thanks, that helps a lot, and yep it is a pretty rotten disease to have with health anxiety. Some people say anxiety and gerd isnt related but i think it is very much related....
should have mentioned that it feels almost like ive bruised my sternum and sometimes eating aggrevates this, causing more pain. nell...
Hi Guys This is a copy of post i posted on GERD forum but i am wondering if anyone experienced anything similiar when stopping their antidepressants. ? havnt posted in a while as been doing pretty...
Hi Guys havnt posted in a while as been doing pretty good, until last week when bang!!! I had been having the odd off day back and forwards since last august but on the whole doing pretty well, until...
yep that just about sums up my life.... but yet i can eat and i have actually put on weight not lost it so i am hoping its not anything too serious. I am sure your doc will put your mind at ease as...
Hi Marsha It does sound as if anxiety could be playing a part in your symptoms, if i sit and get really worked up about my symptoms and start to think that i have something really serious wrong with...
i am taking a teaspoon with a small piece of bread or fruit to aid the passage through my system then nothing to eat or drink for 20 minutes after, i am doing this morning and night. I dont like...
Hi Have any of you guys heard of active manuka honey, i have just started taking it its completely natural, google it and see what you get. I am a nurse and we have just started after all these years...
Yes!!!! I had the odd episode before but when i started on a certain anti depressant it became so unbearable i had to change to another antidepressant (this all happened in december of last year)...
really looking forward to the holiday,and ive just gotta keep my fingers crossed that it is reflux thats the problem, i get so full of wind since started taking the ppi sometimes its really quite...
Hi Guys Its all a bit of a minefield i think. Laurie how bad were your symptoms, i have just got myself so convinced that i have something more sinister and of course with this condition the more you...
Hi Can someone tell me what the difference in symptoms are between GERD and NERD apart from the obvious non errosive part, its just that i have all the classic symptoms like sometimes burning behind...
Hi Stress/anxiety can cause the most awful physical symptoms, i know as i have just about suffered everyone in the book. Nell...
Hi That is good news, i did see your post yesterday and i did think that 27 was pretty young to have barrets (although i dont know too much about it). Errosions in your eosophagus are fairly common,...
Hi Yes i think this is fairly common problem with gerd,not sure if its related to wind/gas or something to do with the vagus nerve Nell...
It could be related to the new medication my gerd didnt flare up until after i started on an antidepressant, discuss it with your gp but i def know that a lot of medication can start it Nell...
Hi Im pretty sure that you dont have anything serious wrong with you the scope is just routine,your doc would have told you if he thought that there could be something more serious wrong with you,...
Yes tight throat and the feeling of a lump is common in GERD its also a common anxiety symptom as well called globus hystericus(,its to do with spasm in the throat area caused by anxiety and tension...
It will if its the gerd thats causing it, yes Nell...
Thank you for a very good post,it made interesting reading Nell...
I think its more likely that the gerd is causing your "allergy symptoms" a lot of people who dont actually have the burning first get diagnosed with gerd when they visit ent about their problems....
no, thousands of scopes are carried out daily throughout the uk alone we now have specialist nurse carrying out a lot of the procedures and all the scopes are surgically clean and yes it goes down...
HI so pleased to see that you are doing ok on the reduced dose, its just such a horrible disease which i think is made worse by the fact that if you are a worrier you think that it is something much...
im having real problems at the moment feeling like im full of gas, i keep feeling like im full of little bubbles that come up in little burps, not sure if its the ppi's or if its the gerd, or...
Yes, it does unfortunately,i get all the symptoms you mention plus at times i feel like i am so full of little gas bubbles that keep coming up Nell...
dont take muscle relaxants unless you are really but the one of choice tends to be diazepam which although im not saying it doesnt have its place the best thing to learn to do is tackle the cause not...
oh yes,muscular pain is associated with anxiety,when we are anxious we hold all our poor muscles tense and then they get stiff and sore and when we do relax them we feel pain in them, particularly...
if you have a good relationship with your gp you could talk to him/her about it medications can help but i think its worth trying some other things first like alternative therapies, relaxation, and...
yes,anxiety can worsen the symptoms, some people still think its anxiety that causes them in certain folk,i know when im anxious my symptoms get worse, good luck anyway. Nell...
not sure what im allowed to say on here but here goes anyway. I never usually recommend that anyone google for health reasons but if you google candida you will find all the symptoms relevant and how...
yes its ok to take daily, normal dosage is around 150mg once daily but can be taken up to 300mg if needed, do you have a hiatus hernia ? is that what causes your sensation of fullness in chest and...
Hi all its good to know there are so many people out there that feel the same way, i am so convinced that mine cant be GERD it has to be something more sinister, i get a touch of a sore back with...
Cathy im almost 41 so am at the age when things are starting to happen hormonaly and i think your right that it can make things worse. thanks for the replies folks i really appreciate it. Nell...
thanks for your reply, its funny how some posts get more replies than others,i guess its just your luck or how interesting your post is, anyway thanks for taking the time to reply,i have been so much...
hi firstly i would like to say that im not a doctor,i am a nurse with 23 years experience in the job. I cant tell you what is wrong with you , i can only offer my opinion, and my opinion is that you...
Hopes i dont get all the symptoms that you mention but i do get the warm feeling that you describe amongs other things and although i cant say for certain as i amnot your doc it doesnt sound like its...
Hey Everyone I Know you lot are a very supportive bunch so I am hoping that I will get a lot of replies to this one. /community/emoticons/smile.gif I have been bothered on and off for several years...
Hi all new here, i have posted this on the GERD forum too in the hope that i will get an answer somewhere. I suffer from health anxiety and have been on prozac for around 6 weeks now, and although it...
hi I would like to say that i am new here and have the same problem, i suffer from health anxiety and have had problems with indigestion on and off with my anxiety but since i started on prozac i...