JB33
04-09-19, 09:43
I've made a post on here about reflux a while back but I really feel like I'm struggling with it lately, like it will NEVER get better and that nothing is helping.
I seen a gastro doc last year and described that my symptoms were 98% controlled on the ppi meds, but the truth is I now dont think they are. I then seen another gastro doc a couple months back who said after two clear endoscopies (2010 and 2015) he is not keen to do another one as he feels it may fuel my anxiety. I then made another repeat appointment to see him a month back hoping he would scope me to put my mind at rest but he has refused. I explained that I get this mild burning/irritation like sensation behind my sternum and I am worried its reflux despite the ppi and that it is slowly damanging my gullet and will eventually get cancer and no one is doing anything about it. He explained about hypersensitive esophogus and how anxiety can heighten pain receptors and what im feeling may be just that, go away and try to deal with the anxiety and if you still feel the same then come back and see me. My problem is, I feel it will ALWAYS be this way, has been for months, it feels like a really bad flare up and just wish I could have the procedure and cure my worry if he really thinks it is nothing.
I know I have been sucked into the stream of negative thoughts, I've battled to get out a few times but this time I feel im all the way down and the current is too strong to get out on my own. Im currently seeing a psychologist about PTSD from my childhood, ive also recently left a toxic job and currently unemployed (ive never been in this situation) and it just feels like everything is feeding off one another and it's horrible!
I cant not think about my reflux, it's always there and I can always feel it. Can anyone relate or provide some insight?
I seen a gastro doc last year and described that my symptoms were 98% controlled on the ppi meds, but the truth is I now dont think they are. I then seen another gastro doc a couple months back who said after two clear endoscopies (2010 and 2015) he is not keen to do another one as he feels it may fuel my anxiety. I then made another repeat appointment to see him a month back hoping he would scope me to put my mind at rest but he has refused. I explained that I get this mild burning/irritation like sensation behind my sternum and I am worried its reflux despite the ppi and that it is slowly damanging my gullet and will eventually get cancer and no one is doing anything about it. He explained about hypersensitive esophogus and how anxiety can heighten pain receptors and what im feeling may be just that, go away and try to deal with the anxiety and if you still feel the same then come back and see me. My problem is, I feel it will ALWAYS be this way, has been for months, it feels like a really bad flare up and just wish I could have the procedure and cure my worry if he really thinks it is nothing.
I know I have been sucked into the stream of negative thoughts, I've battled to get out a few times but this time I feel im all the way down and the current is too strong to get out on my own. Im currently seeing a psychologist about PTSD from my childhood, ive also recently left a toxic job and currently unemployed (ive never been in this situation) and it just feels like everything is feeding off one another and it's horrible!
I cant not think about my reflux, it's always there and I can always feel it. Can anyone relate or provide some insight?