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Posted 7/3/2015 8:58 PM (GMT 0)
First, let me apologize for my lack of knowledge about GERD.
Second I'd like to tell you a bit about myself:
I've got bad health anxiety, I'm on lexapro, I felt as though 4 days ago it wasn't working as well, which is part of the start up process ( the whole feeling better then not ) I've only been on it for 2 weeks tomorrw. That day I started feeling a shaky/rattling/bubbly/weird feeling in my chest, sometimes it feels like something is "jumping" into the center o my chest, it does not feel like heart palpitations which I also get pretty regularly. I went to urgent care today, I was told it's GERD, seeing as my chest xray came out okay. I had terrible heart burn for days, it would wake me up in the middle of the night. tums worked for a bit til I drank or ate ANYTHING. Even just water, the bubbly feeling most of the time seems to come from my stomach, I can feel it in my back also. I go tomorrow to pick up my prescription for prilosec.

To everyone that has GERD, and has read until now, does this seem like gerd?
Posted 7/3/2015 10:54 PM (GMT 0)
To me it sounds like acid reflux. It might be mild and might be associated/irritated with Lexapro medicine by decreasing functionality of LES, which in turn let acid with digestive juices flow back up into your esophagus. That "jumping" in center of the stomach might be muscle spasm because of acid reflux. I used to have many spasm especially after eating certain foods(mostly spicy). If your condition continues with Prilosec with same symptoms or get worse I would definitely visit Gastrologist for further evaluation. Don't wait for more than few weeks. It is just my opinion since i do suffer from Gastritis and GERD and having it sucks.
Posted 7/3/2015 11:31 PM (GMT 0)
Thank you for responding!
Posted 7/4/2015 1:42 AM (GMT 0)
I cant imagine how you feel and I am sure it is not easy for you to cope with all problems you have. I've been having problems with stomach since i was a kid, but real problems began when i was 19, and now i am 36. I was fine for about 5 years, and then last week the worst attack of everything from my intestines to my stomach. Pain, nausea, belching, different colors of stool,lost weight... and plus anxiety. I am again on PPI's (Protonix), and almost liquid diet. Had CT Scan and Endoscopy, my colonic wall is thickened so have to have further tests. Can't even work normally, symptoms are rotating throughout a day like crazy. Still, we have to cope day by day and hope things will get better. I wish you get better soon.
Posted 7/4/2015 2:20 PM (GMT 0)
For me its just one thing after another lately. i'm glad to find out what it is, and be able to do something about it. just the sensations in my chest, from the gas and everything, which I normally don't get, are terrifying for me, since my heart is what started all of my anxiety and panic problems in the first place... so now im more anxious and that's just a vicious cycle in itself...
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