Anyone else with acid reflux?

I have it. I was diagnosed in March after I started having a lot of chest pain after eating. My doctor strongly encouraged me to stop drinking soda (I used to drink a LOT) and eat better. He put me on Nexium which I took for a couple of weeks. I also switched to a plant based diet starting during the two weeks that I was on the Nexium. After two weeks I quit taking it and have not had a problem since. I am still on a plant based diet, and only have a soda very rarely (maybe once a month).

I would try glutin free diet for 2 weeks
If that does not work add yeast to your no eat list

Is your sports bra too tight? Doing too many crunches?

I don't have it but my fiance did, it led to gastroparesis ... they put him on erythromycin (sp?) to help it. Hope it helps x

I have it, and the change in diet does help I also take prevaid or something similar before I eat a meal that will set it off, even if I take it during the day

I messed that up....
Glutin free is quite easy they even have a glutin free ailse in my Super Market.
Start with no bread and pastries and read veery label it is in a lot of processed foods and sneaks up on you like breadcrumbed chicken.....

My husband had it terribly. We just assumed it was from fatty, spicy or acidic food but so far it's completely gone away since removing bread from our diet -- well, limiting it in his case, I'm pretty sure he eats bread away from the house -- even though I cook with a lot more fat now. Or maybe it's not the bread specifically but just reducing carbs in general since I stopped cooking with brown rice and potatoes at the same time? Or maybe it had nothing to do with reducing our carbs and it's the increase in fat that's helping?

Not sure how helpful that is considering our diet changed so drastically and like I said, we can't be sure what actually stopped the acid reflux every night.

ETA:
He was taking Prilosec before we changed our diet and that seemed to help him more than anything else we tried.

I was diagnosed as well, they expanded my esophagus.. strange though, after i had my gallbladder removed I haven't had issues and ever since I have been eating healthier across the board I haven't had any symptoms. I don't take medication anymore.

I don't drink soda and I've been a vegetarian for over a year. I am trying to cut back on carbs, wine, and cheese..but that's going to be a process. Is there something that I can eat that suppresses the acid build up, or am I doomed to a life of tums?

edit: and I don't really like doctors, I'd rather not get a prescription if there is something natural I can do.

Coconut oil!!!! It sounds like we eat similarly; I too do not drink soda and am vegetarian, but still suffered from acid reflux whenever I'd eat certain things (usually with cooked tomatoes, like spaghetti, or pizza). I started adding a tablespoon of coconut oil to my protein shakes in the morning and it has completely cured my acid reflux!!! It's amazing. And natural!

It seems that I can't eat anything without aggravating it

any helpful advice? I have to bring tums with me everywhere I go.

There are a few foods that trigger me so I looked up natural treatments online. The most effective one I have used is eating an apple. If I eat one of my trigger foods and then eat an apple shortly after, it always prevents reflux. Applesauce has helped too, but not as much.

Braggs Organic Apple Cidar Vinegar. 1 to 2 tsps. in 8 oz. of water, (with honey if needed). I HAD reflux for 20 years until I started to do this in Feb. I have not taken a pill since then.

I was diagnosed with acid reflux about 9 years ago at 11 years old. My doctor put me on Prevacid and it worked like a charm. Popped one in the morning and I was good for the entire day/night no matter what I ate. Now? I can't afford it. I don't get so much of the burning feel anymore but my throat closes up and makes it a little hard for me to breathe after a pro-acid-reflux meal.

I don't drink soda and I've been a vegetarian for over a year. I am trying to cut back on carbs, wine, and cheese..but that's going to be a process. Is there something that I can eat that suppresses the acid build up, or am I doomed to a life of tums?

edit: and I don't really like doctors, I'd rather not get a prescription if there is something natural I can do.

Sometimes diet isn't a factor. Some people with recurring heart burn just have stomachs that produce more acid than is necessary, regardless of what they eat. You might be able to reduce how much acid your stomach produces through diet, but overall, you'll most likely end up treating with OTC meds after the heart burn happens. Continual treating like this could potentially lead to ulcers and damage to your esophagus. I know doctors suck, believe me. But it's worth preventing these symptoms so they won't cause you more damage in other areas of your body down the road. Good luck to you.

I controll my acid reflux with Intermittent Fasting, www.eatstopeat.com. My doctor also recomended yoghurt in the evenings and I feel that milk also has good effect. Mine is a "birth defect" as the muscle above the stomach does not close all the way as it should. I find that stress is WAY worse than any food item I have ever eaten! Loosing weight also helps immensely .