nervousmommy
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Hello, I am so sorry to bother you guys. I have read all the stickies but feel I need to ask some questions anyway. I am nearly 35, a woman, and the mother of two small children. I have health anxiety.
Recently (since about 2 weeks ago) I've started having some weird mouth/throat symptoms. It started with this weird twitchy feeling in my throat, almost like my heartbeat was in my throat, as well as a lump. The heartbeat feeling went away for the most part, but I still intermittently feel like I have a lump in my throat. I sometimes feel like my voice is weak and that I have trouble annunciating, but no one else has noticed. I have a hoarse voice in the mornings sometimes. Sometimes it is tough to swallow dry food, and 2 days ago, it felt like a wad of crackers wouldn't go down, which was scary. I have no problems with liquids thus far. It feels like food gets stuck up along my gums way more than it used to as well, and like I am biting my cheeks and tongue more. My throat and neck muscles often feel fatigued and week. I never have all of these symptoms at once, it kind of bounces around, sometimes a lump, sometimes my voice is weird, sometimes my throat feels weak. At any rate, it is terrifying, and it feels like every single symptom of Bulbar ALS has hit me all at once.
I am hesitant to go back to the doctor, because I just went in for something else and ended up with an MRI (no problems there) and a neuro exam, which was also fine. I don't want to waste anymore taxpayer money just for health anxiety, but my symptoms are terrifying me. I keep crying all the time. I am driving my husband and mother insane.
Recently (since about 2 weeks ago) I've started having some weird mouth/throat symptoms. It started with this weird twitchy feeling in my throat, almost like my heartbeat was in my throat, as well as a lump. The heartbeat feeling went away for the most part, but I still intermittently feel like I have a lump in my throat. I sometimes feel like my voice is weak and that I have trouble annunciating, but no one else has noticed. I have a hoarse voice in the mornings sometimes. Sometimes it is tough to swallow dry food, and 2 days ago, it felt like a wad of crackers wouldn't go down, which was scary. I have no problems with liquids thus far. It feels like food gets stuck up along my gums way more than it used to as well, and like I am biting my cheeks and tongue more. My throat and neck muscles often feel fatigued and week. I never have all of these symptoms at once, it kind of bounces around, sometimes a lump, sometimes my voice is weird, sometimes my throat feels weak. At any rate, it is terrifying, and it feels like every single symptom of Bulbar ALS has hit me all at once.
I am hesitant to go back to the doctor, because I just went in for something else and ended up with an MRI (no problems there) and a neuro exam, which was also fine. I don't want to waste anymore taxpayer money just for health anxiety, but my symptoms are terrifying me. I keep crying all the time. I am driving my husband and mother insane.