I have never had anxiety, but recently developed health anxiety after being sick. I get health anxiety whenever I’m doing nothing, then I notice that my nose is hard to breathe through, even though it’s been clogged all my life, then the back of my tongue gets dry and when I try to swallow for air, It’s very hard and then my mouth gets dry and then I panic. My heart starts racing because I think I can’t breathe and I keep swallowing for air but get no air and sometimes choke on nothing. Sometimes it feels like I have mucus stuck in my throat but there’s nothing there. It sometimes happens when eating aswell because I think something bad is gonna happen if I swallow food. 

I have tried all the breathing exercises to stop the dry mouth, gotten a dry mouthwash which helps barely, and the only thing that I found to help during these times is watermelon. If I try drinking liquid I think I’m gonna drown in the water, since I can’t breathe and then the water just makes my mouth even more dry. 

I find that using my phone like I am to make this post gets rid of the Manual breathing and I’m breathing just fine without realizing, but then I catch on and it loops back. Thanks