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@comiendoll

Hello everyone, I read all your experiences and it's good to know that I'm not alone. I'm 23 years old and I've been struggling with clicking larynx while swallowing for a week now. I can palpate it in my hyoid bone especially when my head is flexed. Fortunately there isn't any pain but as you all know the sensation is so annoying and draws my attention every time I swallow.
Today I went to an ENT doctor, he is mostly specialized in laryngeal problems. Please look for the doctor's CV or social media before you go and make sure they're interested in larynx. He could feel the click as well and told me if I went to another ENT doctor they probably wouldn't care about it because of lack of their knowledge. He told me the best option surgery if it affects my daily life and psychology. If I consider surgery we'll see which parts are in contact with swallow imaging and he'll shave these parts. The procedure is similar to correcting a trans person's Adam's apple.
I'm afraid of having surgery even though I know most of the people have in their lives. So we talked about other options, he said gaining weight can help it since fat tissue will accumulate in my neck but not the best option so I will try suprahyoid muscle exercises.
I know it's a long process but I will be patient and try not to focus my life to my swallowing. I know it's annoying but there're so much worse health issues. I will let you know if there'll be any improvement with suprahyoid exercises.

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Welcome @comiendoll, I'm glad to hear you found an ENT doctor who was able to provide some answers and possible options. If it were my decision to make, I think I would go with the suprahyoid muscle exercises also. Definitely wouldn't do the gaining weight option and add to my other struggles and surgery is always a risk unless it's the last resort, for me anyway.

Can you provide an update after working with the suprahyoid muscle exercises for awhile?

Hello, how are you doing did you try the suprahyoid muscle exercises and did it work?