Menopause Matters Forum
Menopause Discussion => Personal Experiences => Topic started by: daisie on January 10, 2025, 12:10:03 PM
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Hi, has anyone suffered symptoms of gerd if so what medication helped you best , just asking for good experiences which worked for you,I'd appreciate any feed back ,just been diagnosed with it,thanks daisie x
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Hi daisie
There was some discussion about reflux and treatment options and lifestyle adaptations recently in Other Heath Discussion - Omeprazole, which might be worth reading.
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Hi daisie
There was some discussion about reflux and treatment options and lifestyle adaptations recently in Other Heath Discussion - Omeprazole, which might be worth reading.
thanks chopsuey,I'll take a look x
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Morning. I've had indigestion-type symptoms intermittently from an early age: Milk of Magnesia helped.
As oestrogen levels drop muscles may become lax = aches and pains as well as hiatus hernia = GERD. What did the GP suggest? I take omeprazlol capsule in the morning to ease the irritating cough . Sometimes I wake anytime after 3.00 a.m. with pains up the middle of the chest, a sip of bubbly water eases that.
Let us know how you get on?
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Morning. I've had indigestion-type symptoms intermittently from an early age: Milk of Magnesia helped.
As oestrogen levels drop muscles may become lax = aches and pains as well as hiatus hernia = GERD. What did the GP suggest? I take omeprazlol capsule in the morning to ease the irritating cough . Sometimes I wake anytime after 3.00 a.m. with pains up the middle of the chest, a sip of bubbly water eases that.
Let us know how you get on?
good afternoon clkd lansoprazole iv got,the symptoms are horrible ,it makes me nauseated with a horrible bitter taste
in mouth puts me off eating I also get a mucus cough with it does it ever go away x
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Ah the cough. Which is why I was prescribed omeprazolol.
However: in the last couple of years DH and I have cut out a lot of food stuffs. I can no longer eat croissants, scones etc. when we go out and about places. The hidden sugars/fats were slowing down my gut [we have threads about bowels/poo! too] ::).
In the last 8 months I have realised that the cough 4 me is triggered by hidden sugars: i.e. chocolate, Coke ........... I had given up Coke 12 months ago. I don't have chocolate until midafternoon when the cough starts :o. Irritating clearing-of-throat.
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Ah the cough. Which is why I was prescribed omeprazolol.
However: in the last couple of years DH and I have cut out a lot of food stuffs. I can no longer eat croissants, scones etc. when we go out and about places. The hidden sugars/fats were slowing down my gut [we have threads about bowels/poo! too] ::).
In the last 8 months I have realised that the cough 4 me is triggered by hidden sugars: i.e. chocolate, Coke ........... I had given up Coke 12 months ago. I don't have chocolate until midafternoon when the cough starts :o. Irritating clearing-of-throat.
yes the dreaded cough,iv gone off a lot of stuff mainly drinks I used to sup like herbal teas I can't stomach them anymore it's strange why that has happened it all came about with this problem even chocolate that I loved iv no taste for that anymore I still enjoy my cooked meals thank god I don't want to go off them x
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Hi daisie
There's a couple of books you can buy on amazon, The Acid Watchers Diet and Dropping Acid which may help you identify dietary triggers and find alternatives.
If you use the search function here, search for reflux rather than Gerd and there are lots of posts. Have you tried things like not eating for a couple of hours before bed, propping your mattress up or getting a wedge pillow, again from amazon. Coffee, chocolate, alcohol and rich food made my silent reflux worse but I'm fine with them now. Mine started when I started hrt and stopped when I came off it. It was mainly in the progesterone part of the hrt cycle so perhaps yours is hormonal in some way too. I found gaviscon advance before bed helped but mine wasn't bad enough to need a ppi. The wedge pillow from amazon was also a massive help.
Penguin x
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Hi daisie
There's a couple of books you can buy on amazon, The Acid Watchers Diet and Dropping Acid which may help you identify dietary triggers and find alternatives.
If you use the search function here, search for reflux rather than Gerd and there are lots of posts. Have you tried things like not eating for a couple of hours before bed, propping your mattress up or getting a wedge pillow, again from amazon. Coffee, chocolate, alcohol and rich food made my silent reflux worse but I'm fine with them now. Mine started when I started hrt and stopped when I came off it. It was mainly in the progesterone part of the hrt cycle so perhaps yours is hormonal in some way too. I found gaviscon advance before bed helped but mine wasn't bad enough to need a ppi. The wedge pillow from amazon was also a massive help.
Penguin x
hi penguin thanks for reply, I will take a look,I only have 1 coffee a day that's when I get up I don't drink alcohol I usually have my last meal at 4 o'clock so it gives me enough time to digest I'll take a look at the pillows as well x
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"Dropping Acid" - for those of my age group that has a totally different meaning ::)
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"Dropping Acid" - for those of my age group that has a totally different meaning ::)
yes I know what you mean 😆
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I never did though, didn't mix with the right people, probably ;D
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Little and often sometimes works too, even through the night.
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I never did though, didn't mix with the right people, probably ;D
😆I can honestly say I didn't meddle in it but I could definitely do with a bit now at 70 years old x
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Little and often sometimes works too, even through the night.
yes I agree 👍
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When anxiety took over I would have used heroin if it had ensured that I would never have another panic attack :-\
GERD however can be controlled with regular treatment, making sure that the diet suits our age range ..... some find that i.e. alcohol becomes a no no ::). I swallow my capsule with breakfast to line my digestive tract for the day.
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"Dropping Acid" - for those of my age group that has a totally different meaning ::)
It has for me too 🤣