Please help if you can

Hello everyone,
I don't know where to post this question and so I thought I'd start here because my doctor's think my problem is anxiety. Staring end of December, I began having what felt like my throat/tongue closing off my airway coming out of a deep sleep.
It started that way but then began to also happen upon falling asleep at night. It wakes me up immediately where I have to try again. I've lost a lot of sleep these past few months because of it. I've tried so hard to figure out what it is. I do tend to worry but when this all started I was sleeping well and thought I was relaxed. I saw my regular doctor who advised me to see my GI doctor because they suspect GERD. The GI doctor did and EGD and found everything looking good except for some mucous. I do have reflux. Just for more background, I take Nexium, watch my diet and do not go to bed after eating. i have the head of my bed raised. Now during my EGD the doctor checked me for sleep apnea and does not think I have it. I do not snore and have a thin neck with lots of room at the back of my throat. He put me on notriptyline and I found that drug too drying so I had to quit it. It did not help the spams for the short time I took it. My net step was a neurologist who sent me for a sleep study. I had to take medication to sleep but the results of that showed no apnea at all. I know the spasms I'm having did not happen during that study which is a shame because I am not imagining it! So I left his office today feeling that there is just no hope for whatever this is to go away. He did suggest Xanax or Valium to relax the throat muscles. I have taken Xanax on occasion and sometimes it helps but not always. I asked the doctor how am I to deal with this and he said maybe see a psychologist! My question to you all is can subconscious anxiety cause such a strange symptom? My life has been pure misery the last month because of this. I just never know when it will happen and it is difficult to sleep. Any insight would be so much appreciated.
Thank you.

Thank you so much. I'm still suffering and as you said, falling asleep has been the hardest. I just don't know how to get past it. It wakes me or arouses me immediately. I've had insomnia in the past but have really worked hard at getting that under control particularly mentally so this new physical problem has been such a downer for the work I had done to combat anxiety/sleeping problems of the past. Thank you for writing. I'm so scared this will never go away!

Thank you! What is OCD?
Thanks.
Lori

I am so sorry but I meant to ask what CBT is? I don't know why I typed OCD. I'm so tired that I just wasn't thinking clearly.