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Posted 6/23/2015 9:52 PM (GMT 0)
Okay so, for the last couple years I've had issues with my throat. It first started out as an uncomfortable cold-like feeling, then turned in to a golf ball type feeling in my throat when I swallowed. I quit smoking along with drinking and it went away for a while. It came back nearly 10 months later but worse. Sore neck, headaches, sore lympnodes, spitting little bits of blood in the morning and extreme throat pain along with SEVERE fatigue. I found black mold in my apartment. I blamed all of my symptims on the black mold but I've been out of it for over a year with changing my diet to rid my body of it. So I thought it has to be something else. At first I thought thyroid issues, now I'm having trouble breathing, lungs ache, throat feels raw and tight, making it hard to breathe. Then I came across symptoms for GERD. I used to get bad heartburn a lot, I'm 24 by the way. I no longer get heartburn but I know GERD can be silent. I ate things like Taco Bell all the time for years and years, in top of smoking and drinking since the age of 13. I'm confident U have GERD, I can't afford a doctors visit but I'm convinced, however. There are times, and have been happening a little more frequently lately, I get dizzy and feel like I'm about to lose consciousness but I don't. It lasts anywhere from start to end 10-60 minutes, the most severe being halfway through. Has anyone else had this with GERD/LPR? I should also note I have really bad anxiety and all of this over 2 years has not helped. The dizziness and feeling faint I would attribute to anxiety if I was anxious when the dizziness and feeling faint start. They cause anxiety, then I have an attack cause of it. Any thoughts?
Posted 6/23/2015 9:58 PM (GMT 0)
I should also add I no longer spit blood unless my throat gets irritated. I tried ACV for a while but I started spitting blood again. I figured it was agitating my already inflamed throat.
Posted 6/24/2015 3:52 PM (GMT 0)
I get dizzy and feel like I am going to pass out if I eat too much or if I have too fatty of a food. It started after Christmas dinner I had felt like I was going to faint I got so dizzy and nauseous it was scary. It happened another time after eating a decent sized meal also. I think its an issue with my vagus nerve.

Does this issue just hit you out of no where or does it happen after or during eating?
Posted 6/24/2015 8:07 PM (GMT 0)
Warrior,

You cannot afford NOT to go see a doctor. If this is a serious condition, it would be better to know now what it is. What you're describing can possibly be a bad case of GERD, but those symptoms can also be other things.

It's smart that you quit smoking and drinking as they are both digestive tract irritants (alcohol is extremely bad, especially since many of the beverages we drink are laced with chemicals but they don't have to list them on the ingredient list due to a strong beverage lobby).

The thing that concerns me the most is that you're getting dizzy. You need to get checked out by a physician as soon as possible. It could be any number of conditions, it could also quite possibly be nothing.  But you won't know until you get the opinion of a medical professional.

Post Edited (Peabs) : 6/25/2015 8:25:47 AM (GMT-6)

Posted 6/26/2015 4:55 PM (GMT 0)

LAWCHICK said...
I get dizzy and feel like I am going to pass out if I eat too much or if I have too fatty of a food. It started after Christmas dinner I had felt like I was going to faint I got so dizzy and nauseous it was scary. It happened another time after eating a decent sized meal also. I think its an issue with my vagus nerve.

Does this issue just hit you out of no where or does it happen after or during eating?

Usually out of no where.
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