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What's going on now!?!?!?!

i am a guy who is 17 and i am really curious about this situation.  Somewhere around late July, i had found out that i have acid reflux.  My doctor had prescribed me Prevacid (Lansoprazole) and told be to take tablets called pepcid complete to help my stomach.  For the first couple of weeks, i was doing fine and i had seem to be getting better.  Even my eating started to get back to what it used to be.  Then, out of nowhere i had gotten sick with a congested nose and my throat was kind of itchy.  I was told by my doctor to take Sudafed (Pseudoephedrine) to get rid of my nasal congestion and that it wouldn't interfere with the Prevacid.  After i had taken it, the next day i started to feel bad.  The nasal congestion had went away but, now i have a new problem.  Randomly i have been having like a gag reflex and a feeling like i am going to vomit.  I can still kinda eat normally but i have to talk in short sentences sometimes.  Sometimes to suppress it, i would chew gum or eat a peppermint. It would go away, but not for long.  Another thing to add with the gag reflex feeling is that i've been having the need to clear my thoat alot.  I want these problems to go away.  Please help me out.
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That's not a ED but I have acid reflex too. It hurts, haha, but I refuse to take pills. I've got tons of things that help. Sleeping on your left side helps, your stomach is lower than your esophagus. Sorry I'm not exactly the worlds best speller. Lolz, eating I'm beyond slow mode really helps! It's not the best when your starving to death and you have the worlds best sandwich in your hands. Haha. Well it's not the best feeling in the world either and people can think your always complaining when you have to put down your food and wait for the bad feeling to go away. Just don't lie down if you feel like that, it will only make it worse.

Feel free to message me if you need any tips or what ever, lol I like helping and I understand that feeling. Glad I could help
~libby
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This is an eating disorder forum; you don't have an eating disorder. You can check on the GERD (acid reflux) forum. Better still would be to see your doctor or get referred to a Gastroenterologist about your new symptoms.
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