Chewable is correct, and try to let them disolve in your mouth/throat about 20 minutes before you eat. I started by taking 4 before each meal and then before bed. 2 a day won't do much for you, you...
I think that anxiety and stress are huge factors whether you valve is loose or not! TT...
Thanks to all for the response...I wish more folks would write though! My symptoms are so varied that sometimes I can't tell what is wrong with me. Tonight it is mostly chest pains and burping, but...
Please help me!!! I am trying to design some type of life plan to help those of us with this nasty disease...I guess the biggest problem is that for the majority of us living with GERD/LPR we don't...
Friendly..I am with you!!! Today I ate some grapes and have suffered ever since....I can't even eat watermelon...it bothers me for hours after I eat it. I can eat cantalope and some berries...I love...
Hi Angela...I am a total tea drinker both hot and iced. When my reflux really started to get bad back in March I had to stop drinking tea and I thought I was going to die.... I find that for me it is...
Sometimes the medication makes you worse, not better. I was on Prevacid for about 8 weeks, for the first month I thought I had found th miracle that I had been looking for, then about week 5...
I have both really bad, I can belch with the best of them!! TT...
Hi Friendly Gal...today is probably not a good day for me to answer any questions about feeling better...It truly makes me crazy when I start feeling better and then something happens and there I go...
It was a "critcal care" probiotic and I have since been told that it is for the colon more so than the stomach. It took about 3 days and man it really hurt. Anyway, today I go back on a lesser...
Hi Friendly Gal....I was just joking about the $100 bottle of water...but as you know this GERD is really a pain in the *&#@ and I am working so hard to try and get rid of it without having to go...
Hi All...I just read an article relating use of beta blockers to a higher incidence of diabetes??? Does anyone know about this, is it true? I am calling my doc on Monday, but was just looking for...
Friendly Gal....I thought I read that somewhere too....Fiji is suppossed to be great water for higher pH.... I have never heard of eVamor???? Where do you get it??? Is it one of those waters like...
Hi All...Lowering my "bad" carb intake has helped. As for probiotics, be careful!! I tried taking a really strong version and it really hurt my stomach ( I thought since my case of GERD was so bad, I...
I have wondered the same thing...I just posted a similiar question on another board. When the stress in my life is bad, my stomach is bad...bottom line! I feel like I outwardly handle the situation...
All that I know is that when I stay away from carbs (what I like to say is anything white) I do much better than when I eat things like white bread, white rice, sugar... I am starting the south beach...
Hi All! My smptoms occur every day and usually don't hit until the afternoon,but when they do it is painful and frustrating. Acid taste in my mouth Pain in my chest (usually center of chest high up...
Amen to that! If I can just figure out one way or the other! I have actually had a couple of great days, but I sure did something wrong because today has been a real bear. I have found a couple of...
I feel like it is the chicken/egg scenerio...Which came first, the anxiety or the GERD. For me it is the GERD. I started having trouble with my stomach at 14 and I just turned 45 last week, so it has...
My doctor said to take Prevacid in the morning and eat something between one half hour and one hour, he said to take Zantac before bed. He said that the 2 drugs do different things and that is why...
Does anyone out there feel as though this GERD disease is taking over their lives? Between the pains and anxiety regarding the pains I feel like I have completely lost the person that I was before...
I burp all of the time....It doesn't matter if I have eaten anything or not. Sometimes I burp with an empty stomach, like when I first wake up in the morning. I notice that I really burp alot when I...
Hi..I too have ready about the pickles and GERD, actually what I read was about pickles and pickle juice. They say it is similiar to the Apple Cider Vinegar theory... I guess you would know pretty...
Hi..I take 25mg atenolol every day and I think that it may actually help me a little. My reason is that it has a sort of calming effect and since one of my big factors in GERD is anxiety or stress I...
PattiWagon..My Daddy has a disease called myelodyplastic disease (MDS), his catagory is called refractive anemea with excess blasts (RAEB). There are some really good websites about this. It is more...
Hi FriendlyGal...I don't think you can OD on the DGL..I started by taking 3 each time and have lessened it down to 2 now that I am doing better. Sometimes, if I am having a bad day I will increase...
I drink green tea and decaf herbal tea and have not had too much trouble, but strong regular tea makes my stomach very unhappy..I have recently started taking the DGL Licorice and am having decent...
Food or drink coming back to visit when you burp is totally normal! And I have to say it sure doesn't taste better the second time around LOL! I find that the heavier the meal the worse the return, I...
Hi..Sure sounds like GERD to me...Gaviscon liquid and magnesium tablets (not taken at the same time) have been helpful to me. Also, just like Sillylilly said, watch every bite that goes in your...
Hi Blue Willow, Happy New Year..I too have chest pains that are higher up on my chest, sometimes mine almost wrap around to my armpit area too. I too have been to the cardio doc and they say that my...
Tangerine Bear..thank you for the reply...I do think that stress and anxiety are the biggest contributors to my GERD. I have been to many doctors and the Gastro is next (i have been to GI docs in the...
Sometimes I feel like I am going to die. I have been to the cardiologist just to make sure that my heart is okay and it is. I have chest pain and pressure, a pain in my neck and my arm...sometimes my...
Hi..I took Aciphex for about 6 months..helped me a little, but the side effects for me were pretty noticable. Dry mouth, I felt like my tongue was swollen and I was biting it. My doc said that was...
Danie, was it hard for you follow this alkaline diet? I am so afraid to eat and then when I finally start to feel good and eat it kills me. Also, the things that bother me are not consistant, I know...
Oh and the other thing is that I am scared to exercise because if I do anything that "shakes" my stomach up I get the same burping, gas and pains. So needless to say I am out of shape too. Thank you...
Hi, I am new to your board, Thank you for having this awsome place for folks like me to go. I am a 44 year old female and had my first ulcer when I was 14, great huh? I was actually good for a long...