Tc, very pleased to hear from you. My perimenopause journey started with digestive biscuits. For about a year I had a terrible vicious circle with anxiety, belching, stomach pain, diarrhoea, constipation, ear neck throat pain - You name it, all related to digestive problems. I had an endoscopy which looked down my oesophagus and everything was fine but GERD was diagnosed - basically acid reflux. I had no idea how many problems it could cause. I was put on omeprazole and told to stay on it long term. Did not agree with me, mainly due to the headaches that it gave me. My lifesaver was Dr Kaufmann's acid reflux diet. I stumbled across it on Amazon and I stuck to it religiously for three months, after which all my symptoms had gone. Laziness and gluttony made me come off it but a recent very bad bout of acid reflux is making me go back on it. Tc, I can't recommend it enough as a lifestyle change. You don't have to buy the book, you can get the diet online. You have to cut out triggers for reflux but it's not an impossible diet by any means. It's just sensible stuff which we should probably all do but it focuses on particular reflux foods such as onions fizzy drinks etc xxxxxx
