feeling of food stuck in chest

Anyone else expereicne this?  Weird thing is I get it a lot when I wake up in the morning...after obviously not eating for 8 or more hours?   I sleep fine....this reflux takes a break?  Why are days so awful...burping, pain, etc.... yet it all goes away while I sleep.  May be a really stupid question but I am so frustrated and ready for answers.  Would go to the doctors but they get that deer in the headlight look!!

Oh and is this stuff giving anyone else really really really bad breath?  My doc seemed in awe of that one too.  He said bad breath comes from foods we eat.

I get the same feeling when the acid reflux is bad. It's sort of scary since I first discovered I had silent acid reflux almost 7 years ago when I choked on something. An endoscopy discovered my esophagus was severly strictured. Since I started feeling the acid reflux this summer I haven't had any problems with choking. I had an endoscopic exam in September and there was a small stricture that was dilated. The feeling is not due to choking. I sometimes feel like food is coming back up but I have never had any food actually come up, so I suspect it's just irritation.

I can't explain why your pain goes away when you sleep. I sometimes feel it during the night and typically wake up more than once during the night. I suspect it's due to reflux.