Hello. I was diagnosed with GERD several months ago, and lived with almost daily pain (no meds were really working) until about 2 months ago, when I started Nexium. I was blissfully almost with any symptoms for about 6 weeks, even if I ate common reflux triggers, but now I'm experiencing pain again. Can Nexium just stop working like that?
I should add that my diagnosis came after basic blood tests, an endoscopy, an ultrasound to check my gallbladder and a CT scan of my abdomen.
I plan on talking to my doctor about this, but when he put me on Nexium he said if it didn't work he wanted to try me on antidepressants because he thought nerves/stress could be making it worse. I'm not depressed or overly stressed, though, so I don't know if I should go with that or talk to a different doctor.
So, I guess I'm asking does it make sense for Nexium to just stop working all of the sudden, and do you think antidepressants are a viable treatment option?
Thanks!