Welcome to our wonderful forum! I’m sorry you’ve been diagnosed w/ ES & glad your symptoms have been mild.
Here are a couple of links to posts made by Jules, one of our moderators. They should help answer many of your questions about symptoms -
The vagus nerve is often irritated by (an) elongated styloid(s). It is the most expansive of our cranial nerves & affects many body functions including heart rate, blood pressure, gastrointestinal function, voice, breathing, & anxiety. There’s a series on YouTube called Two Minute Neuroscience. Watching the video for the vagus nerve will give you some good info as well.
It does sound to me like you may be somewhat symptomatic due to your styloid elongation. It would be unusual for a person whose styloid is actually visible & palpable in his/her throat to be asymptomatic.
I hope this helps. I expect other members will respond with more information.
