Acid Reflux , Lump in Throat

Hi I am new to this but I have read your thread.

I also started having sudden acid reflux,before I had it I did not even know that acid reflux and heartburn could be this bad I actually thought I had problems with my heart and lungs since I had pain in my chest.Anyways I took about 6 months of agonising pain and constant trips to the A&E and GP to find out that I had acid reflux, they gave me lanzoprazole and pantoprazole and none of them worked. So they gave me omeprazole 40mg and was the only one that worked. In the mean time I've completely changed my diet, I used to drink coffe in the morning I had to cut that for me the worst where chocolate and coffe would really give me flare ups, but also going without food for a certain amout of time so I make sure to have something every 2 hours

Usually I'll have a banana or a cracker.

I suggest you start eating because starving yourself will only get your acid reflux worst,try eating soft foods for me fish, boiled eggs, aubergines, zucchine,avocados,banana, lentils. And brown rice really made it I can eat them and don't have any reflux but it also depends on how much I eat if I overeat I will get indigestion so I try to fill myself but not overfill I don't know if you get what I mean. Also the position if I eat onthe couch I would get reflux but not if I seat straight at the table, don't eat too early nor too late.

My biggest problem and I reckon the cause of my reflux is smoking but I just can't stop, and before I started having reflux I wasn't even smoking but I was vaping on my é cigarette so that could have cause it as well. I used to starve myself and only eat once a day for a very long time I think that's another cause of all these problems, for Me it wasn't even the cramps and the chest pain but rather the knot in my throat and that chocking sensation is the worst feeling ever, since I suffer from anxiety doctors all thought it was anxiety but I knew it wasn't and then had an endoscopy and finally been diagnosed.

Don't lay down after meals

I also have the pain in my throats like I have swallowed a boiled sweet whole. If I don't take my meds (started on omeprazole then onto lansoprazole stopped working now on ranitidine) the pain is horrendous, still have the throats problem but chest pain is under control. I feel it in my back upper stomach and chest, the pain is servere like your having a heart attack. The doctor is sending me for a scan so fingers crossed that will show what's wrong. If not it's the camera down for me. I was tested for helicobacter and had it so treated for that about 8 weeks ago (doctor said omeprazole and these kinds of meds hide the bacteria, so hide the helicobacter, ask you doc if ur already on them). I also have an under active thyroid and this is just below your Adam's apple and can swell causing the blocked feeling(so I have been told) hope we all get some answers

I have been tested for helicobacter and that came out clear, I was actually hoping to have it at least the virus could be treated, but instead they don't know what is wrong with me which is worst because it means that they don't know how to treat it, meds usually start to work after one month but you also need to change your diet. I had to stop taking the meds for the endoscopy and since I've stopped all the symptoms came back, I've read somewhere that drinking milk really helps but I am lactose intolerant so yesterday I got the lactofree skimmed milk and drank it before I went to bed and finally I was able to have a good night sleep so it does really work still the pain is there but is definitely improved with the milk, even if you're not lactose intolerant I'd suggest to still get the lacto free milk because normal milk will make you bloated and may cause a flare up

At least with lacto free milk you are sure.

The knot in my throat is the worst feeling even when I lay down in bed (with a raised bed) before I fall asleep I feel like I am suffocating and I wake up in the middle on the night in apnea,is a horrible feeling sometimes I am scared to fall asleep because I may die in my sleep😱😱

Night time its gone and day time sometimes its there and sometimes its not.

Well i went to doc out of curiosty, he asked for history and i told him that i smoke and drink tea alot usually during these days as im nearing my final exam days. He prescribed me omeprazole 20 mg and gaviscon to which i feel little bit okay. But lump sensation sometimes go and sometimes its there. I did stop smoking now and tea. Plus i have chest pain these days, idk due to what it is.

I will be running all the tests soon. But doc said not to worry its not complicated gerd and this usually happens after gerd so chill and take meds for a week and see the change. The only change i can feel is i think no acidity, chest pain is there sometimes and globus sensation.

Anything regarding this? Can someone help me?

Is lpr taking time to heal? My biggest mistake was i should have took omeprazole before so that the acidity wouldnt have reached larynx or so.

Please do help or share anything regarding this. I have my finals coming up. Will be really helpful

I struggle with this since November so its around 3 months now its a little bit better but i still feel this lump and its driving me crazy. I got all possible medical tests done in 3 weeks because i went to ER and when they make appointments for you , you besically go with out the line , without waiting for it so first i had barium swallow test , then gastroskopi, all the blood work and recenty i did vitamin D deficiency test i it shoved its low but not too low , but remember to bust your vitamin D because then you feel much better , les anxiety plus they say it helps with gerd/lpr/acid reflux. So after all of those tests basically i was diagnosed with acid reflux /gerd(not fun at all i know lol)

Ok so what i take now is60 mg dexilant (before i was on pantoprazole 40mg x2a day but it did not help me at all) ,vitamin D 1000 ui x2 a day, and before bed Melatonin 3mg (you will go to sleep in 15 min lol),plus i go for accupunture for 4 weeks already and drink chinese tea that really helped me with digestion( no more diarrhea) , i dont know how is this tea called because doctor does it himself from chinese herbs which you need to boil for 40 min,

And also i gargle 3 times a day water with baking soda ( thats cleans my tongue a little bit) and drink linseeds 1 cup a day plus water with aloes (always sip water between the mills remember not with the mill) i think thats it lol i know its a bit but i do everything to bit this acid and get back to a normal life that we all miss so much , plus i forgot to add that im on diete since 2 months ( no triger foods at all) i see a slight improvement but lump is still there more less dependent from a day , forgot to add that im from canada , toronto if any one from my area let me know thx guys good luck

so it sounds like you had the food getting stuck in throat feeling before the endoscopy. is that correct? and did it start before or after you took lansoprazole 30mg 1 a day. thanks, i've have lump in throat feeling also.

for 8 months now.