This is just me sharing my experience. I have been having globus sensation for 4 months now. It has been on and off but after multiple rounds of PPI been useless, GI suggested endoscopy.
I have severe health anxiety but agreed. I have 1cm hiatal hernia but nothing else. I feel like there are days when anxiety is better an maybe so is acid reflux.
Sharing my endoscopy experience, I had a friend to pick me up and drop me off but I was extremely anxious about been sedated but it all went well.

The doctor did not give me any post endoscopy instructions and I feel so invalidated for my symptoms post the endoscopy. They took biopsies and I didn’t know stomach and digestion gets affected post that. I ate some millet noodles (ready to make) which really messed up my stomach and digestion. I have been observing and reading online, and there are people who suffered with digestion issues post endoscopy but no doctors agree to it.
Basic lentils also seem heavy to my stomach these days. So trying to stick to real basic food. Tofu, eggs, toast, whole wheat tortillas, light rice seem to work. Is there anyone else out there who experienced digestion and stomach issues post endoscopy? Also the heart burn, pressure and maybe slight pain in upper stomach which honestly wasn’t there for good 2 months before the endoscopy has flared up bad post endoscopy. I was going though a phase of heartburn 2-3 months back but it wasn’t this bad.

Also the GI had recommended for me to take Xifaxan for 2 weeks which I stopped after a week(after confirming from the GI) because I was having early satiety, bloating out of no where suddenly. Not like my diet had changed. But post stopping the xifaxan also not like my appetite came back completely and it added to my anxiety. Presently I am just dealing with post endoscopy symptoms. I had endoscopy a week back and my stomach got upset this week and I had some diarrhea yesterday which also was new and added to my anxiety.

Any way sorry for the long message, just wanted to share my experience with acid reflux, xifaxan and endoscopy and see what others experienced.

Good luck with your gerd journey and hope you find a solution.

it has rendered my esomeprazole useless. i can't find anything that can control the acid and mucus. its the worst it's ever been

I need advice on if it'll subside for someone like me

I feel like everything in my life changed after being diagnosed with this, I miss when I used to drink coffee without worrying about it or eat the things I like without negative consequences later.

I just really really want to be able to eat cheese again or add garlic to my food.

I've been barely eating anything because literally most foods trigger my GERD.

I just want a cup of coffee or well seasoned food that actually tastes like something instead of all the very few bland foods I can handle.

One random day when i was 20, i was going to college to write a test, I couldnt get myself to eat i felt too pukish. From then I have never been able to eat anything properly. I counsulted a gastroentrologist and in the endoscopy they diagonised me with GERD grade A. I took the medications and I was fine for few months after which I couldnt eat again. I constantly feel like something is stuck in my throat or feel pukish. I consulted a different gastro doc and a year later my endoscopy reports were normal. But regardless of the reports I am never able to eat like before. I completely stopped eating food from outside. I eat everything home cooked yet I cant eat much. In this process I have almost lost around 10kgs in weight. I have tried consulting other docs and I dont think the tablets doing anything for me. Is there anything that has worked out for anyone or should I have to suffer forever.

https://www.reddit.com/r/GERD/s/n5aDYWUqfg

Hi folks, back in June I made a post regarding the Nissen Fundoplication I had in order to treat my GERD and quite a few of you had asked for me to update as I went!

I am now 4.5 months post op and have been editing the post with updates as I go, but since updating doesn't always bring it back for folks to see on the feed, I thought I'd make a lil post reminding you it exists and link it in case it helps anyone with their own experiences, as I know this surgery isn't spoken about much in the long term by those who had it.

Tagging this as a success story as despite what has been going on, I am so happy I had the surgery and don't regret it at all as it's completely gotten rid of my reflux!

As always happy to answer any questions, and I hope my experience is of use to others 💛

I am a 27F and since June 2026, I have been dealing with GERD. One night it was like I was having a bad panic episode and my heart was beating out of my chest. I then started have chest pains, bad coughs, a lump feeling in my throat and bad shoulder pains. When I ate anything fatty or dairy, I would feel awful! My doctor prescribed Protonix and I took it for a few months but it never fully helped. Well, one day I went to the ER for bad stomach pains and they found severe constipation and big fibroids. I went to my OBGYN and asked if my fibroids and endo could be contributing to my GERD and he said it COULD be a possibility since the fibroids could be taking up space which could cause my organs to shift and therefore cause acid reflux. A month later, I underwent surgery to remove the fibroids and endo and 4 weeks later, my GERD symptoms seems like they pretty much vanished. I sometimes get the lump feeling in my throat but very minimal...I went to an ENT and they didn't see anything and my GI doctor said it could be from post nasal dripping (which I do have).

hi!

