Are all my symptoms due to gerd

Forgot to mention how when it is bad I wake gasping for breath. As if I've had a massive palpitation or have stopped breathing. I raise the bed during these times but it makes no difference

Hi I would go back to the Doctors and ask to see a specialist at the hospital.

I had suffered for years with gerd and I

Know the symptoms can make you feel

Very ill. I used to wake up in the night

With a feeling that I was choking and

Couldn't breath.

I was then put on medication but this did

Not help. Surgery was my last option and

I am now gerd free.

Could you also have ibs as I also suffer

From Ibs and this causes terrible bloating

And pain after eating. I take buscapan

This is available to buy from the chemist.

Ask for a second opinion

Good luck

Hi I have the same symtoms, I can t eat without burping, bloating and excess saliva.

Prescribed 60 mg lasoprazone and gaviscon also inhaler. My ears are the same feel blocked and painful. Told my doctor who said there was a little wax. He just did nt understand. I hardly eat because of pain and discomfort it causes, even when I eat bland food I have symptoms. So I am underweight, my chest pain gets worse when I do anything strenuous. I am waiting for endoscopy. I constantly feel as though something is stuck in my throat. The way I cope at moment is by keeping occupied. At first it freaked me out as thought I could nt breathe. So read up on gerd, so I could understand my symptoms and what was causing them. This site helped me too as there are people here with helpful advice x

Thank you for all of your replies. It's good to know that you're not alone and that I'm not imagining all the symptoms that gerd appears to cause as many gP's would have us believe.

I went back to my gp today who, as usual, made me feel like I am fussing about lots of minor symptoms and there's not that much wrong. She has put me back on omezrapol, double dose this time, and is testing for H.pylori. At least someone is finally testing me for that!

In answer the questions and suggestions:

I have have an endoscopy and they found nothing wrong. So that rules out the weak eosophagus theory.

I have tried raising the bed but weirdly it helps me to lie flat on my stomach as that eases the pressure of the feeling of a weight on my chest.

I've started taking iron supplements as I figure gerd can stop absorption of iron and some of my symptoms like the tinnitus could be from that.

I have always been healthy, ate a varied vegetarian diet and exercised regularly but now I'm scared to eat too Sharon. But recently I've had the symptoms even alwithout food. During exercise I wheeze and then have chest pressure and wheeze for hours/days afterwards. Hardly encouragement to stay healthy is it!!!