Is this really still reflux?

Hello

I have probably had general acid reflux twice in my life but in august i started getting a weird sensation in my throat like a piece of food was stuck, but october it began to get quite painful and the pain spread into my ear. I had a very stressful year which became not stressful in december and i am back to myself

The doctor said it was reflux and put me on lansoprazole and I stopped drinking coffee and started drinking a lot of gaviscon

The sensation in my throat passed within 3 weeks however the ear pain continued to get worse, I have now had constant pain in my ear for over 3 months but no other signs of reflux at all, the pain is always in my left ear, most of the time like pressure but if i slept on the left side or just randomly 5 or 6 times a day it sparks unbearable pain for a few moments often spreading into my jaw like a dull ache

The doctor still says its heartburn, i had a camera down my throat but they found nothing, Ive started exercising 6 times a week refined my diet, still using lansoprazole and lots of gaviscon but its making no difference, my diet is very health and i have cut alcohol down to once a month

If I have coffee in the morning the symptoms dont get worse at the time but they do seem to get worse that evening, i could just be trying to fit the diagnosis but this just doesnt feel like acid indigestion and if it is am I going to have ear ache for the rest of my life or is there more I can do?

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