Is Acid Rushing Up The Throat A Case Of Acid Reflux Only Or Related To Hiatal Hernia And GERD ?

i WAS VERY ILL WITH A REFLUX ATTACK AND DURING SLEEPING I COULD FEEL ACID LIKE RUSHING TOTHE TOP OF MY THROAT WHERE I COULD NOT BREATHE. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS PART OF THE ACID REFLUX PROBLEM. I HAD AN ENDOSCOPY AND THE GI DR. TOLD ME TO WATCH THE SPICES AND TO BE SURE I WAS SLEEPING WITH THE HEAD RAISED ABOUT 8 INCHES. MY ENT DR. STARTED PRESCRIBING .....DURING THIS TERRIBLE ATTACK...OMNEPRAZOLE TO BE TAKEN (TWO) A HALF HR. BEFORE BREAKFAST AND THE SAME DOSAGE AT DINNER. AND, FLUTACOSE NOSE DROPS EVERY NIGHT BEFORE GOING TO BED. HE SAID I HAD ESOPHAGEAL GASTRITIS. IT DID IN MUCH TIME GET BETTER AND I FOUND MYSELF EATING AS I WAS TOLD SMALLER AMOUNTS AND AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY I DID EAT SMALLER AMOUNTS OF FOOD AND CHEWED SMALLER AMOUNTS AT A TIME....IN MUCH TIME I FELT BETTER. NOW, AFTER A YEAR I AM CHOKING ALL DAY ON PHLEM AND BRINGING UP SMALL LUMPS OF PHLEM....AT NIGHT I WAKE UP CHOKING ON THIS PHLEM NOW.....NOT AS BEFORE WHEN I WAS CHOKING ON AND TASTING THE ACID WHERE IT WAS COMING UP AND CHOKING ME. I AM ONCE AGAIN ON FOUR ONMAPRAZOLES A DAY ..... PLUS TWO XANAX....IT SEEMS A DROP BETTER AND I AM BEING TREATED BY MY INTERNEST AND ENT DR. I AM STILL WONDERING ....IF THIS IS PART OF ACID REFLUX, HIATIAL HERNIA, AND GERD...NOW WITH ALL THAT PHLEM COMING UP AND CHOKING ME I STILL DO NOT UNDERSTAND THIS PHLEM COMING UP. I STILL AM IN THE MIDST OF THIS ATTACK....AND THEN WONDER WHAT I DID TO CAUSE IT. I THINK I MAY HAVE STARTED TOMATO SAUCE ON MY PASTAAND A FEW THGS. I SHOULDN T HAVE....PLUS LOTS OF STRAIN AND STRESS. COULD I ASK AGAIN, WHY IS THE PHLEM COMING UP AND NOT THE ACID? SHYRL