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From: Margit
Date: 02/11/01
Time: 19:54:39
My symptoms were always sour taste and a burning or scratchy throat. My GERD is always brought on when I have extreme anxiety. My docs put me on antidepressants to calm the symtoms. Unfortunately, antidepressants can contribute quite a bit to GERD (that's what my GI doc said - every med that dries out your mouth will weaken your LES). So, I get it from two sides, my nerves and the pills. For the past 6 months now I have been on ADs, 60mg Prevacid, and Gaviscon(I also reflux bile and this binds with the bile salts and also helps with the acid). A few weeks ago, I started using a product that lubricates your mouth (because my mouth was so dry that I actually got cracks in my tongue). I have noticed that I didn't need the Gaviscon that much any more, because the sour taste and burning throat have let up a bit. My tongue though still hurts. The last 3 days I didn't use it at all. Today I did need to take some and afterwards my stomach and my esophagus were somewhat hurting. This is what I don't understand. As I am sitting here typing, my stomach still hurts. When I didn't take the Gaviscon for the last few days I was fine (just alittle sour taste every now and then). I thought my inflammations were maybe healing, but maybe they are not. Do any of you know of people that had GERD and never experiences any symptoms?