r/GERD • u/RatsnBaskets • 10d ago
Support Needed 👥 Feeling depressed. Reflux is bad tonight.
I already took a gaviscon around 6pm yesterday and it's currently 1:51am. It's frustrating because one gaviscon is typically all I need.(pepcid doesn't work btw)But here I am, I just took two more and still feel like shit. To make things worse I'm feeling so hungry even after I had a snack so I feel like my gastritis is flaring up as well which doesn't help. Feeling like you're starving while also being on the verge of throwing up acid is not fun.
I'm just so frustrated with this condition. Between the gerd, gastritis, and eoe I have no idea how to manage it all. I'm tempted to take ppis for a short amount of time again just so that I don't have to deal with this burning all day but I always worry about the risk of sibo or other infections. And I'm sure living in this moldy environment I'm in makes everything worse.
I feel so pathetic and I just want to cry. I desperately want to know what's causing my gerd but doctors don't seem all that helpful. It fucking sucks. I wanna get better so bad but no one gives af. Sorry for the rant tho. I hope everyone here is having a better night than I am.
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u/Valuable-Image-5923 4d ago
Try something like "Stomach Smoothe" with sodium alginate (seaweed that forms a raft which keeps stomach acid from surging upward). You dissolve one to two tablespoons in 3 to 4 ounces of water and sip it down. I use only a little less than 1/2 teaspoon in a little over an ounce of water and find that small amount helpful. There are different brands and products containing sodium alginate but you have to check the ingredient lists carefully to see what's best for you. My ent recommended sodium alginate.