Hey Everyone... So I've had reflux for about two years now. For the most part it was manageable and then beginning last year I had a bachelors and the next day I was vomiting constantly and it felt like I was about to die. After that day, I've constantly had reflux symptoms such as the hoarse throat and burning stomach. About five months ago, my doctor put me on nexium for about a month and it did not seem to work. Then after that, he put me on lansoprazole twice a day for 5 days and the once a day for a month. I started to realise halfway through using the lansoprozole that I developed a weird chest sensation. It would come and go. It was a type of stabbing pain the one moment and a tightness the next. But only about once or twice an hour for about 2 or 3 minutes and then go away. I had an ECG and chest enzyme blood work done. The ECG came back clean and the blood work as well, she did say that it looked like there was some form of muscle strain from the blood, but that it might be due to something else and she was not worried. An ultrasound did show that my spleen was 13,7 cm so a bit enlarged but she was also not worried. This chest pain has been plaguing me now for about 3 months. It also feels sometimes that my heart beets really hard and I get this sinking feeling in my heart about once a day. Went to the doctor and he put me on a b2 blocker for it and that took the sinking away but not the hard poundings. I don't really feel the chest when I exercise or anything so it doesn't make it worse. I do feel it though when I try to lift something heavy sometimes but its manageable and I'm not too worried about that. I am worried about my chest though because its all I think about sometimes and it stresses me out because I don't know what it is. My throat also does not get better. On another note which I don't know if it is related or not, about once a week or so, especially at night or if I'm lying in bed, I get this strange feeling in my head. Like a batch of light-headedness coupled with this feeling of heightened senses. It was like my senses are so heightened that I scare when anyone sneezes or anything near me. Could be totally unrelated but thought I should mention. I'm just getting tired of being sick or not feeling well! My diet is not perfect, but its also not like I eat fast food every day or week.. Sounds like there is a lot wrong with me and it could be all due to stress, but here in South Africa doctors are not that clued up on Gerd and all that stuff and G-Scopes are expensive. You guys are one of my only hopes....
Hello over in South Africa. Well I’ve had gerd before and baking soda got rid of mine completely. You have to watch what time you take the baking soda as it neutralizes your acids in stomach so dont eat after you take it. I usually drank a cup of water before bed with a small pinch of the baking soda and depending on how severe yours is it’ll take a couple of weeks to heal. You sound stressed out!! Stress can cause heart racing, chest pains, and LOTS of other things especially since you said you think about all that’s bothering you alot. It’s hard not to worry about your health. Sounds like you have ruled out heart problems with the test you’ve had. That’s good! Medications that your taking could possibly be making things worse?? lightheadedness, heart racing, weird feelings in your head..but I will say that I think it’s just stress if I had to guess because you said you were jumpy and scare easily. I get stressed and can tell I scare easily too. Try some stress relievers..pray, workout, etc whatever it is that makes you smile and laugh. Hang in there and prayers for you to feel better!
I have been on lansoprazole for years, i have to take one a day.. This has really helped me and virtually stopped my reflux. And my doctor told me if really bad to take an extra one but only occasionally.. And do you sleep slightly raised this helps keep the acid in the stomach.. As to your pains in chest i cannot say i have had this symptom.. Good luck,
Have you had the chest pains since you started the new medication?..it is possible it can be causing all of these symptoms, read the side effects and ask the doc as well, I am assuming you saw a Heart specialist and not a reg doc for the heart issue. If not I suggest seeing a specialist.
I also found that if I eat a few rice cake before bed it forms like a seal over my stomach and acid cant get back up through, everyone is diff so not sure it will work with everyone.
I am not keen on taking so many medications when not finding out the reason for the issues. Please don’t stop anything before talking with your doc, and stopping the PPI’s may take weaning you off of them. If it is helping there are some other ones to try to see if it may not cause these issues. While taking these PPI’s you need to make sure you have the correct amounts of Magnesium, B-12, and potassium, if the balance of these are off it can cause heart issues, and PPI’s can disrupt the absorption of these nutrients if taken long term. This can all be done by blood work.
Also make sure that all your medications do not have any interactions between them.If you are feeling stressed or anxious try doing progressive relaxation at night before bed time. ..