You may not have acid reflux if it acid never gets into your throat. I have at least a yearly episode of waking up choking and the epiglottis is stuck shut protecting my lungs from acid. It's horrible to wake up like that but am always fine after the episode and yet every time it happens I can't shake off the sheer panic I'm in. I could say I got used to it and yet when it happens it's horrifying.
There's degrees. For many years, I'd sometimes have a pressing pain somewhere on the left side of my chest. For years I wondered if it was something with my heart or my lungs, but it turns out that's what it feels like if stomach acid enters your oesophagus. It doesn't have to get all the way up to your throat to be a problem, though that also sometimes happens recently.
Took years for me to get this diagnosed, but now I take pills to reduce stomach acid production, I eat less in the evening, and maybe I'll add this training now.
wow, I have the same issue but not related to acid or GERD. mine is triggered by water or saliva. My throat would close up, and I couldn't breathe. It has a name, and on YT, you can see a video of an episode happening. it looks and feels like an asthma attack. And even though I'm always fine, I still fight back the panic. I have gotten better. I can quickly close part of my throat before the water or saliva touched the part of the throat that triggers it. I also learned not to fight it. do not try too hard to breathe, especially through the mouth. instead, I breathe slowly and gently through the nose. I then relax and maybe let out a cough or two, then I can breathe again.
