Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: okay, so i guess i have acid reflux

I'd see an M.D. a.s.a.p. and end your suffering. Get a PPI. Eliminate citrus/tomatoes from your diet. Eliminate added fats. Honestly, it doesn't matter what I eat, personally, but certain things I know won't stay down in me personally, so I don't bother trying to eat them. The PPI is the only thing that works--I take Nexium; It's the only one that has ever worked for me. I keep Zantac on hand as well, and Rolaids--NOT TUMS, they foam up too much.
When worse comes to worse, I'll eat a handful of Philips chews like their Pez candy and all will be just dandy. Peptobismal caps. work too.

I also can't digest food without enzymes and that makes a huge difference. The sodium bicarbonate in Club Soda helps neutralize acid for me/dissolve undissolved stuff in my gi tract. It stops anything from coming back up, at least for me. I don't know why.

Water doesn't help for me--indeed I've been known to puke water. It might work for you, though. I don't know. Personally, cereals/breads/bagels would be refluxed within 3 minutes with me. My gut just doesn't know what to do with these 'things.' However, that's just me.

Kate.

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