42/f here. been dealing with awful health anxiety/gad the last 3.5 years…largely centered around cardiac fears. have seen a cardiologist. echo good, “gorgeous“ nuclear stress test, have worn monitors (occasion pvc), cac of 0, low/great Lp(a), in range apoB, take atorvastatin since I’ve had high cholesterol most of my adult life (genetic)…

about 3 weeks ago I was pretty stressed and also got a deep tissue massage for the first time in about ten years. later that day, after drinking a ton of water, I started getting heartburn and it just never went away. I spent a week bugging out it was my heart. Chest pains and burning under my boob, center of chest. Back. Shoulder burning and upper arm burning.
went to primary and cardiologist. They both did ekg. Both were fine. I got omeprazole and over the last two weeks my symptoms greatly improved and almost disappeared. Yesterday I didn’t take it- as per instructed by the doctor to stop after two weeks and go to every other day. I was ok during the day, but by night I was extremely burpy and gassy. Laying down, I started getting the burning in my chest and it was in my shoulders and top of my arms. Eventually I took a tums and it was slightly better. Always better when I sat up. i did sleep for about 20 minutes but woke up choking. later on I had a sour taste in my mouth for about five minutes and I basically spent most of the night sitting up for some relief.

im going back to my primary later today to ask about weaning off it or other options. I’m just so stressed thinking this is my heart with all these overlapping things. I also get jaw pain from tmj that I’ve been dealing with. Has anyone experienced this shoulder: arm burning? Can this really be from not taking omeprazole for one day?

Hi there I’m really worried, and new to the group.

For the last 2 weeks I’ve had chronic reflux/stomach burning and nausea. I’ve since been to the doctors about it and was prescribed Lanzoropzole for the supposed ‘reflux’ and Cyclizine for the nausea.

But the last few days I’ve noticed something worrying my stool is loose (which I know it’s somewhat normal with what is going on with me + medications) but it’s kind of yellow? And I’m really worried about this

Has anyone else experienced this? I’m really worried and I have bad health anxiety and agoraphobia so it would just really help if people could share their experiences.

Many thanks in advance 🙂

Hi guys (27M), I am getting a weird sensation in my throat. It feels like it is on the left side under my throat. Sometimes it feels too much, sometimes it doesn't. I have been feeling it since last week Tuesday, when I was scared to yawn as the sensation was too much. I don't know what it is.

Sensation is like:

Something dry in my throat, something is stuck. Sometimes the dryness feels like on both sides or in general just in the throat but most of the time it is on the left side. Also, sometimes it feels constant sometimes I don't feel anything or feel very less. I don't have any pain, Even my lymph nodes are not swollen. I am overweight and have snoring issues while sleeping.

When I stopped eating most of things due to GERD, I noticed that my body started smelling more. Even when I always wear a t-shirt under my hoodie, I have to wash the hoodie after three days because it smells like sweat.

But then I realized I also had to wash my blanket twice in short time, it doesn't smell like sweat but kind of green, like I was wrapped in it in my outside clothes.

So I was wondering, if anyone else has had similar symptoms, either sweat smelling more or having more sensitivity to smells?

about 8 weeks ago, i had to have some milk to get rid of a acidy type feeling (i didn’t pay much attention) i just know i felt it somewhat, had some milk and got on with my day.
since then, ive suffered with nausea for the past 7 weeks. It’s very much in the background but it’s there. It can be when i eat, when i don’t eat i don’t really find a specific pattern with it.
Then for 2 days last week i just had a gnawing strange hunger type feeling, where i felt uncomfortable but its like i just wanted to keep eating 😏😕 i dont know if my stomach feels empty/off even when ive eaten, my energy isn’t what it was, i dont know if thats more so because if i feel ok ish i dont want to move and make things worse. I haven’t really noticed a pattern im just trying to seek some answers as to if my symptoms match these things?
i also clear my throat ALOT

GP has given me omeprazole which im just on day 3, so not feeling much of a difference at the moment, just said if acid is the cause, this will help. I will go back next week if things haven’t improved.

