neddyflanders

I've had GERD (lpr) for about 7 months. I've tried every approach, I've read every post. From all of this I've reached some conclusions on the cause of GERD(not occasional heartburn but GERD). In my opinion those of us with GERD have lost the ability to digest food correctly. I've often wondered if I didn't eat for 8 hours before sleeping then why am I waking up at 4Am with a ton of acid coming up? Why? because the cause is not my stomach (indirectly it is but it is not the cause). My food (depending on what I've eaten) is going into my large intestine and not being absorbed correctly. This causes gas in the intestines which enlarges and presses up against your stomach (much like a pregnancy causing heartburn due to pressure from fetus). Over time this weakens the valve to the stomach due to the almost constant pressure. In my opinion, this imbalance in the large intestine is due to stress, antibiotics, swallowing food instead of chewing. It can be one, two or all three of these causing the imbalance.
Now the question remains, what can be done about it. Like most of you I chew enzymes, I take probiotics but still have GERD. Also I have reduced my stress levels down to almost zero. My daytime GERD is now 99% gone but I suffer every night from acid reflux hitting my throat. In an earlier post, October mentioned Gluten and complex carbohydrates being eliminated and getting rid of her GERD. I think she is on to something, the only problem is how hard is to not eat either of these? I know for me it's almost impossible. Hopefully my cause is from one or the other, I could eliminate one but not the other. Both gluten and complex carbohydrates can cause digestion problems because they are both so hard to digest. Anyway, my stomach has improved to where it rarely hurts and my constipation has left me. I tried yesterday eating bread and potato's at lunch. About 4 hours later my stomach was in pain and I had a big lump in my throat. Question is was it the bread or was in the complex carbohydrate? Further testing will need to be done to decide if it's one or the other or both but I think we are on to something. Sorry about the long post.