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Anxiety and Acid Reflux anyone?
Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Feb 29 1:42pm | Replies (47)Comment receiving replies
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Thanks you. I am sorry about all the secondary issues that are more important.
Yes, I have read that. You don’t stay on PPIs for very long for that reason so thank you for your honest story.
I’m in Canada so some of your terminologies I’m not sure what it is. PCP support?
I don’t need to lose weight I need to gain weight in the last eight months I’ve lost 20 pounds that I never needed to lose. I’m just on the border of a low BMI.
I figure the medication is all temporary why I get my anxiety in order, what I’m trying to do a tiny step at a time even right now I’m getting ready to go for a massage, body massage, and I don’t know how I’m gonna lay on my front. I’ve sent a message to the therapist, but she hasn’t answered yet my appointments in one hour. I just had a little teeny something to eat because I get hungry very easily and I can feel the reflux starting right now almost any time I eat, which is also new . I’m not clear on what you did to get rid of your acid reflux and I don’t drink coffee anymore. I stopped when my anxiety started in April 22. Never had anxiety in my life is a journey and I’m willing to learn and try whatever I need to but I definitely don’t wanna stay on medication for the rest of my life I’m 64, so I understand it sounds like you’re doing really well now or better.
I’m on Dexilant now twice a day 60 mg each and famotidine 40 mg once a day the Dexilant just got turned into twice a day. I’m on day three and I don’t like the way I feel at all and my doctors away in Europe until December. his replacements are very good And he’s a great doctor but in the last few years he’s taken to prescribing Waymore than he ever has in the last 20 years I think he’s getting ready retire soon.
Which is a problem in Canada because we’re short a family doctors but he says he’ll have a replacement when he goes. So right now I have anxiety about my massage and acid reflux doesn’t help.
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Sorry you are going through such rough time. In the States a PCP is a primary care physician, they are the clearing house for all care. One cannot see a specialist, in most cases, without a referral from a PCP. The PCP is supposed to know everything about and coordinate all of ones care.
It's a ludicrous system as one doctor never really knows what another one is doing. I now act as my on record keeper and update all my doctors on anything I or they do, much to their chagrin.
My acid reflux went away when I stopped taking fourteen pills everyday and lost twenty pounds. Doesn't seem like either one of those is your problem. I would encourage you to do your own research. It is upsetting how readily available the information is yet most of the time I am educating my doctor's about the effects and interactions of the medications they are proposing.
Everything I have found comes up on page one of a Google search. From there I review the source material, Google provides links, and try to determine what kind of science supports the information I am reading. I like peer reviewed articles about studies done on humans. Sometimes those are hard to find depending on the topic.
Acid Reflux has been heavily researched and studied. A simple search will yield more information than you can ever get through. I usually have my answers in less than thirty minutes. My starting question is usually "what causes" or "what is", then I chase the "rabbit"
I am cautious of National Institutes of Health or the Food and Drug Administration as they have become what too political. Unbiased academic research is what I value the most.
My family thinks I am nuts. My answer is, this life is all of got (as far as I know) I'm tired of being sick.
In my opinion any system built with wealth creation as its primary objective will inevitably become corrupted. So it is here in the States. I understand it's not so great in Canada either.
Anyone who can read and is sufficiently motivated can acquire more knowledge about their conditions than any health care provider can. Information at least lets me ask the right questions. The more I take control the less I worry. It helps me.
I hope your feel better soon.