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Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) is defined as chronic symptoms or mucosal damage produced by the abnormal reflux of gastric contents into the esophagus. This is commonly due to transient or permanent changes in the barrier between the esophagus and the stomach. If you are afflicted with GERD or heartburn, join the group and find support.

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Indigestion

poorlygir4l
poorlygir4l
Does anyone get indigestion with GERD? Im not always bringing something up from my mouth,though sometimes I do. There are other days when I get a horrible, sore bloating pain and discomfort in my stomach. I find it hard to eat when its like this and it hurts a lot. When is the best time to take a PPI? I dont always take it at the same time. I take Gaviscon around it but it doesnt always help. Does GERD ever ease? Do hiatus hernias ever get better? I know some say it doesnt. I dont know what to do as I cant get rid of symptoms. Has anyone had problems like me after their gallbladder has been removed? I didnt have GERD before then. Im so fed up as Ive had stomach problems for two years and dont want to restrict my diet for ever. Thanks
Tez62
Tez62
poorlygir4l, I had my Gallbladder removed about 5 months ago and although the pain from the Gallstones and infected Gallbladder has gone, I get bloating and stomach aches when I eat acidy foods i.e. Tomotoes, Onions, Oranges, and Caffine and Chocolate.
I know you don't want to restrict your diet forever but if you can find the cause and eliminate it you will feel better.
There is a Gallstone forum in daily strength which has tips that you may want too look at or join.
Hope you get better soon.
deleted_user
deleted_user
poorlygir4l, I had intermittent GERD symptoms for a long time before I finally realized I needed to take a PPI at the same time everyday for the best control of symptoms. Eventually I started having problems with my system not emptying in a normal amount of time. I was throwing up food I had eaten as many as 5 days earlier that looked completely unprocessed. One of the things that helped with this was adding magnesium supplements to my diet. Later I also added large doses of vitamin C. This helps clear the intestines. Laxatives and stool softeners did not help me.

I discovered recently that I have a sympathetic nervous system problem that results in a rapid heart rate at rest at times. When I am having the rapid heart beating, I'm usually experiencing GERD as well. That is consistent with the 'fight or flight' response. And, it seems that when I get the heart rate down, the GERD symptoms go away. I am still taking PPI's daily, and was, at one time, taking them 2x/day at the OTC dose. I do not have a hiatal hernia, and I'm thinking of trying to get off PPI's altogether by tracking the heart rate better. Modifications to diet, including a liquid diet, did not alleviate GERD symptoms for me.

I hope some of this is helpful to you.

Connie
poorlygir4l
poorlygir4l
Thanks Connie I will try to take the PPI at the same time each day to see if it helps. Its very painful again. Do you get a lot of pain? I get anxiety attacks too which does seem to make it worse its awful. I sometimes can eat something then other times I get the bad pain flare up. I try to keep off acid foods like tomatoes and oranges and dont drink or smoke but still get it. I find changing my diet doesnt help. I have coffee and chocolate which is said to be bad but I can get pain when I dont have them too. I hope you can get the rapid heartbeat symptoms down soon. I would be careful coming off the PPIs. I was fine for a few weeks after my gallbladder was removed then I stopped the PPI. I had a massive acid reflux which caused very bad chest pains and oeophaghitis. That led to all this with the hernia and gastritis and continuing reflux. I will stick with them now.