Hi @megagrif @betterb4,

I too suffered from severe Gerd for 11 years, and I am now drug free. I was taking Prilosec for many years, but it caused other issues, and then I went on 300 mg of Zantac daily. I couldn't miss a dose without feeling the burn. Not too long ago, I did research on conventional medicine and have completely rid myself of Gerd by doing the following:

1. I am on the Paleo autoimmune protocol (mild version of it since after the first 3 weeks I was able to add a lot of food back into my diet.
2. I take the following gut supplements as recommended by Kris Kresser (here is the link: http://my.chriskresser.com/the-supplement-guide/). I take the list for digestive disorders and the list for autoimmune.

If you have told me that I could get rid of gerd with no more medicine I wouldn't have believed it. By the way, the following also helped my bloating and pain due to messenteric panniculitis. I find that the only thing that triggers it is if I cheat a lot, including alcohol and have intense amount of stress. I hope I can learn to meditate but I am a type A person who is quite skeptical.

I wish you health. take care, Doron