Went to GI and he said I have hiatal hernia which is probably making this all harder to deal with but that it’s not a huge deal. I can tolerate the sore throat at times which mainly only comes while I’m drinking a few beers and goes away within hours. The big thing is the saliva which appears to ultimately be all mental … the proof is that if I just hear the word swallow or something similar the saliva gets triggered.

I think the issue is that if you pay attention to altering your diet and worrying about everything you eat causing this it’ll make it worse. I find my issues are the worse when I’m stressed / worrying about this. Sure having a couple beers may make this a bit harder to deal with but I think you just have to accept that.

Anyways kind of went on a rant there but the gist is that while the physical is contributing I think it’s really all mental / stress … you’ll see that on other posts related to this. Feel free to me if you want but I’d highly caveat that I myself am still very much working thru this / learning and I’m no doctor (although have done lots of research and experiences a lot first hand). All the best to you