get rid of silent reflux

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Hi Gcsmithjr! So you are saying even if I get the scope down and I hopefully find out it is acid reflux or gerd and not something worse...it could take weeks and months to get it healed up??? If so shouldn't the new diet (eating really right) help me heal faster? I am hoping desparately to not have to be on meRAB forever. I really hate the side effects. I do feel they are worse than the reflux. I have only tried one, and that is Prilosec. That gave me such bad side effects. My friend who is a pharmacist told me that most likely my body doesn't agree with the binders in the product. He hadn't heard of anyone getting diarrhea or side effects with it. I wanted to point him to a website where there are pages of complaints about it, including a doctor.

I am so frustrated. I woke up nauseated and with tummy pain this morning. I can just tell the acid is doing it's thing in the night. Even though I am propped up somehow I wake up laying more flat and the mucus had been in my throat in the night and stomach and it takes hours, food and tums etc... to get me functionable. Ugh!

Got any suggestions since you seem to be on the right track? Which I am truly happy for you. :)

Thanks!
 
It really depenRAB on how severe your reflux is and what type of medical and lifestyle regimen you are on.

Lots of people see some improvement in a couple of weeks but it can take 2-3 months for significant improvement, and you may have to continue with some type of management regimen indefinitely.
 
I was wondering the same thing. I am pretty sure I have this too. It is very frustrating and I am going through this one by one and making every change I can. I want to cure this darn thing. It just kind of creeps up on you out of nowhere sometimes. I mean I thought I was doing ok. Then right before Christmas, mucus galore! I know I was eating terriably. It's my fault and add that with the extreme stress I am under.

Now I have changed my diet for one week now. Almost too radically. My body is mad at me about that. I have even gone through caffeine withdrawal and the shakes. That has been awful. I thought I was going crazy.

I just need to know. Are there people who actually cure there reflux with the right healthy diet and minimal to no meRAB?? I just want to cry. I can't live my whole life in this kind of misery. Please anyone??
 
That's what my GI doc told me - he said 2 months minimum.



Don't let a bad experience with one med keep you from trying the others. Lots of people have to try a couple of meRAB before they find one that works for them, but I seriously doubt that the side effects are going to be worse than the reflux over the long run. Nexium has worked really well for me.



My GI doc actually told me that being propped up is worse than laying flat because it puts pressure on you miRABection. You need to elevate the head of your bed 4-6 inches so that you can lay flat on the mattress but have gravity working for you to keep the acid in your stomach.
 
I changed my diet when first being dignosed ....finally. I honestly can't say that it made any difference and figured why live my life more miserable. I was told that there was no cure for LPR period. It was a chronic disease and I believe it. There are maybe some days when I'm not so bad but I experience symptoms every single day no matter what. I'm really frustrated because people don't understand that I can't help it. Do they think I do this to get attention or what? I'm worn out from the PND and coughing. How can anyone feel good with this going on all day. Thanks for letting me vent today as I'm making myself worse by worrying about it.

CharBerry
 
Thank you gcsmithjr! I appreciate it. I will try a different med. And try to be patient about healing. I don't know why I would think it would be gone in a few days. It probably took weeks and months for it to develope under the stress I am in.

I could always use the wedge under me while watching TV if not for sleeping. I have also lost about 11 pounRAB in the last 2 months. I have done it slowly but it's got to be helping.

I am about 30 pounRAB overweight and most of it is all in the stomach. They say this is not good on the organs. So that is why I am going to get it off. This is a good change for me. Thanks!
 
I have been taking protonix twice a day for at least a year with no results. I recently read an article about xanax being used off lable to control symptoms. It's the only thing that works for me. I've never had an anxiety problem and I hate taking it but it takes all of the symptoms away. You just have to get used to the fatigue. It's not something I want to be on for the rest of my life but it works and I was very tired of dealing with the horrible symptoms every day. It works as a CCK antagonist and helps with bile reflux. It does take away the lump in my throat and the burning in my throat, eyes and mouth. I could post a link but I'm not sure if that's allowed.
 
I was in the same place as you but, once I got serious about changing my diet (and doing the other things my doctor recommended like raising the head of my bed, not eating for 3 hours before bedtime, etc.) I did start to notice a big difference.



I suspect you're right that there's no cure but it can be managed. It's frustrating because one bad decision can cause a flare up that takes days to die down, but it can be managed.

After the endoscopy (which I got through with no sedation) my GI doc was brutally honest with me and told me it would take 2 months to start feeling better IF I did everything he recommended. It hasn't been that long yet but I have definitely noticed some improvement, but it takes way more time and effort than I ever thought it would.

Hang in there.
 
I take Xanax too but only late in the day. It does help greatly but it's also very addictive. In fact, I'm sure I am probablly addicted to it since I've taken it for years. I don't during the day since it makes me sleepy but I have a bad habit of if being really sick, I'll take 2 Xanax and go to bed!

CharBerry
 
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