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How can you determine if severe stress is causing acid reflux?

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joed1977
joed1977

Hi - i started with acid reflux on holiday and have had it ever since.i suffer from anxiety and before the holiday was an extremely stressful time. how can i tell if this has caused my reflux and how can i help myself by not worrying about the reflux? its a vicious circle. i am scheduled for an endsocopy soon (not got the letter yet). and i worry ive got stomach cancer or some other cancer causing this. am in being irrational???

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  • susant59053
    susant59053 joed1977

    Posted

    calm down you dont have any nasty thing like cancer, stress can cause severe acid reflux. make changes to your diet & stay stress free . do not worry about things that you can not control. take zantac or any other h2blockers & try to avoid ppi if possible

    • joed1977
      joed1977 susant59053

      Posted

      Theyve put me on ppis as it was dreadful. had bloods done but no results yet. and waiting for letter about endoscopy.
  • susant59053
    susant59053 joed1977

    Posted

    everything is going to come normal . i am suffering from excessive stomach acid from 2 yrs now . every result is normal blood test 2 endoscopy . but still suffering from acid . PPI actually increase acid production rather than decreasing . so i am trying to come off then . still no luck but i will try my best to come off 
    • ashley221
      ashley221 susant59053

      Posted

      PPIs increase stomach acid? Where did you get the that from? If you come off PPis suddenly, the stomach starts creating acid more than normal. Hence tapering off PPis slowly is necessary.
  • susant59053
    susant59053 joed1977

    Posted

    exactly ashly . by PPIs increase stomach acid , what i mean to say that if you try to stop it you will find that your stomach acid is far worse than it was before. i was suffering from mild acidity for that my GP prescribed me pantoprazole but after 6 weeks when i tried to stop the med my acid is far worse than before . and from then i am stuck with the medicine . 2 years now i could not find a way to quit it . 
    • ashley221
      ashley221 susant59053

      Posted

      What symtoms did you get when you stopped taking them? Do you have GERD?
    • susant59053
      susant59053 ashley221

      Posted

      No i don't have GERD , Never get heartburn . when i try stoping for a single day my stomach fills with acid. Its like my stomach filled with hydrochloric acid. Sour water comes to mouth  tastes like 100 row lemon juice. its horrible

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