Y'allo! Possible GER/D?

Allo all.~!

3-4 weeks ago, I went to the doctor. It was semi painful to breath, heart felt weird, and eating just made me feel sick. Also felt constantly fatigued.

The doctor did a pressure test on my torso, and noticed I only wince or grimaced noticeably when he did it on/around my stomach. So he gave me Zantac, 300 mg for 2 weeks and told me to go on a bland diet until the follow up the day before the medicine ran out. During that, I tested out all sorts of different foods that either worked fine or made me feel horrible. Fruits, foods, snacks. Anything to test what I can eat, since I rather like the taste of things instead of the crackers and hardtack that it seemed like I was supposed to eat. Though that stopped after the 2nd day when I tried Beef Lo Mein. I also stopped drinking soda, and instead started drinking just pure water. Drank way more than I usually did, and felt great.

Another test I did during the 2 weeks, was randomly not take the pill before I went to bed. I did it twice, each time I woke up, and in less than a half  hour of just laying in bed, my stomach and throat started burning, the breathing pains again, and the very distinct taste of bile in the back of my mouth.

During the follow up, I told him all of that, and he said it was strange that the pains didn't go away permanently. So he gave me more medicine, this time for a month. Also, this time it was 150 mg instead of 300 mg. One thing I noticed right after I started taking the 150mg tablets, it takes a LOT longer to take in effect. The 300 mg for me worked in about 5 minutes, these ones take 15-20 minutes to start feeling it. One night I didn't take it before I went to bed, and it took less time to feel the pains, and around 40 minutes for the tablet to kick back in.

I read that the medicine was treatment for GER/D, so I'm wondering my chances of having it. I can't get GI scoped for another week or so. Also curious, what are some of the things that causes GER/D?

Thank you in advance!

[selmaS]

Hi and welcome to the GERD forum.

Gerd/acid reflux can be caused by many diff things...diet...stress....meds....hiatal hernia.

Changing your lifestyle and diet may keep the excess acid at bay......we do have info on these in our Health Pages.
The list of foods that are safe...and foods to avoid...are suggestions and u must find out what works for u.Keeping a journal will help u find ur triggers.

The welcome message at the top of the page has info and links to the Health Pages or u can use the HP icon top right.

Please continue to post ur questions and concerns.

"selma"