Scary chest and throat tightening feeling

Hi Kate, it is from the gluten. I use to get that often. It is food related. So you could drink something to calm your stomach. If you have any essential oil peppermint you could put a 1 drop in about 16oz of water and sip. Peppermint or ginger tea would help. It should go away.

No more gluten!

Hang in Kate, I can't really help you, my son is all psych and raging and fog stuff, in a way I wish he had some food issues because he's always hunting for things he should not eat! Not that I wish badly for him.

I hope you feel better soon, that is really uncomfortable...oh, this time of year, you could eat gingerbread, right? I don't like it personally, but then I guess any flour or sugar in there is not good.

I'm not baking cookies this year for the first time in forever. :( My son should not have them, but my other 3 will not be very happy. Oh well, maybe we can splurge next year.

Thanks. It is weird though because I am way far along in my treatment and many of my symptoms are gone.
BTW the feeling passed thank goodness. I still have that feeling like I have to burp but now I am actually burping and some pressure is released.

It was freaking me out - mostly because I couldn't breathe easy. But also because I thought it may be either the bartonella or babesia flaring or herxing or something. And I thought I was past the stage of having intense new symptoms like this.

But I guess it is not a coincidence that I have feltthis mostly in the last week while also reconsuming gluten after 7 months off. In the past I had a few single gluten cheats here and there but this week I ate it like on a regular basis. It felt so good to enjoy food again and eat freely- I aat so many delicious things and that was soothing to my soul- made me feel normal and healthy again.

I still don't get how the gluten would make that happen though?

Also, I have had it in different ways this week. The other day it was a tight feeling in my lower chest like the solar plexus. Today it was the chest and upper chest and throat. I still can't quite make sense of it. I think the valium helped- though I really didn't want to take it. One, because I am very low on the, and two because I only want to use them when I absolutely have to. But in the moment I just wanted to do anything I could to relax my chest and throat so I guess it helped as I don't feel that bad again.
But I don't feel perfect yet either.
So I still have a fear that more of these attacks can come out of nowhere.
Is it rea;ly the gluten? And how do I know and how does the gluten do that? so sad, I love gluten.
But I would rather it is the gluten than a raging co infection, still how do I determine?

It has been 2 hrs since my episode. And now it is totally fine again. still lots of burping.
But the chest feels relaxed so I guess it was the valium that helped, and plus I finally had a few good burps that released it. ( sorry tmi)
so I still can't make sense of it.
wah, I love gluten. I was gonna start making pies and breads for my family again----- it is hard for me to motivate as much to bake them yummy things when I can't eat it. I had all kinds of things I was looking forward to baking with gluten:(

thanks for the kind words dancingbear.
Yes the lyme and cos and 8 darn months of abx have left what used to be a super healthy digestive system- I could eat anything- into this sad state.

I was going to take even one day off abx today-- but then I got the darn anxiety so took the rifampin ( and I think rifampin doesn't work alone so I took the doxy)
I am in a weird place because all the people I talked to lately who have healed did so without abx,yet even knowing this I am still on them just to keep the symptoms at bay. I have to start to build up the houttuynia tea to see if that helps with the bartonella anxiety so I can stop these abx!

I am very low sugar though. That makes sense to me how to sugar feeds the bacteria, so that is not that hard. I eat some but not very much at all.
Yes, when I am better I can eat gluten again. I still want it though- especially after having it all week- I ate so many good things like-
samosas, thai crispy spring rolls, ravioli, hot dogs wrapped in puff pastry, salty pretzels, and home made biscuits. so good after no gluten for 7 months.

L-Glutamine - this is what my son is taking through Tri Fortify Orange. I just asked him again and he thinks that and the Alka Seltzer Gold and lemon are really helping

I hope it's an infection for your sake... I am SO struggling not baking anymore, homemade pizza, no Christmas cookies, etc. I did give him fudge yesterday, I put aside 5 pieces and told him one a day... I so hate to totally deprive him... well, five minutes later, all five were gone. So much for trusting him and him pacing himself! Next time I hand him one! (he is 16 yrs old, not 5!)

woke up the next day ( today) with my chest still feeling tight and trouble breathing. this is totally a new one for me and frightenting. I don't know what to do about it. The only new thing I took yesterday was one cup of houttuynia, Idon't think that could cause this 12 hours later?
I can breathe but my chest just feels tight and uncomfortablr and I am acutely w=aware of my breathing.
I swear yesterday morngn I almost put a post up here about how symptom free my day is- and now today I am back in thisnew kind of suffering

thanks for the idea of sibo-- I just looked it up and don't think it is that. I take lots of probiotics and my digestive tract is pretty decent- considering how long I have been on abx. I mean I don't have most of those symptms for it.

I do think yeah the stopping and starting of the abx may not be good. At this point I just want to stop them already,.

thanks kikkate.

sometimes I wonder if my body is jyst totally ingeneral weaked form the abx. anyway I still feel it but literally when I burp it gets like 50% better. I am going to get some gingerale.

Lyme sucks. In my heart I know I have to stop abx and go full force into the teas--jjust that there may be a transition period where I am more symptomatic. I can't go on on these abx much longer I really cant

kitkate-- please tell me about how your transition from abx to herbs ahs been! tell me anything you can about it-- did you get more symptomatic, less? do you feel better or worse?

Ive had this and corrected it.

for me the throat tightness was and under active swelling thyroid (antibody attack)

AND

the upper esophageal sphincter valve tightening up to protect from night time reflux which was from candida....which is fed from grains, sugar, carbs. The reflux and candida also were accompanied by bloating and burping.

The fix for me at the time:

1)Got my thyroid back on track, threw away synthroid (its crap) and started natural thyroid like Armour (6 yrs ago)

2)Candida diet strict for 3 months then tapered, probiotics, digestive enzymes, digestive herbs and the topping on the cake which I HIGHLY RECOMEND D-Limonine gell caps from Jarrow ($15)

D-Limone is the BEST way to calm down digestive issues. Its also little known. It is not acidic even though its orange peel extract oil the coats the top of the stomach and lining. It works.

This saved me from throat operation, yep! 1 per day. You burp orange for 15 min then it stops and your issues start to get better in a few days. Unlike antacids it does not stop acid production, it controls it.