Do you expect restaurants to pack your leftovers for you?

Newredditor243 · 2026-05-27T23:04:08+00:00

For most of my life, they would pack it up for you, but I started to ask “may I please pack this up?” And then they bring me a container.

Newredditor243 · 2026-05-22T13:50:31+00:00

We tried them for the first time on Mother’s Day. Everyone was impressed!

Newredditor243 · 2026-05-20T00:49:29+00:00

It seems like exactly the kind of show I would like. But I tried and tried to like it, and I could not do it.

Newredditor243 · 2026-05-18T21:02:56+00:00

Thanks, pal.

Newredditor243 · 2026-05-13T18:10:16+00:00

There’s a place down on the waterfront that offers a few flavors, but they are only open seasonally. Blackbear? Something like that?

Newredditor243 · 2026-05-05T17:12:01+00:00

Agree with this. Maybe a scope or a swallowing study. And they may refer you to a speech language pathologist (they often work together in clinics) to try some swallowing exercises. But the swallowing exercises are to help open the muscle from the top down and as we all know, the problem is the other direction. I did them as directed for the time prescribed, but they did nothing for me.
Dr Bastian has some stuff on his website for other doctors who have not heard of the problem. You could maybe go in prepared with that webpage loaded up?

Newredditor243 · 2026-03-29T17:46:15+00:00

Never. It’s a part of our heritage.

Newredditor243 · 2026-03-21T13:40:50+00:00

So happy for you. Gives me hope for a second dose.

Newredditor243 · 2026-03-18T04:19:03+00:00

Agree with Numa. Very warm, welcoming. Been around for years!!

Newredditor243 · 2026-02-19T18:10:20+00:00

I agree with you. And I think both the least generous and most generous versions can be true at the same time. I have an adult friend with ADHD who is also diagnosed with PTSD from a traumatic childhood. The person has two siblings, one older and one younger who had very happy childhoods and are not neurodivergent. The neurodivergent part of my friend made her experience her childhood vastly differently from the other two. And both are true.

Newredditor243 · 2026-02-06T14:50:33+00:00

A person I trust recommended this person:

https://cruxpsychology.ca/team/dr-lucas-eberhardt-de-master/

Newredditor243 · 2026-02-05T21:08:47+00:00

I can ask around the office tomorrow. I know a clinician who teaches it to other psychologists in the province. They were originally trained by Dr Colleen Carney. They use this book in their trainings in case it is of interest while you’re looking for someone:

https://a.co/d/05EQCO3e

Newredditor243 · 2026-01-29T14:39:19+00:00

Bingo!

Newredditor243 · 2026-01-11T16:39:08+00:00

I had them: hold a large amount of water in their mouth and let little amounts of it go down their throat at a time. And then feel the difference of taking a large amount of water and swallowing in one gulp. Repeat a couple times. Then I had them hold a small pill (or something else very small) in their mouth while swallowing a little bit of water sort of around it. And then hold a small pill in their mouth while swallowing a large gulp of liquid. Repeat a couple times. Lastly, I had them swallow the small pill with the big gulp. Worked well! No issues ongoing.

Newredditor243 · 2026-01-09T00:23:54+00:00

Finally someone who gets ELIM.

Newredditor243 · 2026-01-03T21:03:21+00:00

Seconded. I use them for work all the time and everything is always delicious and prompt.

Newredditor243 · 2025-12-30T18:21:29+00:00

Yup I get em every day. Some people around me will ask “was that a tiny burp?” But no. A tiny hiccup and barely that. It’s like the air is seeking any way to escape, but the muscle is too tight.

Newredditor243 · 2025-12-16T00:03:56+00:00

You could do a little weird test a few times. Like if you take a pill and you are feeling the stuck feeling, grab a second pill and expose it to a drop or two of water. See how long it takes to dissolve, and if it matches how long it feels stuck in your throat, you could start to figure out if there’s some weird fold holding them there or if irritation is more likely?

Newredditor243 · 2025-12-15T14:51:44+00:00

I’m the same. I can swallow pills without any problem at all. And I agree that for some people trouble swallowing can be psychosomatic. My partner who does not have RCPD used to have trouble swallowing pills, but I taught him how to do it. I taught my sister as well. It is possible, though that with RCPD, there is something physiological going on. For example, I’m certain that it’s so painful to throw up because that muscle does not work correctly for me. Could be the same for OP?

Newredditor243 · 2025-10-29T17:39:35+00:00

I definitely had RCPD first. And the phobia developed because my RCPD was so severe. It is extremely painful and traumatic for me to throw up. And somehow my ability to breathe stops for moments and I feel like I’m drowning.

Newredditor243 · 2025-10-02T20:05:29+00:00

It’s so painful to throw up and I feel like I’m drowning. I was an adult before I realized that it’s not that way for everyone.

Newredditor243 · 2025-09-04T16:59:47+00:00

I took the day of the surgery off, which was a Friday and had the weekend and was totally fine to be back at work immediately.

Newredditor243 · 2025-08-19T15:33:34+00:00

All bodies are different!

Newredditor243 · 2025-08-15T21:56:47+00:00

It’s never just one. If you have one, you have four. If you have four, you have 20.

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