Do I have GERD/LPR or vagus nerve damage in my throat?

I have the same thing. A lump feeling in the throat that goes away when I lay down to go to sleep. I also have more beching than is normal.I have been seeing this a lot in different forums. It gets diagnosed as something different by different doctors, but it seems that nobody really knows what it is because I don't see anyone saying that the treatments work. The different things that people say it is are, LPR, Laryngospasm, Hiatal Hernia, swollen thyroid from iodine defiency, GERD and H. pylori infection. Most people have had it for months, some for a year, but if it goes away they are not updating thier forum post. Just know that you are not alone and I also understand about the significant other being tired of complaints. Just come here and complain! I hope you feel better soon! 

Sounds familiar I have LPR and have the symptoms you mentioned. Mine comes on with exercise or lots of movement. My diagnosis was a small hernia moderate gastritis in stomach and duodenum with bile, and esophagitis. 

I had the lump in my throat, tons of mucus, pain on left side of my throat, nausea 24/7, which have mostly subsided due to PPI medications. The other symptoms I have are I can't take a deep breath, dizziness, balance issues, brain fog, hoarseness, throat clearing, sour taste in mouth, and extremely tired.  

I have raised the head of my bed, I eat a very strict diet with none of the biggest offenders, no added fats, don't eat before bed which for me my last meal is around 4pm and I go to bed around 10, I have lost 30 pounds from this I was 170 now 140. The weight loss has slowed down and stabilized now, it has been about 3 months. 

The PPI's took away nausea right away the globus and mucus took a while before it subsided.

I couldn't even try vinegar to me it was like putting gasoline on a fire but that is how I feel about it.

Yes, both high and low acid are treated the same way with medications but that doesn't mean you don't want to know what is happening with you. I'm sorry the meds didn't help you. This is a very ugly disorder to live with without some relief. I hope you find some answers, this is a great forum to help answer questions and learn from others, good luck. Keep us posted. 

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I have the same problem, I have a lot of information you can read from my post with Tyra21865, you can read more about how she was finally diagnosed with LPR and went through the Stretta to fix it. As for myself I had been to an ENT who originally diagnosed me with GERD/LPR, in which I started 40mg PPI 2x daily, with no improvments after 2 months. I decided to try Elavil for PVVN, and has helped in the severity and frequency of symptoms, but hasn't fully cleared me of all symptoms. Last Monday I also went to a Laryngologist who specializes in throat and swallowing disorders. He was by far more informative than any of the GI or previous ENT. I told him also that I had sent in my Peptest, which he was certain would come back negative, just because I didn't respond to PPI's or had any other normal reflux symptoms. I received my peptest this morning and all 3 samples surely came back negative 0 ng/ml. I think LPR is overdiagnosed and our symptoms are typically bucketed into LPR. If you have time please look in youtube for LPR overdiagnosed Stanford. This a great lecture from a Stanford Doctor, and anybody who is just going through this process of trying to figure out what is wrong. So the specialist I saw said that since the Elavil is helping to try going up in dosage to 20mg, he couldn't see any motor issues during his scoping, but said that it's not conclusive that there may not be Nerve damage. He did say that most of his patients with these problems he usually waits to put them on any PPI or Nerve medications, as most people with these symptoms will resolve within 6 months. If they still don't get better in the 6 months then he would start on medications. He also worked with the Famous LPR Dr K. in NYC and said he didn't believe in the theory behind the pepsin and the acidic nature of activitating the pepsin. Rather he said that you want to avoid Acid only for the sake of protecting the throat irritation that already exists. Without further testing such as impedance testing or peptest we can't rule out LPR, However there are other possible causes for the same symptoms we are all sharing. This is a long road if you are just starting, and knowing it may or may not resolve in that 6 months is terrible, and can be extremely stressful but I am hopeful that most of us will eventually feel relief. 

I have the weight loss a little, for the most part only like 3 pounds, but for the past basically 12 days have eaten stuff that should have made me gain weight.  I am off to the ENT in about 15 to 20 mins, so hopefully he can find something.  I also look forward to night so I can go to sleep and get rid of the lump in my throat.  I also now suck as a mom beause I do not want to do anything.  I have bad anxiety and just about an hour ago went to the psyciatrist and she gave me an antidepressant/anxiety pill.  I used to be on it almost a year ago, but stopped it and changed to another one.  That was the only one that I thought worked, but because of head games with people telling to to change I believed them and did.  Hopefully this one will help.  I do take the omezaprol as well, but only for about a week.  Haven't noticed a difference.  No burning in my throat and/or stomach pain.  Nothing.  Hopefully will have an answer today.  

Hi , I've been suffering with acid reflux for almsot 2 years. I did the barium swallow first which showed that I had a small hiatus hernia. 

Recently I did the endoscopy which showed that the valve does not closes properly which allows acid to go up.

I feel like a lump in the throat and Im always nauseous and I can't control that, I have nausea 24/7 and it won;t go away. I haven't foudn the solution yet.

I also went at an ENT and he said that it is all in my mind cause I have nothing!