weight gain and reflux / heartburn?
I am wondering if anyone has tied a slow digestive system to easy weight gain. I can eat a meal 4 hours prior to going to bed and still wake up at 1 am gagging on my food feelling oh so sick. I also have gained about 30lbs in the last few years its like I could not stop it from coming on short of not eating anything! UGH! I have been to my DR. I got prilosec which helps with acid but not reflux the food still comes up. She says diet and exercise will keep me from gaining weight .. well duH dont cha think if it was that easy I would not be fat?? UGH! which I have done diet and exercise and i was still gaining briskly for no reason I could figure out. I am about ready to get a new dr.!!! has anyone else had this occur? or know why food takes several hours to digest?
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Ask her to check your thyroid levels–that would explain the wieght gain (if you’re not over eating)–and its very common to have an inactive thyroid.
Maybe your have a narrowing in your esophagus or stomach. If you explain your symptons to your doc and they don’t help, then maybe you should go to a gastro-intestinal doc. They’ll probably put a tube down your throat while your sedated in the office–COMPLETELY PAINLESS! and have a little look-see
You’ve really got to get this under control–its very bad for your esophagus, and there are much better drugs than Prilosec.
I have had that happen to me.. And yes over the last i would say 5 years i have gained 15 pounds. And i know how you feel. You try to exercise and diet properly but you still have that Nasty feeling in the middle of the night.. It could be that the medication that your Dr gave you is not strong enough. Go see another Dr, that may help you..
Take care..
Bcn_mimosa from Barcelona, Spain