I can't stop swallowing, what cures this or helps me break this new and annoying habbit?

[swswsw]

Originally Posted by ColdAilment

So whenever I see or hear someone swallow it almost immediately triggers the response in me, I have to swallow. Swallowing is especially annoying and creates anxiety when you're in a quiet room or close with someone and you KNOW they can hear it, and once you do it once and realize it, you become self concious and can't stop because it's on your mind. The last 2 days I have been swallowing almost constantly!

I find that even when I don't think about it I can feel the excess buildup of saliva in my mouth and I can't just FORCE myself to not swallow. I feel like I'm going to drown if I don't swallow it, so I keep swallowing and I think it is getting worse.

I did a quick search online for answers, I didn't find much, but I did find some people have far more severe conditions of this. The only thing I found and have been trying to far is to spit out the excess saliva, so I have a bottle, (I know, it's gross) that I spit into.

If anyone knows a cure or a way to cope with and forget about this it would be much appreciated!

wtf, really dude this is what is happening to me right now, like the exact thing

[ErynSors]

Ive had the same problem for 4 months and it kept getting worse. I randomly started to produce alot of saliva during class and I dont know why. A month passed after that and I started to swallow 5 times a minute and its really loud now I cant eat or drink food without making a gross gulping noise. Sometimes id have anxiety attacks trying not to swallow and i start shaking.It feels like hell. If anyone knows how to stop loud gulping noises please help it’d be VERY much appreciated.

P.S if anyone has the same problems as me lets be friends and talk to help each other with this anxiety issue

[ErynSors]

Originally Posted by swswsw

wtf, really dude this is what is happening to me right now, like the exact thing

Do you still have it dude?? Im tryna find ways to cope

[Nik4me]

Originally Posted by sadskylar

Hello, unfortunately I have the same problem. I can't stop swallowing when I'm around people even when I'm around my family!! I'm having this problem for more than two years!! It's really driving me crazy. I cry most of the times because of this issue. I was diagnosed with anxiety but I didn't have any medications for this. I didn't know the problem would increase that much I started to become unsocial unlike before. I can't talk to my teachers more than five minutes or do presentations because I keep swallowing over and over nonstop! I dont set next to students so that they wont hear me swallow..It's really embarrassing I can feel that my swallowing causes lots of gross noises but I can't help it what should I do :'( I can't stop thinking about swallowing my own saliva all the time. I'm too embarrassed to tell my parents about this because maybe they would think I have mental problems. I was a social person and I really liked to be around people and do group projects but not anymore because of issue... please help me.. what should I do

Carry a water bottle at all times and sip a tiny amounts of water while someone is getting close to you?
Then it shouldn’t bother you or anyone else for that matter- you are swallowing because you are just drinking..-
This should come down your anxiety.

Or you could experiment and record your “swallowing noises” in an ambient noise room- like with a small fan running or a quiet tv in the background: don’t record it too close to yourself though- we are all having our personal space- nobody talks face to face.
Pretty sure it may help you realize that it is all in your head?

If it is an intimate partner: just start kissing noises

Don’t get obsessed- increase the ambient noise in the room through music, fan, tv in the background, table top water fountain, loud ticking clock, an air purifier, etc
Or- slightly increase your personal space distance- but do not obsess over your mostly perceived issue.
Or try to focus on something else- like perhaps scent? Much easier to control- so you are re-directing your compulsions to a more manageable one?

[vision33r]

I've had this problem for over 2 decades. The easiest fix is to stop eating gluten and sugar After a few weeks, I stop ever having post nasal drip or swallowing. 1st time in my life since it started when I was in college. I've had this problem for over 2 decades.

[Spottednikes]

Originally Posted by ErynSors

Ive had the same problem for 4 months and it kept getting worse. I randomly started to produce alot of saliva during class and I dont know why. A month passed after that and I started to swallow 5 times a minute and its really loud now I cant eat or drink food without making a gross gulping noise. Sometimes id have anxiety attacks trying not to swallow and i start shaking.It feels like hell. If anyone knows how to stop loud gulping noises please help it’d be VERY much appreciated.

P.S if anyone has the same problems as me lets be friends and talk to help each other with this anxiety issue

Take an antihistimine like Claritan, which can cause mouth dryness. Will stop excess saliva.

[LotusPedal]

I've been struggling with anxiety induced swallowing for 8 years now and it's not a fun thing to deal with. Swallowing is a very complicated action requiring 50 different muscles some you have no control over. I can link some guides I found very helpful for swallowing, myofunctional therapy can be very helpful as they teach about proper tongue posture and correct swallowing manivures. I no longer feel the urge to swallow and can hold back for very long periods, like a car ride I did for 44 hours. unfortunatly my body forces me to swallow every now and again but it's very managable. My social life is not so great, I can tolerate people but I really don't want to go anywhere most of the time. Would be really nice if I could find someone in the same boat as me, don't care who you are or what you do I'd really like to be friends!


Is this fixable? Yes if you can manage to stop going to the places or doing the things that cause you extreme anxiety EARLY enough you can go back to normal. only had this problem in one class at school by the end of the year i was doing it in a few. As I started the next year I was fine for a few months but the problem kept creeping up on me and got worse and worse. finally the last year had the problem consantly but I was able to cope so well up to this point but... eventually I reached a breaking point half of the year in and was never able to recover. If I had only left to be home schooled I would've been fine, biggest regret of my life.


here is a playlist I made that shows how to correctly swallow, it's also is a guide to mewing


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4feU...ceOrthodontics

Here is a discord group I made for people with swallowing disorders
https://discord.gg/WuagshQFhF

and here's my email if you would like to talk or ask me anything
shswhirled@gmail.com