21st January 2008
I have been off my PPI's for 14 days now - trying to control the acid with Mylanta, tums, Pepcid etc. Well I took 20ml of liquid extra strength mylanta and went to bed at 10:30pm.
Woke up at 11:00pm with the most horrid feeling (you know the feeling when someon grabs you by the shirt and twists it?) -- it felt like that but INSIDE my most upper chest and went through to my upper back.
It hurt and was UNRELENTING it would not 'relax or let go' - it was bad and I could not breath. I tried my 'rescue inhaler' - it BARELY BARELY helped and I eventually fell back asleep but woke up @ 4:00am with the SAME THING.... I took a Xanax and feel back alseep eventually.
Woke up at 6:30am with same feeling only not as intense - all my upper chest muscle hurt and or sore as if I got beaten up from the inside???
Does this sound like GERD, esophogeal spasms, or something else?
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH:confused:
Woke up at 11:00pm with the most horrid feeling (you know the feeling when someon grabs you by the shirt and twists it?) -- it felt like that but INSIDE my most upper chest and went through to my upper back.
It hurt and was UNRELENTING it would not 'relax or let go' - it was bad and I could not breath. I tried my 'rescue inhaler' - it BARELY BARELY helped and I eventually fell back asleep but woke up @ 4:00am with the SAME THING.... I took a Xanax and feel back alseep eventually.
Woke up at 6:30am with same feeling only not as intense - all my upper chest muscle hurt and or sore as if I got beaten up from the inside???
Does this sound like GERD, esophogeal spasms, or something else?
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH:confused: