experience with antidepressants & esophageal hypersensitivity
tldr i went through a really difficult period end of last year and was constantly stressed, had anxiety, felt depressed etc. i started getting pain when swallowing and thought this would simply go away when i was mentally better. over time the pain would be on and off but it has never fully gone away - sometimes it hurts just for me to swallow saliva.
my gp did an ecg & urea breath test which came back negative & nexium 20mg doesn’t work. honestly don’t think this has anything to do with stomach acid/acid reflux. i wouldn’t say i have heartburn but it is purely pain when i swallow. closest thing i could find when researching that matches my experience is esophagael hypersensitivity & apparently taking antidepressants is a way to ‘treat’.
has anyone experienced something similar to me & how did you go about treating it? or even if you took antidepressants for a similar situation i’d be keen to hear your thoughts!