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Question??

Have any of you developed more acid when stressed or anxious?

If so, how did you fix it?

I've been dealing with it for about a week... I'm not really taking anything because I just don't feel like taking melox or any antacids. I just heard it's bad to take some every day. Do you think it has do do with me being more anxious than previous days ???

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I get it a lot. I take Pepcid every day. It helps.

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Tjgg in reply toAZ1970

Thanks for your advice.

hi tjgg,be very what you take,for acid reflux,my sis died of it its terrible,so only take what doc says to take.do you here me tjgg.

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Yes I know you can die form it if you take it everyday or if you overdose. That's the reason why I don't want to take antacids

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Mslonely50

Yes it does I have acid reflux mines is very bad nothing they can do it will turn into cancer that's my doctor told me so try to get something to help u nexum help me a little bit

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Tjgg in reply toMslonely50

Oh wow!!! So are you telling me that you are just waiting to turn into cancer ?? That's not good.... i suffer from health anxiety and this just make me very anxious. Now I feel I don't have a cure and that I will die.

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weegmack in reply toMslonely50

That is a pretty scathing generalisation there! There is a minimal risk that years of untreated reflux can cause a condition called Barrett’s Osophegus, which has a chance of turning into cancer. Please be careful what you say as many of us have health anxiety on here.

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Tjgg in reply toweegmack

Thank you !!!!!

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❤️ I’ve replied to your latest post too. Xx

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yeah think you will be fine I have had it for over 30 years I know others that have had it for many years and all alive and kicking, I get stuff from the doctors to control it, not sure if it is caused by anxiety though thought it was food and drink related but I would definitely talk to your health professional about it and see what they recommend

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Thank you. I will

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hypercat54 in reply toweegmack

Completely agree. I have acid reflux and take Omezaprole which cures it. There are lots of causes of it and the least likely is cancer! x

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Ldd199

Mine definitely gets worse on days when I’m really stressed or anxious. I take ranitidine a lot, which does tend to help with some of it, but since the real cause of it is stress, it doesn’t stop it. If I don’t really well, it also makes it that much worse. I don’t think taking some meds necessarily hurts your stomach every day, but maybe it depends how long term you’re talking?

I can wreck my stomach without too much trouble, though. It just depends on how you carry your stress on any given day.

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