I'm 99% sure I've got acid reflux, but one thing I don't see people ever list as a symptom, is it almost feeling like you're starving mixed a little with nausea. It like with me, sometimes they take turns. I'll feel bad acid, then nausea mixed with its then acid with what feels like an empty hungry stomach.
Anyone else?
Hi
I to suffered from acid reflux.
But I try and control it with not eating and drinking the food that trigger it.
My symptoms at the worse are
Palputations
Tightness in my chest ( felt like a heart attack) went to A&E because it
was that bad.
Dizziness
Burping
Tummy gurgling
Anxiety.
Always hungry.
I was on acid reflux tablets for years but in the end they stopped working so I took myself off them. Only have gaviscon now when needed.
Be aware that anxiety can make symptoms worse.
Hope this helps
Yes I've had that feeling before have you tried any over the counter meds for it I would if not helpful see your doctor
Hi Sarah,
Yes I totally used to get this feeling, it was so weird, one minute I was feeling like I was going to throw up, next minute I'm starving, I never really took any notice of it coz I've had so many symptoms over many years.
I did have surgery last June to fix my reflux and and hiatus hernia, surprisingly on the odd occasion I still get this but it's not as intense as before my op.
Regards
Margaret
Yep, i feel that way too along with all the other "classic" symptoms of LPR.
I suffer with anxiety however lately I have been having severe stomach discomfort and the doctor thinks I might have a hiatal hernia so I have to go have a CAT scan done. Meanwhile I feel a hungry/nauseous feeling. Also I've been getting some burning sensation in my throat roof of my mouth and etc. I just don't feel good and this is making my anxiety much worst. Im scared I'm like dying or something. I get tightness in my base of my throats and heaviness in my chest and pressure/hungry/nauseous feeling in between my breasts.... followed by some burping and yucky feeling. Also gives me palpitations sometimes 😣
I hate this and hope I'm not alone with these scary symptoms
Hi,
I know you posted this a number of months ago, but I have been having very similar symptoms for months now and the doctors are so slow at getting available appointments am getting nowhere fast. Did you ever get any answers?
Yes, i get this a lot even though i'm on a lot of lansoprazole to control it. When i have a bit of a flare up i get a starving hungry feeling , almost paimful which then makes me feel sick. Recently i've had a bad flare up of reflux and i've even been woken up im the early hours where its so bad.
I think this discussion has been re triggered from a recent response. Yes I too get that hungry and nausea feeling.
WAY late reply, sorry but after multiple visits with different GI doctors I still don't have any answers. I am the hungriest woman on the planet. I can eat a huge meal and need a smaller meal 1-2 hours after. I wake up now 2 times in the middle of night to get a granola bar. The hunger pangs have become unbearable. If I wait too long to eat I get shaky, nauseous, emotional, literally a different person. I have been tested for thyroid issues /hypoglycemia/Diabetes/GERD/CT scan - they can't figure it out. I do have high anxiety and I'm on antidepressants but pretty healthy and active. One doc prescribed Pantoprazole and I steered away since I didn't notice much of a difference. I am thinking it has something to do with the acid I am consuming. For example, when I am finished with my morning coffee - I could eat an entire horse. WHen most of my friends can live off that cup of coffee for hours. I wish I could!
im reading the replies and i see a lot of us have problems with anxiety. i wonder if its my zoloft causing these issues. since the pain feels like hunger i have been eating a lot more and gained sooo much weight since taking zoloft. i wonder of zoloft causes acid reflux. i never had these pains before zoloft although other family of mine do have acid reflux but not the hunger feeling. this is crazy we shouldnt have to live like this without answers
when I developed GERD and gastritis my first symptom was that I had extreme painful hunger. I still have it every once in awhile. I can't really explain it but it's awful. I'm experiencing it right now and I just can't satisfy the hungry feeling in my stomach. very frustrating. antacids don't work for me unfortunately
I know this is going back a bit bit did you ever get to the bottom of this? I'm experiencing the same thing at the moment and it is really frustrating.
Have you ever found anything that helps? I have the extreme hunger pains after having chemo which has wrecked my stomach.
anyone found a solution to this? im facing the same since i was 10 everyday. Nothing was ever diagnosed after visiting countless doctors. endoscopy , scanning and they say there are no problems. PPIs, antacids didnt work so not taking them now. Oddly taking domperidone for an unrelated vomiting issue seems to better my symptoms. I was wondering if its gastroparesis as all symptoms match but sadly no good facilities to diagnose that where i live
i am twenty and i have had really bad anxiety about it. i have GERD so i do think that's what it is. When i eat i get so full i want to barf and it hurts real bad. but after that passes i am met with extreme hunger like i will not be hungry but my body tells me i am. my stomach feels empty like if its starving. eating does not stop this but for some reason burping seems to be the only thing that helps. i also have nausea and have had to hold back throwing up after a meal, if any of you feel this way please let me know i have real bad health anxiety and i am scared.
Hey its Zack again. i went to the hospital because at first i was hungry no matter what i ate, then i started feeling full and sick, turns out its acid reflux that was causing it, it was extreme acid build up making me hungry, i had sore throat, sour feeling, nausea and some more, including vomiting and being bloated, the pain was in my top abdomen, if you feel this way then it may be acid reflux (i had anxiety about it too)
Its funny how over the last two days ive been going through that exact thing , I am glad to have run across this actually. I started out with really bad Acid Reflux and have been this way for at least a couple of years, having to have something constantly to ease it, but Rolaids,Tums , those Chally brand things only make me Nauseous. Im talking the " i HAVE to have some type Capsule , Pill , SOMETHING that lasts a long long time . Lately I have gone from feeling the Acid Reflux, to STARVING literally and feeling like im going to throw up all at the same time. I eat, and eat,then my stomach feels so full its misery , and i feel sick ,then within about 5 -6 minutes im starving and feel sick again , this has gone on all day and night for the past couple days. I thought it was just me ,that surely this cant be normal, but i cant stop it yet i cant stand the extreme hunger . I had been mixing Baking Soda and Water but got to the point It DID make me burp a couple times but then Id have to do it again and again. i have stopped that mix but now am at a loss for what to do now. The hunger has really been as bad as any of it and I feel sick right off and honestly I just want it all to stop .
I was diagnosed with GERD -Gastro esophageal reflux disease. If i go without my 40mg of Nexium for a day, i have a flare up with insane hunger. I could have eaten an entire meal, a half hr later im STARVING, as if i havent eaten all day. Its so intense it will wake me from a dead sleep.
i have had these symptoms on & off for years. It was explained to me that the hunger is caused by there being excess acid in the stomach telling it to eat.
A few years ago I ended up in a&e after I collapsed when a duodenal ulcer burst.. i needed 2 blood transfusions. The only symptoms I had prior to the ulcer bursting were this constant hunger & salivating in my mouth.
I now take live friendly bacteria tablets (from health food store) daily & i take nexium (esomeprazole) for a few days if I notice any symptoms, especially around Christmas or when I know I am not eating & drinking as healthily as i should.