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Hi @danceswithhammer I just came across your post while googling chronic belching. I wondered how you are getting on? Are things any better for you? I’ve had chronic belching for almost two and a half years now - 200+ times a day - stops me sleeping and is exhausting and embarrassing. Like you I have tried numerous things - a lot of what’s on your list too! I’m in the UK. I paid privately to see a gastroenterologist as a last hope, and he did say there is an option of paying for specialised CBT. His top recommendation was low dose Amitriptyline, but I’m a bit worried about the side effects with that. There’s a Reddit sub about Chronic beaching, but other than that it’s not something I’ve heard many other people talk about.
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Calico2000,
I must have missed your September inquiry and information.
Have you tried CBT yet?
I posted a couple days ago on this main thread a post titled “EXCITING UPDATE”. Be sure to read it. This is the first time in 12 + years that anything has had any effect whatsoever on my issues, and it is transformative for me. I am so hopeful that the change is permanent.
As mentioned in update post, I am actually going to try speech therapy specifically for supragastric air swallowing, starting in late March, to work on cutting down frequency even more than now. The nortriptylene appears to have cut frequency at least 50-75%, and severe burp/bloat/fart bouts to only one in 6 weeks now.
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@calico2000, you may aslo be interested in these related discussions:
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/search/?search=belching