Hello,
I just posted a few hours ago about my anxiety and panic attacks that I've been having about acid reflux. I just heard from the GI doc, actually the nurse, and she said my 48 hr ph test came back normal, no GERD. She said there is nothing wrong with my esophogus or my stomach and I need to go back to my PCP to try again. I feel like I've hit a brick wall!!! I just know that I have not felt well for months! My stomach has been a mess, and my throat an even bigger one! It's what causes me the panic attacks when it feels like it's closing up on me and I can't breathe. The horrible golf ball size lump in my throat is very real! After visiting several doctors and finally ending up at the GI, I thought for sure I had found my problem and could begin to deal with it. He said that my symptoms sounded like GERD before the endoscopy, and I have been reading and trying to educate myself on it and accept what I thought I had. And don't get me wrong, I don't want something to be seriously wrong with my digestive system, I am thankful that he said it isn't, I just know what I have felt for months, and the weight I've lost. I'm 5'1 and have gone from 110 - 95 lbs. I feel way too skinny, and I have become afraid to eat much because I've been afraid of what the food will do to my stomach and my throat. I can't stop crying! I know that lump is something! I didn't imagine all these symptoms and episodes all these months, and I know something else has got to be wrong with me, but it's making me question everything I have felt. Has this all been one huge horrible case of anxiety and panic? Help!!!