Thanks TammyGrl0528. Did you notice any patterns in terms of when pain comes during the day. For some reason, the worst part of the day tends to be after I wake up or even sometime during early...
TammyGrl0528 or anybody else - is anything helping for chest pains (medications, natural remedy)? I have been on Effexor XR (37.5mg) for maybe 10 days, but really don't see much difference. For some...
Woww ... very similar cases. I had few traumatic events last year (lost my dad with cancer battle + my mother got sick/depressed since she is suddenly alone) and that may be very well triggering...
Thanks TammyGrl0528. Wishing you the same. I am on Clonazepam (0.5mg - 3 time sa day) and Trazodone (50mg once a day before going to bed - helps with sleep) in last 14 months. I just started using...
Thansk everyone for your support. I am now on Effexor XR and Clonazepam and hopefully this will help me my health mistery. All the best to all....
Hi TammyGrl0528. Thanks bunch for your reply. Just got back today from a DR who told that with everything that has been happening I am a good candidate for Venlafaxine (Effexor). I will give it a try...
Thanks TammyGrl0528. I will be going through the series of doctors visits in next three weeks so we will see what the outcome of these visits will be. As far as anxiety I am not sure what to say. I...
Thanks a lot all for everyone's replies. Great to have this place to share thoughts as not too many people understand how painful and disabling this problem can be. Happy New Year to all! It is...
Thanks a lot for your reply. Unfortunately, I feel the same - chest pain/discomfort on a daily basis (could not determine triggers). Feel very weak/tired most of the time with joint paint (knees)...
My symptoms started a year ago with an ongoing chest pain. Today I still have chest pains (every day), feel pretty weak at times, and have joint pain (espceially knees) which increases with chest...
Nic, we seem to be in very similar "boat". I also have had GERD problems with chest pain/discomfort (if it is GERD - have no clue anymore) for a year now and NOTHING seems to be helping. EDG done 11...
Great news. Hope you will feel like that forever. Have doctors recommended Nissen to you? Esopxys sounds like much less invasive procedure. All the best....
Hi Stacyb. Just wanted to ask how are you doing esophyx? Hope your procedure went well....
Thanks and best of luck for your procedure. Unfortunately, my insurance Care First Blue Choice does not list Dr.Garber on the list. I don't know whether an insurance would make an exception if I...
Thanks Stacyb. I had an edoscopy which showed an inflammed esophagus, hiatal hernia, and mild gastritis. Just had esophageal manometry last week and 24 HR Ph monitoring. Waiting for results this...
I have read a lot about esophyx procedure on their website http://www.endogastricsolutions.com/index.php?src=gendocs&ref=EsophyX&category=About_EGS&submenu=Esophyx I have even contacted the...
Same here. 8 months ongoing chest pain that generally gets worse at night (sometime dull presence of pain in the middle, sometime bad pain on either left of right side). At times pain is severely...
Did HIDA test results and ejection fraction is 30% (normal is greater than 35%). With stones and polyp already shown I imagine recommendation will be to remove gallbladder. I wonder if it will help...
Good point about getting brain under control. I need to find a recipe for that - often feel like this will never end! In short, depressed. Thanks a lot - "tricking our minds can do a trick", at least...
Great to hear you are doing well. I was like that maybe in February when I used Colanezepam twice + Prevacid once a day. I don't know if I got too relax too quickly (went to eat indian food few times...
Woww - I see similarities in our cases. I have had terrible anxiety attacks when I first experienced GERD problems. I got them under control a little bit after starting using Trazodone and Clonazepam...
Very interesting article, thanks - is this a common procedure for GERD these days? Seems very promising an dnot too risky. Anyone tried this procedure?...
Thanks. Good point on the HIDA scan and checking if gallbladder works fine do I need to remove it even if I have both gallstones and polyp. By the way, what are your GERD symptoms? Do you, at tiems,...
Like many of you on this board, I am trying to find some answers and possible treatment to feel better, but so far (5 months) have not been that successful. Just wanted to hear what you think and...
I know exactly what are you talking about . I have been struggling with GERD in last six months and have had often similar feelings. It is amazing how much it influences quality of living considering...
Thanks Tummytuck. What I really don't like is their guessing game. OK, endoscopy showed what it showed (esoph.inflammation, small hiatal hernia, and mild gastritis), but now I am recommended to get...
Hi all in this wonderful forum, just wanted to see if anyone experienced similar problem in the past. I was told 3 months ago that I have GERD (Endoscopy showed an inflammed esophagus, small hiatal...
Hi all - just wanted to see if someone can give me an advice on how to proceed from here since I have been experiencing very bad pain lately. I am going to see my GI specialist again next week, but...
debaser, check this posting for more info on how people feel after taking Clonazepam: http://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=9&m=742070 ...
At times, I can't beleive that only GERD is making me this miserable and I start thinking that sympoms are associated with other diseases that doctors/medical tests did not discover. I have no idea...
This is almost how I feel too - so, don't worry you are not alone. I am in almost consant fear that something terribly is going wrong with me - everything got trigerred by chest pain 3-4 months ago -...
can someone say why is orange peel good for people having GERD? I thought any citrus fruit is not good to be used. thanks....
Thank YOU, Thank You, Thank You - glad to hear that I am not alone. This forum provides tons of good and useful info that one would rarely get from the DR office....
Now few questions: [b]Can GERD be this painful? At times, my chest pain is almost unbearable - sometime feel discomfort like something being stack in the middle of my chest (could food get stack in...