Heartburn symptoms still happening with 80mg of protonix (twice normal daily dose)?
I have been on Protonix since May and within the past month my dr upped me from 40mg to 80mg of protonix daily (one in morning and one at night). I still often times notice that I have the chest pressure and bloating I had from my acid reflux before. I burp a lot and even when im not I still have the feeling I need to burp. FYI ALERT – My stools are soft and sometimes feel like they are acidic (Kinda like diarrhea feels) but its not that soft. I have even had a streak of blood in my stool and it hurts when its at the last part of coming out (sorry).
I dont know what to do anymore. I’ve had 2 barrium studies (one esophagus and one stomach and slightly below). He said everything completely normal, no acid reflux or anything. They did an Hpylori test and it came back completely normal.
I do have other symptoms such as racing heart (at times), heart PVCs (Flutters), wake up at night or in the morning sweating, woke up a few times with an arm sore like I had exercised all night, dizziness, tightness in my neck muscles all the way down to my shoulders, and sinus issues (stuffy nose, slight pain in face and headaches under eyebrows daily).
I know this is a huge array of symptoms but I wanted to let everyone know everything thats been going on. This has all been happening various symptoms at various times, usually for a week or so at a time and goes away for a week, sometimes more or less. I’ve noticed the week before my period some things get worse like PVCs, rapid heart rate, irritibility, anxiety. I do have some issues with anxiety full term ever since about 5 months after my dad died (most of my anxiety is health related).
Anyways if you can help me at all PLEASE do..Even if this sounds simliar to something you’ve experienced, I’d love to hear! I need to soften the symptoms at the least.
Another thing I should add is I’ve had 6 EKGs, 5 panels of completely blood tests, blood cultures, thyroid testing twice, CT scan with contrast of neck, chest and abdomen, 3 chest xrays, ultrasound of gallbladder, liver, kidneys, pancreas, appendix and aorota. I am scheduled to have an ECHO and stress test this week even tho cardio dr says hes sure nothing is wrong with my heart. Everything came back normal except for a slight vitamin D defiency which I take vita D for everyday.
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I think you may be a hypochondriac or have some anxiety problems. I had anxiety and had many of the symptoms you get. I went to a shrink that taught me how to cope and think positively, it really helped. Also I was getting heart burn, indigestion, stomach pains; it turned out to be coeliac disease.