)

The medics will know if it's something that needs checking or not, they will tell you if it's not a worrying thing, or if they are concerned then they will check you out. Hopefully they'll find nothing and both you and they will be relieved. If they find something then better to know than to be unwell from ignorance!

Oh and good luck!!!

I am not a medic, or a psychologist, but having had anxiety problems, I had a thing I discovered is called globus pharyngeus, or what was called globus hystericus. A persistent sensation of throat tightening, choking, difficulty swallowing, and an intensely annoying throat clearing. I think the globus refers to a muscle? Not sure. Anyway, it just may be that. Readily lookupable on tinternet. My sympathies, it's no fun. Good luck

Weird throat infection going round that starts down there, then headaches/ fever -BUT I’m not a medic

I came on to suggest that it could be a symptom of anxiety, but I see it has been mentioned upthread. Call 111 to be safe?

Ring 111, I did when I had a major panic attack, i took my blood pressure and it was incredibly high
They were really helpful and thorough and at no time did they make me feel like a nuisance
I hope you feel bettter soon

It sounds like anxiety to me. It can come out of nowhere for no particular reason. Keep yourself busy and stop obsessing.

My mum called and they said to make an appointment with gp tomorrow (I'll probably not get in til after Xmas!) which has made me feel strangely worse!

I haven't had any diagnosis of anxiety before but I think I've got a few things that would suggest I've had it, it's just never really been bad enough to warrant a (pointless?🤷🏻‍♀️) doctors appointment, I've definitely had a handful of panic Attack and more so in the last few years.

If I'm honest with myself I think it probably is anxiety related, but even though I know I'm prone to panic at the smallest of health problems I still think it's something deadly! (Just because I'm a hypochondriac doesn't mean I'm not going to die!)

I'm trying to get some sleep but I'm honestly I'm just laying here panicking!

Thanks for the replies, I'll definitely look up what has been suggested so far