Posted 8/27/2014 5:10 AM (GMT 0)
ive been dealing with heartburn for a litle over a year now. started taking omeprazole first, which controlled everything, then i asked the dr about 9 months ago if i could try weaning off the omeprazole. he then gave me ranitidine to take with the omeprazole then slowly stop taking omeprazole. after this didnt work, he finally referred me to a Gi. im so confused with this whole GERD thing, because i cant fully pinpoint what sets me off to have these attacks. seriously this last bout started last thurs night. from friday through sunday morning i was nauseous and feeling bloated, constipated and kept burping. no heartburn though as my omeprazole and ranitidine seem to at least keep the heartburn at bay. sometimes i would feel like i was trying to burp and couldnt, then some times i forced a burp so hard it almost made me vomit, i felt it come up in my throat but didnt actually vomit. in my whole time of dealing with this, i have never vomitted once, just get really bad nausea at times but havent actualy thrown up. sometimes i also get hemmorhoids, which is why i asked the dr to do a colonoscopy since i was already going in for an endoscopy. thats when they found the 2 polyps but they were fine. he however does want me to go in, in 5 years for another colonoscopy. the endoscopy showed a little bit of damage from the acid, and ulcers, but he said the pills will make those things go away. he also said i have a little bit of a hiatal hernia. anyways, if nothing serious is going on with me right now, why do i feel so miserable. i dont like feeling like a baby, and so emotional here, but this scares me, and i dont want it to send me into a depression. i want to win dang it!! :)
Gerd really causes constipation, heartburn, bloating, nausea, weakness (how does it cause weakness), sometimes all at the same time, and sometimes just a few of the symptoms? is this really accurate?
arrghhhh