Hi, ive been having really aggresive heartburn for the past 4 months.

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I've been having really aggresive heartburn for the past 4 months, at least i think its heartburn. Its intense pain that seems to reside at the base of my sternum. It'll come and go randomly. without cause. I steer clear of all spicy, acidic, citrusy foods. I'll not have eaten anything for a good portion of the day except drink some water and ill get aggresive heartburn. Any thoughts?

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    another thing to add to the list is not to drink fizzy drinks.. sodas or soda water. Soda and other carbonated beverages are some of the main causes of acid reflux. The bubbles of carbonation expand inside the stomach, and the increased pressure contributes to reflux. have you tried OTC meds a acid reducer pill a day and that will help your acid reflux. better than tums or pepto malox. its helps me a lot. if i dont take the acid reducer pill then i have really serious reflux. no matter what i exclude from my diet. so a few things you could try. good luck

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    I too get bouts of aggressive heartburn which don't usually seem to be related to foods; it's mystifying! Ask for H pylori test. Hope you sort it out soon...

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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. Do you have pain behind the breast bone, back, shoulders blades, armpit as well? 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!

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