Yeh, it’s a bad place to have messed up. We need to eat, breath and talk through there.
I’m not sure, but you may have some of what is referred to as silent reflux. Look it up. Like acid reflux, but you don’t feel it. Vapor from the stomach finds its way up the throat and irritates. Causes a lot of the symptoms you describe. The nerves through that area are deceiving, pain can be radiated to other places. There is also visceral hypersensitivity, where the nerves overreact to minor acid exposure. I think I have a little of all the above.
I’ve had endoscopy done where I was in so much pain I thought sure they would find my throat rotted away.
And the they tell me “mild irritation”.
You could try some basic things to see if it helps. Sleep on you left side, elevate the top of your bed, no food 4 hours before bed.