Hi,

I am Denver from the Philippines, 32 yrs. old. 3 years ago I was diagnosed with GERD and gastritis. I got tripped to different clinics and hospitals and was prescribed the following:

Nexium and Motilium (first 2 doctors)
Prevacid, Motilium, Ganaton, Mucosta, Flagentyl, Duphalac, Pantoloc and Senna Forte - last doctor

Nexium did not help me a lot but the last doctor who gave me a lot of meds after I did an upper GI endo from him said that I was not given a right combination meds from my previous doctors so he gave me a lot of meds as mentioned. He was my final doctor then and after a couple of months, suprisingly there was an improvement and at the 1st or 2nd quarter of 2011, my symptoms of GERD suddenly disappeared. I can say that because when I ate crappy foods or spicy food, there was no more reaction on my stomach especially the sharp gnawing sensation after eating as if I was having a heart attack. So I was happy then but occasionally, the symptoms were still popping out but not all the times and I can live with it and I carried this normal feeling for 2 yrs then but last week August 5, 2013, I begin feeling weird while eating. Everytime I eat and the food passes in the middle of my chest which I can imagine passing through the LES, there was a pounding in my chest or palpitations from the heart for 2 to 3 secs and even when I am about to burp it is the same feeling. Though it disappears right away after the burp. At first, I did not mind it since I thought it was just a normal heart palpitations due to stress but I got worried when the following days, it is now frequent and pounding near the heart or heart palpitaions is really triggered with the scenarios I have mentioned. I carried this symptoms until now and last weekend I tried to research and they all lead me to GERD. So what I did is I take a mild antacid called Kremil-S 15 minutes before a meal but it did not help so just take Mepraz Omeoprazole 20mg yesterday (without doctor's prescription) and according to the indication to take once for 4 to 8 wks. It helps me somehow in the sense that palpiations are not that often as well as the burping. I will try and observe this for 1 week and if it still does not help I will visit my gastro and I'm afraid he will recommend an upper GI endoscopy again :(. Anyways, to give you additional info I started feeling this when I added the following on my diet.

Nitrotech Whey protein 1 scoop only everytime I go to gym. (Have taken 3 to 4 times a week and almost 2 weeks prior to the symptoms)
Ceres fruit juices (Have taken also for 2 weeks 3 to 4 times prior to the symptoms)

So I am cutting off both today because I feel that they are the ones to blame. Do you think one of them is the cause of the symptoms?

I've been into gym and running for almost 2 to 3 yrs now so I can guarantee that my heart is just fine. Actually even though I feel such symptoms, I still go to gym and I was just fine after my exercise.

Hope I have give you the needed information and please enlighten me what's this symptoms all about and if this is a serious condition and if I'll carry this on to the rest of my life. Thanks! God Bless!

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