Anyone suffers dizziness whith GERD?

I had silent GERD. I got tired of the irritation from the acid. It kept my lungs inflammed.
I decided to have the surgery and have been doing great.

Joy

tominthebox hit the nail on the head. I have gerd and LPR. when the stomach enzymes penetrate into the head area it hits and agitates nerves. This will cause dizziness as well as gum/teeth aches. Gerd has many complications that doctors don't tell you or acknowledge.
However, i found one bright spot to battling my gerd. This one thing has allowed me to sleep better because it suppresses any reflux, heartburn, burning, or symptoms of gerd.......it's brown rice. It has been working wonders for me. so much so, that i eat it right before i go to bed. This is so i don't have to worry about the reflux going to my throat, or sitting in my esophagus. try it out and tell me what you think. try it for at least four days.

p.s. as a result of the brown rice i stopped taking nexium and ranitidine. that's how much it has worked for me.

I tried the brown rice and had little relief. A week later I tried aloe vera juice twice a day and I feel close to normal. Thank you.

Mmm this is quite interesting I get head rush a lot which I always presumed was a result of my quite low blood pressure but maybe it's the old GERD again. GERD has a lot to answer for doesn't it!!

I have a lot of the symptons that listed, but I also have barrets, crap this stuff is confusing. Where is the place that can test accurately for lymes.....and what is ILADS? I have been going to the MAYO clinic in phoenix, they are supposed to be a good facility.

Hello everybody.

I have still GERD, and dizziness too, I think that the reason is perhaps that stomach acids penetrate into the head area and agitates nerves. Don´t you think so?.

Thank you.

I have had dizziness with GERD, initially I thought this was entirely a side effect of taking ppis. Certainly it was more noticeable on Omeprazole than on the Lansoprazole which I take now. However, I later discovered I was anaemic and after correcting this my dizziness is much less.

I think we should remember to rule out other common causes of dizziness; GERD seems to have the ability to amplify symptoms which may have their roots elsewhere!

MMM

it might be side effects from the nexium or your gerd is getting worse

how is your diet? maybe try to avoid any gerd triggers and see if that makes a difference.

Just because you take medication does not mean you can eat or drink anything you want. Suggest a low fat, low acid diet . Examples,-- no tomato products, coffee, carbonated beverages, chocolate, hot dogs, pizza, beer. Etc. Also, did they draw and test your blood for anemia, especially magnesium and calcium . These and ppi's could be causing you problems. Maybe you need a change in medication and add an H2 medicine. Is your head of bed elevated. You need to see a GI Medical Doctor, -- too many symptoms to handle on your own. We are not doctors on this forum and this is not to be considered as medical advice. We want and hope you will feel better.

I found myself very sick at the beginning of this year. Ended up in the hospital twice in one week because I was so sick, could not eat, could not drink.

I went to the GI and they did an Endoscopy but found only inflammation in the LES, no Pyloria and no ulcers. I was diagnosed with GERD, and the doctor put me on Nexium for 3 months. During those 3 months I didn't feel 100% but I felt ok enough to continue my regular life.

I just came off the meds about 3 weeks ago. I lost about 1lb a day. I couldn't even go to work. I had a host of symptoms: weakness, head pressure, stomach pain all the time. I don't even remember the last time I felt hungry because all I felt was pain. I had gas, bloating and pain, not to mention just wanted to get in bed, which is now super uncomfortable because I raised it 6 inches like they recommend. I tracked my calories and at some point I was eating less than 500calories because eating was so painful.

