u/Sad-Illustrator9102

This might be common sense…

They always tell u not to take anyone’s medication, but i have a cousin who has PTSD and bad anxiety,

her doctor gave her xanax.

Doctors always denied me benzos constantly bc of addiction risk. I never taken them before. I did take a benzo at a hospital once but it wasn’t xanax.

I’ve been extremely anxious all day and im anticipating a full blown panic attack anytime because im about to enter a situation that’s gonna fuck me up. (I need to spend the night at my relative’s house which is away from the hospital and im a hypochondriac and I’ve already been dealing with pain in my eye and throat issues that are upping my fear.

Would it be stupid of me to take a pill? She offered it to me bc she knows I get panic attacks and ones that are quite severe. Aside from that one hospital trip I’ve only ever taken hydroxozine for panic attacks which honestly doesn’t do jack shit except put me to sleep eventually. I just feel so desperate for any help.

But am I risking my life??? Being a hypochondriac everything is just falling apart for me right now.

(EDIT: I will definitely talk to a doctor when I can, for now, I just want to have a discussion)

To my knowledge, I have no known allergies to any food. I took an allergy test as a child and got told I was allergic to pecans, but I was told by my doctor a few years ago that a skin prick test can’t really predict how you’ll react to consuming a certain food.

Nonetheless I still avoid pecans and other tree nuts but that’s besides the point. Let’s talk about chocolate. I love chocolate I eat it almost everyday lol.

However, I noticed sometimes it REALLY burns my throat and is uncomfortable but the sensation will vanish seconds after full consumption. Though it’s not the case with every chocolate, like I literally ate 12 mini eclairs just fine and they were covered in chocolate icing. I also had a chocolate filled croissant recently which caused zero reaction.

I’m honestly confused because people keep warning me it’s possibly a cocoa allergy, but it doesn’t always occur and doesn’t go beyond a Brief burn or some thickened mucus.

I also get a very similar feeling when I have ANY milkshake. Doesn’t matter where it’s from. Doesn’t matter what flavor I choose. I get a sore-ish throat from milkshakes. So my throat is a little scratchy afterwards, but I go back to normal within a few minutes in that case.

Frosting of any flavor will also irritate my throat in a similar manner whether it be scratchy or sore. I’m honestly confused because I don’t know what to believe. If it were an allergy would I not expierence swelling, itching, wheezing…? I know things can be mild for sure, but it doesn’t strike me as an allergy yet most ppl seem to think it is.

(Edit 2: I also do not remember when I first noticed this. I’m really used to feeling this way, so I don’t think it was a sudden onset. It was more like I just realized something someday however then when I realized it, the sensation already felt familiar, so I know I had BEEN going through it. I just don’t have a timeline. Hope that makes sense lol)

I thought it’d be best to ask here, since people would be more educated on the matter. I’m a pretty anxious individual and can’t see a doctor anytime soon, so I’d love to get an idea if I should just like avoid certain foods or not. Cause then I saw someone say they had similar symptoms (burning throat/thickened mucus) then had sudden anaphylaxis one day and now I’m paranoid of the possibility…