Look acid reflux is terrible but I'm trying to find the good things in it because I've been struggling with both of them for 5 months. I've got hit with health anxiety, panic attacks, breathlesness and worry. Acid/slient reflux ain't got much advantages but ig it happens to smart and empathetic people more on average because they are more prone to overthinking and stress. Plus acid reflux irritates the vagus nerve and keeps making you go breathless/weak and just overall panic mode but when you get immune to it you just get more annoyed than panic which is some sort of a win. I'm currently stuck in getting better than relapsing, so what made you guys not be miserable?

I'm having regrets about my hernia/reflux surgery at the moment. I got a toupet fundoplication on October 5th. I had LPR/GERD and decided to try this surgery after finding a small hiatal hernia, an LES in hill grade III, a demeester score of 30, and an LES with no pressure. I also had ineffective motility and had been having swallowing issues in my upper airway.

I'm now 15 days post op and having pooling of spit/phlegm/mucus in my upper airway at night which I wasn't having prior to surgery and I'm getting scared. The only way I'm able to sleep is with an antihistamine at the moment. Will this improve as I continue to heal from surgery do you think? I meet with my surgeon tomorrow but they don't seem to know what's going on. On top of that, I still have a sore throat, phlegm in my throat all day, and throat clearing.

Hi everyone, I hope you are well. I’m a long time acid reflux sufferer but I’ve been having some new symptoms I’m hoping you can all help me with. I have constant stomach pains and just recently pain in my left arm- like a dull ache and pins and needles. I’m just wondering if the left arm pain could be linked to my acid reflux. I have recently had another endoscopy which found gastritis and my ppi was upped from 30mg to 60mg (one tablet in the morning and one in the evening - Lansoprazole)

I know I’m probably driving myself a bit mad because of the pain in my left arm but does anyone experience similar?

I’m really sorry to post this but thank you for taking the time to read and I hope you are all okay.

Hi all,

Since a week I am experiencing difficulty with breathing. Yesterday I have been to the GP, she said my lungs sounded good. At times it feels like I am choking and its terrifying. I am 27 years old male, weight 70 kg. I have to admit that I have social anxiety for a long period of time probably like 10 years. A lot of time I feel watched and judged, also because of my appearance. I think this stress or fight/flight feeling has influenced my diaphragma. My belly almost does not expand when I try to breathe from the nose and I also hear all kinds of sounds from my stomach(likely air that I inhaled during the more difficult moments). What can I do? I really want to change this.