So ive been having some blunt tummy pains that go to my side, I also get lower pain near my hip and groin in my front and my back along with my waist all on the left side as well as electric shock feeling in my butt and I'm constipated (but the kind where I'm only releasing certain amounts of stool every few hours) and it keeps burning and changing colour. Does ANYONE else get this?

Hello been having a severe GERD flare up for a long time more than 2 weeks and nothing seemed to help, I started taking Nexium 20mg once a day and Gaviscon and it did nothing, I changed my life style and started eating foods that don't trigger reflux but it also didn't help. I went to a doctor and the doctor said I should start taking 40mg twice a day for a short period of time because my GERD symptoms are way too severe and aren't improving. I'm just concerned about the dose being too high.

Did anyone here take 40mg twice a day? And how did it go?

Hi all, I’ve been experiencing acid reflux for over a year. I took Omeprazole, ordered by my primary physician, and it helped somewhat but got progressively worse. GI had me do an endoscopy and gastric emptying study that showed nothing. GI changed my meds to Pantoprazole and told me to follow up in 2 months. Yes, the Pantoprazole has helped but is this my life now? I’m concerned that if I tell GI the meds are working, he’ll stop trying to get to the root of the issue.

Hi all. I'm in hell right now. I've had GERD a few years. Severe burping and excess acid. I burp all day long. I can't stop. I tried different meds, Nexium, Prilosec, gas x, the only thing that helps my acid reflux is Mylanta (liquid antacid). But it tastes horrible. I still burp constantly. It's horrible. Please please help me

Let me give a disclaimer that I am not currently Diagnosed with GERD (havent gotten checked out), but recently I've been struggling with pretty bad indigestion and acid reflux. My dad's side all mostly suffer with acid reflux.

Anyway. Recently, I've been waking up in the middle of the night with a very uncomfortable feeling between my shoulder blades in the middle of my back. It doesn't hurt when I breathe, like a pulled muscle normally might, and has only been happening when my indigestion symptoms are more intense.

Is this a common symptom of GERD or digestional problems in general? This is the first time I've been experience this feeling.

I'm 17 days post op now. I got the hernia repair with the toupet fundoplication to hopefully fix my LPR symptoms in my throat. My throat no longer feels like it's on fire all the time; however, my throat still feels raw/sore, I have constant phlegm in my throat, especially after eating, that makes me have to talk louder and hurts my ears, and I have spit pooling in my throat at night as a side effect of the inflammation that I didn't have before surgery. I also have constant popping in the muscles in my throat.

Anybody who had this surgery and the LPR took a long time to actually get better post surgery. I did the surgery to hopefully sing again with my band, and at this point, I'm wondering if that's actually going to happen. My throat feels bogged down with phlegm and water-logged and my vocal cords hurt. The worst part is an ENT scoped me today and said my vocal cords didn't look swollen like they did in July. When the phlegm clears, my voice does actually sound normal despite my vocal cords hurting. I guess this really is a gas reflux disease and not an acid one.

25M. My symptoms:
• Tea/coffee gives me heartburn
• Cabbage, cauliflower, spinach → gas + urgent diarrhea
• Pasta and beans/lentils → constipated for 2–3 days
Done endoscopy, colonoscopy, and blood tests — all normal. Only my lactose test was borderline.
Now my doctor told me: stop all dairy and take amitriptyline 25mg at night.
Anyone here with the same pattern? Did dairy-free and this medicine help you?


So, I've had LPR since uni, and that is a long long time. But it was really silent, causing only occasional throat clearing and cough, no pain or globus. But after covid it became not so silent anymore, with pain and soreness, globus and mucus. Turned out that covid destroyed my gastric motility causing partial gastroparesis which is why LPR became so noticeable. Domperidone solved the issue by about 50%. Unfortunately due to side effects I can only take it for a couple of weeks and then I need to take a 1-2 week break, but these couple of weeks that I do use it are such a relief, guys. I hope my gastric motility will get better over time. They say post-viral gastroparesis is reversible, just takes a long time to grow back destroyed nerves. So I'm waiting..

Hello,

Had a weird experience earlier this week. I stupidly ate some of my (hiatal hernia caused) GERD trigger food (Mexican food! So good but so bad for me.) Sunday night and Monday I woke up with a massive GERD attack. Worst I’ve had in a long time!

