User talk:Egor2021

I don't know about this Talk page. i love wikipedia (I even donate, what's up wikipedia!!). but i just don't know what i'm doing.

i just noticed that the "cricopharyngeal spasm" page has been updated a lot in the past year and that this user egor2021 is the person who knows all this new information. i mean it's not all new to me but some of it is. mostly it's just that it's a LOT of info that even doctors, don't know. well at least the ones back in 2016-2017. (i'm wondering if covid has set this off for people more somehow so people are learning about it). i haven't ever had covid-19 but this "throat thing" is something i've dealt with and researched and studied (& needed therapy for.. as well as benzos which i dislike, because they make me so tired among other annoyances. but that's better than feeling like i'm being strangled, and so far it was/has been the thing that works. i do not want to have to be on them regularly for this again).

i just want to understand and i want possibly other options or deeper understanding. this has been on and off for years. i have had it intermittently since i had my first baby in 2016. it mostly went away around 2017-2018 (the severity tapered off over a long period of time) but crops up mildly and it's not usually alarming. however, oddly, i had another baby in january and suddenly the last several months i've been having it again. i have theories about it and oxytocin and some other hormonal things that happen in pregnancy and childbirth, because of my first childbirth experience which is what originally, very distinctly, set this in motion. so i thought i'd see if there is any new research or thinking.

it's something that caused me a lot of distress and even depression a few years ago. i saw some of the treatments listed now, and i wanted to know how this person knows these things and a) if they're a doctor can they talk to me about treatment? i'm in CA. b) if they know a doctor or expert and can refer me, i would be eternally grateful. thankfully, the last 2 ENTs i saw diagnosed and acknowledged this definitively is textbook cricopharyngeal spasm (after seeing some who knew zero about it). but they weren't totally sure of a path to take since the other instances they'd seen of it were shorter-term. they mostly said to keep taking the ativan or valium and whatever else, and avoid stressors. it's 100% for sure a physical thing for me even though i do notice it can be affected by stress. it is not "just psychological." i've had times in life since then of a lot of anxiety where it didn't come back. but this last several months has been relatively laid-back and it's been a happy time for me.

thanks for reading. can this user, who i can only hope will see this and be interested in talking (or someone who agrees and understands all the facts on this page now!) pleeeease email me (i hope that's possible through this form)? i would love to get some direction since this thing is a major "thorn in my side," as they say. it's the worst.

Narniann (talk) 00:51, 20 August 2021 (UTC)narniann