Is it normal that when i eat food to fast a feel like i can’t breath?

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I’ve had this problem ever since I was around seven, I think. Back then it didn’t happen often, but, when it did it was pretty bad. If I ate too fast–it only happens with certain food like French fries, hamburgers, bread, etc–I would start to feel almost like my throat was closing up. My mouth would get really water like I was about to throw up, swallowing would feel like I choking and trying to get the food down. The only thing that would help was drinking water; when I would do so, everything would get even worse for a couple second then go away completely. In recent years, this happens somewhat often, but, only to the point of where there isn’t any pain just the feeling I won’t be able to breath, then I need to stop eating for like ten seconds and I’m good. Around a year ago though, once when I was eating a sandwich, the usual started to happen but it got worse and worse to the point where water didn’t help and I ended up vomiting. Recently, about a month ago, the same thing started to happen but as the feeling of not being able to breath got worse I expected to throw up but it all went away and I was fine. But anyway I don’t think this normal lol.

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  • d0esnormalmatter
    4 years ago

    Yessss happened to me all the time. Still can but I avoid it by drinking more along the way and eating slower.

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  • Boojum
    4 years ago

    Are you on the spectrum? I understand that some autistic people have a tendency to gulp their food down much faster than is healthy for them. In some cases, it can result in vomiting and even in food being aspirated - inhaled into the lungs - which is life-threatening. (It also looks disgusting to bystanders, but that's a secondary concern.)

    It's pretty damn stupid to know that your body reacts in an unpleasant way when you do something, and then to mindlessly do that thing and be upset about it.

    It's blindingly obvious that you need to put some effort into being more aware of what you're doing when you eat. Rather than gulping down food as if you have thirty seconds to finish the last meal on earth, pay attention to the size of the bites you take, what you're tasting as you chew and the condition of the food in your mouth before you swallow. Maybe counting the number of times you chew and not swallowing before you get to twenty would help you slow down.

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  • GaelicPotato
    4 years ago

    Then don't.

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