Mild acid reflux - Famotidine and Ranitidine makes it worst?

How was the pericarditis diagnosed? It seems tough to tell the difference between the symptoms.

Reflux ideas:
Probiotics
Digestive bitters
Digestive enzymes
Chamomile, ginger, DGL (licorice), aloe vera, slippery elm, marshmallow
D-limonene
apple cider vinegar
HCL supplements
Reducing the foods that trigger reflux for you (coffee, carbonated beverages, tomatoes, citrus, spicy food, etc.)
Hydrating gradually throughout the day
Remaining upright all day
Not ingesting anything within three hours of bed (including water)
Addressing any pathogenic gut bacteria (H. pylori, SIBO, etc.)

I'm actually navigating similar things right now. I'm having harmless premature ventricular contractions (extra heartbeats that are very distracting) which can cause mild chest pain, but then I thought maybe the chest pain was costochondritis from lifting my 100 pound dog for a few weeks before she died, and then it occurred to me a few days ago that it could be reflux. So now I'm trying all the reflux tricks.... Never had reflux before, so it took me a long time to figure it out....

I took famotidine once in an ER years ago when I had gastroparesis and the ignorant doctors just thought I was being a wimp. My esophagus instantly burned and cramped. Never again! For ongoing reflux, it's best to address the causes rather than the symptoms anyway, when possible.

i also have this, altought it was much worst and almost buyed the PPI solution from docs. With biofilm and abx treatment, its getting under control, but its stubborn and sometimes happend again, i suspect its bartonella biofilms on my stomach and brain. PPI only made things worst, the food came out undigested. I cut the diet that trigger the acid reflux and started a gluten free diet. If you problems is reflux why not find a diet that doesnt trigger the refflux, it is for you to find wish food causes that. While on a better diet, try probiotics and a good thing is to try sweet potato juice, it is proven to heal inflamation on the stomach, try it, take it on empty stomach 30 minutes before meals.

Speak to you doctor and tell him about the symptoms you are suffering while taking PPIS and check if he is honest with you and cares about you. If he starts to say things like: "Hey thats not the problem, continue to take it you will be fine, Hey who is the doctor you or me? There is nothing more i can do to help you PPI is the solution.. And so on, then i would not trust this doc and search a second opinion.

Be aware that the cause for pericarditis are several acording to this document here, reflux is only one of them

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2014/0401/p553.html

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmc4293869/

Post Edited (isitlyme) : 7/22/2020 4:31:08 PM (GMT-6)

Pantoprazol.................made me worse.

Its hard for Drs to get past their idea that you have to much acid, when many people dont have enough. Low acid is yeast friendly too. And they dont want to even try to understand gut Candida (which also creates a perfect GERD environment).

Conventional Drs are partially to blame for sending me further into the GERD abyss. Until I learned.

Low T3 thyroid (not uncommon here) can also create a low acid situation (not good).

I take more acid specifically when eating meat.

The GERD forum here has very conventional medical minded people (unlike the lyme forum). Ive mentioned D-Limonene to quite a few there in the past, it fixed it when nothing else did for them. I think one person here had issues with it. You will burp orange peel taste for a few minutes especially if your moving around which is why I mention taking it before bed.

Its great stuff for most people. I only take a couple days of it maybe once per year now, usually around the winter holidays. It cured my GERD, most people on PPI's use them forever which is very bad long term.

Hey guys,

So I think you guys convinced me to try the alternative route here.

about D-limonen. I think I will go get some today, but here 2 things I've found online that made me hesitant a bit.:

1- "Being a solvent of cholesterol, d-limonene has been used clinically to dissolve cholesterol-containing gallstones. Because of its gastric acid neutralizing effect and its support of normal peristalsis, it has also been used for relief of heartburn and gastroesophageal reflux (GERD)."
D-Limonene: Safety and Clinical Applications - PubMedpubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › .

If I understand what you guys are proposing here, shouldn't I be going away from "gastric acid neutralizing agent"?

2- "Can D limonene cause heartburn?
Acid reflux issues cause stomach acid/contents to go up into the esophagus. If d-Limonene happens to be in the stomach, especially freshly released and potent, that's going to come up, too."

So theorically D-limonen could make things worse too ?

Lastly, since I really appreciate you guys knowledge on this,
What do you guys think of the Dr. J. recommendation to add Chlorella and butyrate ?

Thanks for the reply astroman. I really appreciate all the explanations you are giving me.
After 2 failed attempt with doctor proposal, D-limonene is my next stop.

I'm just worried about taking more stuff when others made things worse before, hence why I want to understand the mechanism. I do believing that the theory of low acid in the stomach totally make sense since pepcid and zantac made things worse.

Someone also told me that taking an ounce of apple cider vinegar would