Gosh, Kel, I'm having the same problem!! I do occasionally choke on things when my swallowing's not right, but lately, when I try to swallow saliva, it's as if I have no ability to swallow at all!! I told my neuro about it, but he didn't seem concerned about it
When it occured yesterday, DH ran and got me a glass of water and made me drink it...after he made me try to relax.
I'm going to try to remember tips given here, esp about having head forward a bit. I'm convinced it's a disconnect from the brain/spinal cord to the throat.

When I have one of those spasms (or whatever it is), water does me absolutely no good. It won't go anywhere either. The food can be dry, moist, or liquid. All I can do is wait for it to release, try to stay calm, andremind myself that "yes, you can breathe, it's a separate thing".

It may be different for you, but for me, water is thing I choke on most. The specialist told me to touch my chin to my chest when this happens. It closes off the airway so you can swallow without choking. It is scary when it happens. I try not to eat or drink around people who don't know my situation because they tend to panic when I do this, and it happens at least once a day anymore. Good luck finding something that helps.

I went through a period of time, for several weeks actually, BEFORE I even knew I had MS. Food would stop mid-swallow. I was working at the time and would have to hurry to the bathroom because the only way to handle it was to get it to come back up. Because it wasn't going on down.

I didn't know what was going on. So I would take tiny tiny bites, thinking I was just getting in a hurry trying to eat too fast.

But now I realize I was in a relapse. I haven't had that problem since then, thankfully.

I am sorry you are having this problem. I hope it gets better soon.