A few hours after that I started developing some really bad flu-like symptoms. Terrible joint soreness, body aches, sore throat, cough, and the chills. I had what felt like a nasty fever and couldn’t get warm for a while! Literally teeth-chattering shivering while I had my furnace and a space heater going full blast. These lasted for about two days and I feel fine now thankfully.

My main question is, can GERD cause these flu-like symptoms? That has never happened to me before and I’ve been diagnosed with GERD for about two years. Or did a sudden Flu infection maybe trigger my GERD attack? Or was it just really bad timing and had the flu at the same time as a GERD attack? I really feel like they were related though, but I know human brains suck at causation so could be very wrong.

Thanks!

Has anyone replaced their Pepcid with a PPI during a flare? I know it’s usually the opposite. My dr wants me to take a PPI in addition to the Pepcid I already take(20mg morning and night) for 2 weeks. I’m nervous to take both at the same time (I didn’t like how I felt last time I tried that but it could have been anxiety), but I know the ppi won’t kick in for a few days so I also am not sure if I should quit taking the Pepcid right away.

She also said to take it before my largest meal of the day, but I know it works best taken in the morning before breakfast. Should I just take the PPI in the morning instead of Pepcid, and tough it out til it kicks in?

Has anyone made the switch? I’ve been on 20mg Pantoprazole twice a day for two years now. I’m starting to have breakthrough reflux while I get worked up for my hiatal hernia and wanted to hear others experiences while I research and decide. Any pros to switching? Cons? Or anyone that is on it and loves it?

Right now the Pantoprazole has caused hyperplasia in my stomach and gives me vivid nightmares every night without fail. It was tolerable until it stopped preventing the acid:( I can’t do Famotidine either because I get a reaction from it.

It's only been 7 weeks since this started and I'm already more miserable than I've been in a very long time. I'm losing weight that I can't really afford to lose, and I can't have coffee or spicy food anymore. It's really taking a toll on my mental health, because I relied on coffee and spicy food to help me feel better. They were the only things that helped take the edge off of my stress at work. I've been on omeprazole for 7 weeks and plain water still sometimes sets me off. I'm taking carafate for some inflammation they found in an EGD, but the inflammation was only found on biopsy, and wasn't visible. My knee is killing me and I can't take ibuprofen for it.

Thanksgiving is coming, and the thought of having to bring my own food is making me have a mental breakdown well in advance. I had finally repaired my relationship with food after years battling an eating disorder and now I have this adversarial relationship with it again.

I don't understand. One day I woke up and everything was different. The scope had no answers for me. My GI just keeps telling me to keep taking the meds and eating this awful bland slop. I haven't enjoyed anything I've put in my mouth in almost 2 months with nothing to show for it. I've given up any hope of getting better. I don't want to live if this is what it's going to be like.

Hello! Im new here, and feeling miserable. I started Omeprazole 3 days ago after a horrible panic attack alongside acid reflux. I was given it at urgent care. I have now found it very hard to eat solid foods. While im overweight (and could lose some) I know little to no calories is not good, what are some shakes or smooth foods like apple sauce I could eat to make up for the lack of calories lately?

And could this be due to Omeprazole or just an anxiety thing (I have pretty bad health anxiety 😭😭)

Edit: I've been trying to eat rice and just fail, apples seem to be fine though? Idk my body hates me

Have had severe coughing fits for the past many years (I cough a lot tbh, nothing helps- not diet or cough drops or abstaining from alcohol or whatever) to the point where I'm gasping and ready to puke. Lungs checked out fine. Sinuses checked out fine. Blood tests fine. Got a box asthma test, not asthmatic. I don't feel any symptoms of heartburn at all. Finally got an EGD yesterday and there's no damage but the pics do show a hiatal hernia. Dr is putting me on esomeprazole for two months to see if it helps with coughs. Nothing more of a hassle than being out at a restaurant and having a coughing fit as bad as the kind Walter White had on Breaking Bad. Mid sentence I'll be talking and start coughing.

So I have a few questions.

1- does this track with what anyone else has or have had? if so did anything help?

2- dr. said to get a foam wedge for my bed. acid reflux doesn't really bother me when i'm sleeping. but I'm wondering if getting used to a foam wedge means when I go tent camping or on vacations if I'll be so used to a wedge I won't sleep well. So anyone who uses one of these under the mattress wedges, can you sleep fine in other beds that don't have that?

3- for those of you who got the hiatal hernia operation, are you glad you did?

Sorry for all the questions but I hope some of you have time to reply. Thanks in advance.