GERD recovery stories?
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Hi,
I've been having upper abdominal discomfort for almost three months now.
It doesn't cause any pain but feels like some dull ache or pressure below the ribs.
I've been burping a lot for about a month now and have occasional heartburn.
I've lost some weight as well. My bloodwork came back normal btw.
My GP diagnosed me with acid reflux and prescribed some medications but they're not helping much. I've changed multiple doctors now and it's not working.
What can I do to get rid of the abdominal discomfort and burping?
It's very frustrating and affects my everyday life quite a lot. It's very hard to deal with. I'm 20.
Thank you!
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pratik2003 tzumi56935
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For me yogurt helped me to reduce the acid Reflux. I am 90% recovered
tzumi56935 pratik2003
Posted
thank you so much for replying!!!
I'll definitely try yogurt!
stefanpavel98 tzumi56935
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Hi, you might find this reassuring because I believe it can be anxiety related / induced or muscle spasm / nerves related as well. I have had this very same symptoms often (I'm 22), even very bitter, acidic taste in my mouth but usually only when I think I have them and I focus on them for a little while. Try to break out of it and see if its correlated in any way to your mood, notice if you feel it more when you might think you're having them, or when your mood is down (especially if you are generally worried about it and you know the symptoms that people feel normally). You probably don't have this when your mood is up or when you do something that gives you positive emotions. I often try to fight it with my brain by forcing myself to believe that I don't have anything and that I am making it up and in a couple of seconds the symptoms go away fully, or I try to redirect the pain and imagine I am feeling it somewhere else in the body. If this works then you should see an immediate pattern between the way you think (discouraged, negative, anxious) with the level of discomfort you're experiencing physically, especially if you consciously focus/ ruminate on it too much. This made the symptoms go away completely for me as it seems that your brain is inducing either muscles spasms or it triggers the nerves around that side of your body that produces the sensations that you're describing. So notice if that makes it go way, if it its that then its anxiety related, I know it feels very real but there's actual studies that show how you body becomes more sensitive (mentally) and then gives you these sensations or triggers some of the nerves/ muscles that make you feel this way. But please do the necessary medical investigations either way if necessary, even for your piece of mind! Please try it, its been quite a revelation for me! All the best!