Excessive Belching, weird experience

Hello,

Starting in the summer i started drinking 1-2 energy drinks per day; not a good idea I know! At the end of October i noticed i was getting indigestion and heartburn which I've never experienced in my life and starting developing allergic rhinitis. I ended up going to the Urgent care where they prescribed me Z-pack, methylprednisone, and some sort of probiotic to take as she suspected a sinus infection.

One week later and not feeling better so I went to go and see my pulmonologist. She ordered a chest x-ray and "coincidentally" didn't tell me I had pneumonia in my left lung till the 2 week followup. At this point i was feeling miserable and put on my second antibiotic Levoflaxin (the worst antibiotic I've ever taken); this caused tendonitis and did nothing positive for me. She recommended I see an ENT who then put me on my third antibiotic augmentin which I finished, so needless to say I was on three antibiotics in November and finally cleared of Pneumonia in the beginning of December.

During this November Ordeal I noticed myself spitting up a lot of clear mucous / pheglm, either when i was using the steamer to clear my sinuses or during regular activities. I attributed this to water brashing or just reflux of sorts. I was presuming it was due to the antibiotic use.

I saw a GI in December after not feeling better and having heartburn / indigestion and she prescribed me nexium 40mg. I've been on that for 5 weeks now, and I've noticed that I have non-stop belching hours after eating and at random hours of the day. No blood in stool, no blood in vomit (even when i had the stomach bug), nor coughing up blood. Through experimentation, I have noticed that consuming Apple Cider Vinegar will kill the burping all together, and using nystatin helped tremendously, leading me to believe that the nexium is counteracting the fact that I may have too little stomach acid being produced, and that instead i may have some thrush due to using steroid inhalers, and using a wide amount of antibiotics giving yeast the opportunity to over-colonize.

I have my next GI visit in February and really want to avoid an endoscopy if I can, so i'm wanting to reduce the nexium to 20mg for a week, and then try to eliminate to see if my suspicions are correct about maybe having too little acid in the first place and therefore having the non-stop burping due to using the nexium. The burping is causing me to need to burp at times to breathe clearly and its really nerve wracking and anxiety inducing. I also want to see if the heartburn will come back, if not then my suspicions may be through. I wanted to ask for help here to see if anyone could further confirm based off my symptoms, personal experience, or individualistic experiences what I'm experiencing. I really need help!

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