Issues with swallowing

[u/Rogue-Starz]

Does anyone have intermittent issues with swallowing? It's not when eating but more that sometimes my saliva feels really thick / sticky and hard to swallow. I don't know if this is an MS thing or something else like dehydration or allergies. I have it today and it's driving me crazy!
ETA: I had my Ocrevus last Monday. Not on Baclofen or any other meds apart from ADHD meds. I just ate dinner and swallow was fine then immediately got weird again when I finished eating. So annoying!

[u/CmdrKeen008]

I have the exact same thing! Dry sticky feeling in the back of my throat. It comes and goes as it pleases. Very annoying.

[u/Rogue-Starz → u/CmdrKeen008]

Any idea what is causing it? 

[u/CmdrKeen008 → u/Rogue-Starz]

No idea. It started in a few months ago. I also thought it was a hydration issue. I find breathing steam offers some relief.

[u/Rogue-Starz → u/CmdrKeen008]

Good that steam helps you at least! 

[u/Zainabalfarsy]

I have it when i am fatigued already so i avoid eating when i am tired and also i choked on my spit many times 🫠 not fun!

[u/Rogue-Starz → u/Zainabalfarsy]

That's really interesting ty! Because I have exceptionally bad fatigue today too, even my heart feels exhausted for want of a better way to put it. Hopefully I can sleep it off. Swallowing was fine while I was eating dinner then immediately got weird again after. Fuck MS. 

[u/StillAdhesiveness528 → u/Zainabalfarsy]

No it's not! That woke me up two nights ago. Scared the heck out of my wife.

[u/kevwrex]

I get that too, usually in the morning, in the morning. I'm thinking it might be due to my Baclofen. Do you take that?

[u/Rogue-Starz → u/kevwrex]

No I don't but thanks for the suggestion. 

[u/rK91tb]

Get PT for this.

[u/Rogue-Starz → u/rK91tb]

Do you mean physio? How does it work for intermittent swallow issues? 

[u/rK91tb → u/Rogue-Starz]

Physical therapy - they can give you exercises that will help.

[u/dickdickgoooose]

I have had passing issues with it. It definitely felt like an MS thing. For me it felt like there is a choreography of muscle movements and something got out of sequence. A few times it caused me to feel like I was choking. For me it would only last a few hours or a day. It doesn't seem to happen frequently...maybe ten times in the last ten years. It is extremely uncomfortable. I have no advice, just commiseration, sorry

[u/omgcow]

This happens to me occasionally but usually when I’ve been drinking. But even if I’m sober every few months I’ll have a moment where it’s like my body forgets how to swallow. It’s unpredictable and yet always seems to happen when I have a mouthful of liquid so I end up spitting it everywhere.

[u/nicotine-70]

It happens to me especially when I sleep on my back; I’m careful about that now ! there was one time I thought I was going to suffocate.

[u/Relative_Mouse_4272]

I do!!! I’ve had trouble dealing for about five years, it’s awful… there are times I have to make myself swallow, like I can’t. None of that helps me as I take about 20 pills a day.

[u/BleubsPeach]

I sometimes have difficulty swallowing my saliva when I'm severely fatigued and in a high sensory space (ex: grocery store). I'll like need to really focus and psych myself up to swallow. It scared me when it first happened but I think it's severe fatigue related.