I just have a quick question...i used to get GERD really bad....palpatations and the whole bit. