Too much or too little acid?

Hello everyone,
i am new to the Forum. I recently had tons of stress in my life and developed in the last 4 months pains and symptoms across my entire body. Some of it is in my pelvic area and the rest is around my stomach (pain, burning), throat (pain, problems swallowing, hoarseness), back (especially after eating), chest and neck...After seeing several doctors and doing a few tests, i was diagnosed with Gastritis and Oesophagitis.

I was given 2 weeks of pantoprazole, which helped a bit and then stopped helping. My gastro wants me to keep taking it.

However, in the meantime, i went to see a more holistic doctor who is now telling me that it's my Pancreas that's the problem and that very people suffer from too much acid production, that the contrary is more likely and that if i keep taking the medicine i am going to do more harm than good. He wants to start acupuncture and diet change to solve the 'core' of the problem, and not the cause.

So my questions are:
- how many of you know for sure that you suffer from too much acid production?
- have any of you cured your GERD and Oesophagitis naturally?

I am not too keen on taking the medicine and at the same time i am scared that my problems are going to get worse if i don't take it.

Any advice would be great.
cheers

You can't diagnose pancreatic problems without medical tests so Id be sceptical about that.

Stress greatly increases stomach acid production, and if that brought on your problems then it is likely caused by too much acid rather than too little.

When I tried pantoprazole is wasn't that effective, I've found omeprazole and lansoprazole work better.

2 weeks isn't really long enough for it to heal. Personally Im currently 4 weeks into a bout of gastritis still with problems, and gerd problems can take even longer to settle down. Have you had an endoscopy? You may have a hiatus hernia, they can be brought on by stress.

Take great care with what you eat, I have big problems with raw veg, any veg skins, and of course fatty and spicy foods, they set my stomach off horribly. Once you learn and avoid your triggers it can clear up a lot easier.