LPR and Globus Sensation

Here goes,

My name is Randy, I'm 50 years young and in February of this year I was eating some shrimp and thought I perhaps swallowed a shrimp with some tail because I got this feeling like it scratched my throat. This created an extreme anxiety episode where I thought the shrimp was lodged in my throat. I did all I could not to panic. I drank lots of water but had this feeling of something stuck. I've never experienced this in my life so of course I started to think the worse.

The next day I thought everything was back to normal and as I was eating some chips and dip I got that feeling in my throat again and again had to keep myself from full panic. So I went to the hospital and they referred me to ENT at Kaiser.

They did the scope thing threw my nose and took photos of my throat. To my amazement there was nothing there but there was some swelling. I felt way better just knowing I wasn't going to die because something might come lose and block my breathing.

But this feeling didn't go away. I started thinking about my throat every waking moment and my anxiety was sky high. I came to the point of taking in liquids only so I did. This made things easier because I knew I wouldn't choke on liquids.

So it's been 7 months since that happened and I still have Globus. I have in fact eaten a few times some macaroni and soft meat, some noodles and mashed potatoes but I was in extreme fear every time. I've eat less than 10 times this entire time. So basically I've been living off of protein shakes. Lately I've switch to Soylent which seems good for me.

I can swallow but even as I am writing this I have that darn feeling in my throat and I feel hopeless as if I can't ever be normal again. Just to eat a hamburger without the worry that it will somehow get stuck in my throat and I will suffocate to death.

The kicker is I know that it must be LPR. I was pretty big at the start and have lost at least 50 pounds which was really needed. My roommate says I no longer snore whatsoever. But I'm AFRAID to swallow pills AND I'm afraid that I will have a bad reaction to the medication like anaphylaxis so I just don't take any medication. I know it's not rational but this fear or dread of what might happens scare me to death.

I use to suffer from agoraphobia/Panic disorder back in the last 1980s and got better in the 1990s with meds. But now I know it's also hindering me from getting better or even more help. Hell I'm even afraid of the tests needed like barium swallows.

Thanks for reading I just needed to vent and share my condition with others who might be having similar issues as me.

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll certainly look into it! Anything to help this dreadful condition.