What I've done to help me:
1. Checked for Candida - according to saliva test I was positive: I bought probiotics and stomach enzymes. Not to mention started drinking Kefir and Kombucha.
2. I started a paleo diet. This has been quite hard since I'm barely able to eat period, and restricting what I eat has made even finding what to eat quite hard. But I heard it was good, so I've done it. I eat veggies and meats/protein.
3. I did the HCL test - both the 6oz of protein, and the baking soda test (2 days). It seemed positive, it took me well over 5 minutes to burp. So I started to supplement with HCL. I felt something after the first pill, but ok so continued. I still couldn't eat really. On the 2nd day's dinner I didn't really feel great, but thought maybe I needed more HCL. I took 2 HCL pills on the 3rd day's breakfast/lunch meal and felt so sick I had to drink a glass with a tsp of baking soda, this helped but I wasn't feeling great. Obviously low stomach acid wasn't my problem.
4. Back to square 1. Most sites now, including this one only discuss the need for HCL supplementation. I felt very depressed, but during one small blog line somewhere mentioned that if the HCL test fails, then you should try taking: Alkabase, Gastric Complex-HP and/or Mastica.
5. I bought Similase, which is suppose to be like Gastric Complex-HP, and some Mastica.
6. I started taking DGL Licorice and Similase, along with the probiotics and the enzymes. This seemed to help but not that great.
7. I was afraid of Alkabase because of the high sodium, so I looked for something else that could act like an "alkaline." I then heard from a friend of the family that raw potato juice is good for stomach ulcers and GERD. I then read that the raw potato juice acts as an alkaline, so I figured this could work instead of the Alkabase. I just peel the potato, chop it, put it in the blender with some water, puree, then pour it into a strainer and get the juice. I drink that, keeping away from the potato bits because I read those are bad.

For 3 days now I'm doing this: fresh raw potato juice 30 minutes before every meal (empty stomach), 2 DGL licorice chewables 10 minutes later, and 1 Similase and 1 probiotic just before I eat my meal.

I have to tell you, it almost brings tears to my eyes to think of how much better I've been feeling. I finally stopped my weight loss, I was down 13 lbs in 20 days. Every day I feel stronger, and like I can eat. I read this potato juice thing should be done for about 10 days. I check in then. Good luck to you all.

I've been having off and on vertigo. All after I got an upper respiratory infection. I was in bed for almost a week the vertigo was so bad. Then it seemed I was always feeling unwell, especially after I ate something. I've been tested for everything you can think of and everything came back normal. Spent $700 on a vertigo specialist just for them to tell me it's not caused by my inner ear. Which usually is a good sign but to me it keeps the cause a mystery. So I took a different route and saw a nutritionist. I literally transformed my diet and after a few months I started to feel good enough to almost feel like my old self again. One nutritionist thinks I have adrenal fatigue. I'm thinking it's a combination of GERD and adrenal fatigue? The past week I have drank caffeine everyday and kind of got off my diet again. Now I feel like crap again and it's scaring me. I think a combination of complete diet transformation along with good acupuncture is what started to really help me. I've suffered from severe depression and anxiety, which make anything worse, and to top it all off I have HIV and herpes and have to take a Stribild tablet everyday. When I started to feel better I actually laughed for the first time in months. Now I just feel like ending my life because everything is getting just too difficult to bare.

Thanks everyone for sharing as I now can figure that I have some of the same issues. It used to always affect my sleep and I would get a burning stomach at night. It only happened occasionally but over the past 1 year I have had about 2-4 day episodes. Any kind of emotional stress or stress that gives me anxiety can trigger it. I took carb veg 12c homeopathic and that seemed to help and then I started taking Phosphorus 12c and that also seemed to help. Many people have taken some homeopathics over time and have got completely cured. I am sure there are other things. One thing I notice is that if one of my ailments gets triggered and I eat any kind of acid food that will also trigger it. So I try to keep away from acid foods as much as I can. Asparagus triggerd my recent episode. Spicy food can also trigger it. Generally those days I experience triggers I have 5 hour night sleeps and then go right back to normal sleep the next day. Lately it has been 4-5 days of bad sleep with the burning coming and going, plus dizziness and heartburn. I was recently sexually harassed by a flatmate so that triggered anxiety. I would be concern for people in potentially abusive situations as the other person can do things to set you off and have no mercy if they know you are weak. For me I am just going to refer to it as an ulcer and anytime anyone gets weird or dramatic I am just going to say I cannot get involved as I have a health issue. People can be passive-aggressive and that can make things worse for us who suffer from gerd so watch your environment as stress is usually the precursor which will be a different situation for all of us.