I’m sorry you are suffering. Can you be more specific about your symptoms?

There are several threads referencing silent reflux or LPR. Perhaps read those and see if you come up with any new ideas on how to proceed. I’m not implying this is what you have-it’s just another avenue to explore.

Best wishes to you, Cindy

Have you tried Dexilant?

How much protonix have u tried?
Sometimes you need to take 40 mg in the am and 40 in the evening 1 hour before dinner for about 2 to 4 weeks then taper off slowly to 40 in the a.m. I took 80 mg daily for severe Gastritis attack.

Could this be GERD related? Hello, a while ago I spoke with a friend who had GERD, and lately I think I may have it as well. Feeling a slight pressure in the chest, upset stomach sometimes and coughing. I also notice like a lump in the back of my throat, and sometimes when I cough a little white phlegm appears, so I don't know if it's GERD related, tonsils stones or something else. Anyone else with the same issue? Thanks

A "mild" suggestion, my ENT suggested tat I take "Reflux Gourmet" in the evening after dinner.
It has helped my GERD which I have had for a number of years.
I also lift my upper bed, take Pepcid, and Omeprazole.

Good luck

Had daily nausea for 5 years. Mornings were especially BRUTAL. Nothing helped. Took all the meds anyone mentions. However, was taking 60 mg of dexilant at night. Now I take 30 mg in the am and 30 mg at night. At first nausea subsided about 50%. However, little to no nausea for last 3 weeks! WOW! AM I HAPPY!

Please do not do surgery until you try this instead.

1. Get off all PPI (Proton Pump Inhibitor) meds like omprezole, pantaprozole, Zantac etc. BUT you must do so gradually because of the rebound effect. Namely, your body, desperately trying to make sufficient acid to metabolize your food, particularly break down proteins, keeps making acid pumps, which the PPIs keep silencing. If you go cold turkey it will be holy hell. I know I have been there. The reason you have to get off PPIs is that they wreck havoc with your capacity to absorb nutrients because they deacidify your stock. Again I have been there. DREADFUL anemia that had to be treated with iron infusions to get me back to just being able to walk a block!

2. The basic "cause" of GERD is NOT excess acid, but insufficient acids for adequate digestion, most particularly protein breakdown into amino acids. Try this "test". Take 2 TBS of apple cider vinegar in half a glass of water after eating. Do you feel better or worse? I bet you will feel better which means, too little acid. SO take digestive bitters (by Gaia (2 dropperfuls in water) before meal. Experiment with Betain HCL Pepsin (Pure puts out qualify product) try 2 before meals, up dose it not kickback) to up to 6 before meal. I generally stopped at 6...still take them before a big meal.

3. Heal your gut lining. Zinc carnosine helped me. And black raspberry powder in water or yogurt for my Barrett's syndrome after years of GERDS.

4. Eat earlier. Most older people's digestion stops naturally earlier. Thus try to eat before 6 pm. If you go to bed early (10 pm) try to make that 5 pm. Lay off all alcohol for now. It makes GERD must worse.

5. If you must take something to relieve pressure, heartburn, try bicarbonate of soda in water. Try to get an aluminum free product.

It worked for me. My father suffered from GERD and hiatal hernia. I thought..hey it's my generic destiny. In my mid-40s...I started vomiting after meals! Hey my mother did that! So again genetic destiny. I started my regime of PPIs under doctor's orders and it never "cured" me and caused all sorts of knock off effects (probably even my breast cancer as a contributory cause)...and most decidedly all sorts of nutritive deficiencies. At 85 I have never felt better. No more GERD even at night. Weeks ago I had a late but light enough (Poke Bowl) meal at 8 pm preceded by 2 Cosmopolitans. Oh may God! The Demon GERD was back. I haven't felt that bad in years. I had to resort to the carb of soda, which worked.

So good luck. It can be done. The underlying problem, generally speaking, is NOT excess acid but inadequate acid to do the job of digestion. I don't know if Western trained docs are just oblivious or what. But their armatarium of PPIs sure don't work. And surgery is way too invasive and irreversible. Let me know if it works.

Hello,
I am sorry that you are having such terrible difficulties, and I wish you well. I just found out today about Silent Reflux. Never having had what people typically call acid reflux, I was skeptical when my doctor told me that my wheezing, coughing, hoarse voice, and multiple sleep issues might be related to acid reflux. I am to start taking Pepcid tonight. Co-incidentally, my husband experienced problems with shortness of breath, and saw his PCP today, who told him the same thing.
I have been reading about this problem, and I am stunned to find that so many of my symptoms and his, that have gone on for years, might be explained by this diagnosis.
I have been told forever that I have atypical asthma, and I have to some extent, but I am not finding that my inhalers give me any relief from the coughing and so forth.
Obviously, my knowledge of this is new, and I have nothing to share yet about remedies, but I think it is helpful to have a fellow sufferer with whom to commiserate and discuss ideas. I would like to hear anything else you have to say about this condition. Thank you for what you have shared. I hope you feel better soon.

It available from Amazon, or check their web site for more information.
It has had a positive result for me.
Good luck,

I do. Sleeping on a wedge and left side has been a nightmare for me. Just recently did an endoscopy called Endoflip. They ck esophagus with a small balloon and stretch if needed and also they can check hiatal hernia and LES and stomach. b I have been ill for four years and watched my diet several times and lost lots of weight and got better, but during Xmas, I ate lots of cookies and LPR came back with more vengeance. Another test that checks to see if you have acidic or non acidic reflux, is 24 hour probe which I did not want to do. 24 hour probe and monametry tests are very hard to do. I cried through Monametry, and did not want to do the 24 hour probe.

Have you tried intermittent fasting? There are a lot of different ways to do it. I personally do 16/8. I don’t eat after 6 pm or before 10 am. I also don’t drink alcohol or smoke. I don’t consume carbonated drinks. Also, how’s your diet? I’ve had a food sensitivity test done and when I eat the foods I’m sensitive to my GERD comes back.