GERD/Heartburn

[PlainJaneOnTheTrain]

I tried for an hour and twenty minutes on the phone to get hold of my GP Surgery.
When I did get through all the slots for a callback we're gone.

I have had what I assume is heartburn since Friday. I bought a Omeprazole over-the-counter, I've bought Gaviscon. I have a general burning in the middle of my chest and a sore throat. The burning pain isn't relieved by sitting down and it's not worse when I'm moving around so I don't think it's my heart.
I'm eating well I don't drink I don't smoke and I don't have any caffeine really.

Is there anything I can try? Is there anything better than omeprazole?
I have had bouts of heartburn in the past but nothing as long length of this.

Change your diet - Google and ginger sweets?

I also find milk helps.

If it continues without let up, please push for a referral. Better to get to the root cause.

Have you done a Covid test, OP, because that awful burning sensation in the chest was my earliest symptom.

Lanzoprazole is an alternative to omeprazole and it worked much better for my son.

It was prescription from the dr though

Try sipping soda water.

Did you get to the bottom of this OP? You've exactly described what I'm experiencing

You can get a wedge to elevate the head of your bed. Doing the GERD diet for a few weeks (I do a month) can help healing. It's boring as fuck like.

I've just looked at foods that help and it's literally what I eat.

Porridge for breakfast with almond milk
Chicken, brown rice and broccoli for lunch or dinner. Or some other lean meat or fish.

Banana as a snack. And some Greek yoghurt.

Maybe I need to quit caffeine 😳 but I neeeed that when I'm on 4am starts 🥱

If your diet is low residue anyway (even though it might be caffine triggering it) you may need tests to check there's nothing else going on.