Diagnosed today?

I thought I had the stomach bug that's been going around, nausea, dizzyness, burping a lot, etc..  It's worse in the morning.  I've only been able to eat rice, crackers, and water.  Today was the fifth day I had it, so I went to the doctor.  She asked if I had heartburn and I said no.  After some prodding of my sensitive tummy and taking a urine sample, she told me I was dehydrated and that I had GERD.  She gave me pepcid to take twice a day.  I just took the second pill of the day and now I DO have heartburn and acidy stuff at the back of my throat.  My other symptoms are still there, too.  Could this be wrong diagnosis?

Post Edited (gatitoplata) : 12/7/2010 8:00:27 PM (GMT-7)

Hi there,

Agree with previous posting ...  especially as the medication caused you to get heartburn .. better wait a while before taking it again.    If one has low stomach acid, any antiacid which contains calcium in one or other form will affect you, as the calcium will cancel out some of the little acid you still have left . food does not digest properly when you have low stomach acid, just lies and ferments causing all kinds of symptoms.

Having been wrongly diagnosed myself ... with high acid ... and when my PPI {omeprazole) made me worse realised I  had low stomach acid ..( actually posted a link to this as low stomach acid is more common than people think)    Taking digestive enzyme capsules  brought a quick turn around for me .. now I'm a great believer in enzymes.   My husband always had bad indigestion,  burping, passing gas etc ... and he is also taking this now, and the burping and gas are gone and he feels great!   Concentrating on foodstuffs containing enzymes at the moment .. eating a lot of papaya (or paw-paw), dates and drinking pineapple juice with meals.

Good luck,  Cecelia