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I have Acid reflux and need help!

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cosietea · 25/11/2024 19:30

I have GERD diagnosed 2 years ago. Was on the PPIs but was told by consultant they are not suitable for long term use so don't get a prescription anymore. Have had endoscopy and nothing sinister found

However, it's getting worse. I wake up with it now, despite not eating any of the 'trigger' foods. Every time I eat I can feel the food regurgitate after about 20 mins. I never vomit but I can feel it there in my throat. It doesn't seem to matter what I eat or don't eat, it's just every time I eat

It's got to the point where I've lost some of my appetite (fine because I could lose some pounds anyway)

I don't smoke or drink regular alcohol ( it's a trigger anyway, as is chocolate)

Will this get better? I wouldn't say I'm overweight but do have very large cup size and I'm short and I wonder if my bra alone would be causing me problems?! Maybe a long shot!

Has anyone successfully reversed GERD?

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redboxer321 · 25/11/2024 19:40

Have a look at bentonite clay to see if that might help.

SabbatWheel · 25/11/2024 19:41

I’ve been on Omeprazole for 9 years with no issues for reflux associated with Crohns,

VenusClapTrap · 25/11/2024 19:43

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cosietea · 25/11/2024 19:44

SabbatWheel · 25/11/2024 19:41

I’ve been on Omeprazole for 9 years with no issues for reflux associated with Crohns,

Edited

This is what I was prescribed for 2 years and then they stopped them. To be honest it was bit hit and miss with the results and I was never quite sure they did the job!

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WhoWhereWhatWhy · 25/11/2024 19:52

I’ve been experimenting with Omeprazole for the last few months. I found for the first week or two that it was working, and then it sort of stopped. I kept taking it regardless. And then I tried not taking it and it seemed to make no difference as I still had the acid. So then I tried taking it every other day and that seemed to help a bit, until it didn’t. Now I don’t take it at all, and I can’t see any difference with the acid. At one stage I had to sleep pretty much upright.

I don’t eat any of the foods on the list to avoid either - no spicy or fatty stuff for me, no caffeine.

I’ve not had coffee for a good few days, I don’t know if it’s too soon to expect a difference.

Gaviscon does work for me but the relief is very temporary indeed, a matter of minutes.

Blueeyedmale · 25/11/2024 19:52

I was on omeprazolone but it didn't agree with me pantprazolone I'm on now and no side effects whatsoever and works very quickly

gamerchick · 25/11/2024 19:57

Have gou propped the head of your bed up? I had to do the GERD diet for a month and sleep pretty much on a slant for ages. I still have to go back on occasion but it usually sorts it out. I sleep don't sleep flat though, albeit not as upright as before.

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cosietea · 25/11/2024 20:00

What is the GERD diet?

I'm just confused as to why I suddenly got it when I've never in my life had acid issues, even when pregnant or when my diet in my 20's was awful and full of binge drinking

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Thevelvelletes · 25/11/2024 20:04

Lanzaprozel.30 years

Hepherlous · 25/11/2024 20:25

Might it be worth getting another gastroscopy? My showed a hiatal hernia was causing the reflux (stomach pushes through the hole in the diagram causing reflux) and they're very common.

Dreamsfallapartattheseams · 25/11/2024 20:42

Are you anywhere near perimenopause?

I'm 51 and although I have suffered with IBS since my 20's as soon as I hit the age of 45 I started to suffer from awful upper gut issues. I have had endless tests but all ok. My gastro says it's just functional dyspepsia.

I am really careful with my diet and only drink water, I don't drink or smoke and exercise but I have this issue all the time.

I am convinced perimenopause and my hormones are to blame.

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cosietea · 25/11/2024 20:52

Dreamsfallapartattheseams · 25/11/2024 20:42

Are you anywhere near perimenopause?

I'm 51 and although I have suffered with IBS since my 20's as soon as I hit the age of 45 I started to suffer from awful upper gut issues. I have had endless tests but all ok. My gastro says it's just functional dyspepsia.

I am really careful with my diet and only drink water, I don't drink or smoke and exercise but I have this issue all the time.

I am convinced perimenopause and my hormones are to blame.

I am 42 and this started approx 2 years ago. I'm not sure if I'm peri, I take the pill and have regular normal periods so I'd have no idea if I was.

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cosietea · 25/02/2025 21:07

So... although to still get the odd day of reflux, I stopped taking a multivitamin ( and iron) and high dose vitamin D and the reflux seems to have resolved

Never thought there would be a link between supplements and reflux but a quick internet search shows it's not that uncommon. So for anyone who is still suffering and taking multivitamins then maybe stop for a week to see if it helps!

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Myhouseismyprison · 25/02/2025 23:07

I have certain trigger foods, foods that can only be eaten at certain times of day and then foods which are normally fine but I have to abstain from during an episode.

Pasta is one that I can’t eat after lunch. If I have it I close to bed, I wake up with terrible burning.

Once I have set it off, it takes around 5 nights of awful burning and me eating bland food to recover.

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