Have a goodnight everyone.

Hi everyone!

Yeah, my doctor diagnosed me with GORD is that GERD? Anyway, I am taking Nexium for it. I am having a flare-up for the past 4 days. I think it was the juicing that triggered off my symptoms again! I was doing OK for a month and then I went onto juicing and it started up. I think I have to wait for it to die down and take good care of myself. I am exercising (trying to lose a few pounds) and eating relatively healthy now. I didn’t eat unhealthy to begin with but my diet could do with a bit of changing. But I have to stay away from acidic/spicy foods and drink. I can’t drink coffee anymore (I used to) and I can’t drink wine (I used to) and I can’t eat whatever I want to anymore! Sucks a bit I guess but I’ll get used to it. My stomach is still burning slightly but I do have PMT can that also contribute? Might huh! Right before I get my cycle my body plays up. I am a 28 year old relatively healthy female.

The other night (like an idiot) I drank alot of Captain Morgan and Diet Coke with lime. I woke up in the middle of the night with heartburn and a feeling like something was stuck in my throat. After I woke up that morning it went away. That night I had Lasagna with meatballs and sauce, and it came back. Now its the next day and I still have the burning and stuck food sensation. I’ve been eating tums which helps a little, but anything I swallow irritates it right away. I’m 45 and I don’t drink like that. I feel like I did some damage or am I just getting old! Any suggestions???

I have acid reflux and I am a very pickey eatter and my mom doesnt know what to cook for me. I love milk products but they make me sick and I also LOVE spicy foods but they give me really bad stomaches and heartburn! Any suggestion?

I was wondering if there are any foods or drinks that can help my GERD? I’ve had it for a few years, was on meds for it (Nexium and then Prilosec) but went off because I could no longer afford them. The problem did seem to get better because both purlpe pills helped heal my stomach over time from being on them. Lately it’s been getting worse, I’m popping 1-2 Zantac 75 every single day and they only help for an hour. So until I go back on Prilosec…Are there any foods or drinks to help? I’ve tried changing my diet, but that doesn’t work, neither does eating a piece of bread with a little water or plain crackers. I’ve also heard about drinking a little apple cidar vinegar, but I don’t know if I’d like the taste.

(I have been diagnosed with it so I know it’s nothing else, I have seen specialists for it as well. I’m just waiting to have a little more cash to be able to afford a prescription or Prilosec OTC.)
It is not H. Pylori, it’s not from abusing drugs (wtf??!) and I don’t need a colon cleansing, GERD is genetic retard… and Tums and anything else that’s coated or turns into a powder actually gives me more acid. The first time I went to the doctor’s for this he gave me a 2 week supply of Tagamet and I got heartburn from it so I had to switch to another one, it didn’t work. So far the only ones that have worked were Prilosec (rx and OTC) and Nexium…because they are PPI’s (proton pump inhibitors) and they help heal over time. WHAT ABOUT FOOD? I’ve changed my diet to an extent that I could and even eating foods that won’t cause heartburn…I still get it! So something that actually works would be appreciated…

I know I don’t have acid reflux. I have been on several different antacids since the age of 14. I have changed my diet completely. I take care of myself the best I can and still I get heartburn so bad Bile comes up and out my nose and mouth,. It’s out of control now and doctors just keep wanting to shove pills down my throat. I am refusing now. What should I do.

my boyfriend gets these pains a lot of times after eating spicy foods or when he drinks alcohol. usually Tums takes the pain away. could this be an ulcer or maybe irritable bowel syndrome?

ive been drinking too much pop (caffiene) and with heart burn can an upset stomach occur with heartburn because of diet?…and if im sitting right now on the computer, towards you..theres mild burning sensation on my LOWER left when im having the heartburn and a little gassy, its not near my rib cage its near the pubic area, can that be my intestines inflammed? or just upset?

For the last 5 months I have been getting my period every 40 to 50 days versus my usual 28 to 32 days. My gyno says I am not producing enough Progesterone and should perhaps take a pill called "Provera" to help with this and to regulate my period again. Honestly I am hoping that it goes back to the way it use to be without having to take any pills. I did not have a good experience with birth control so I am very hesitant in taking any hormones. I would rather do something natural. Perhaps a slight change in diet, more exercise, Yoga, aromatherapy..things of this nature which I hear can help. I suffer from IBS and GERD so I am almost certain that the change in diet and lifestyle I have had to make over the last year or so have contributed to these irregular periods. I was fairly sick over the last year as I tried to get control of my IBS and GERD, which have both improved greatly in the last year. My period seems to be the problem now, which in turn is making my GERD and IBS act up.

Besides (maybe) getting heartburn again, are there any other side eefects when you stop taking Nexium?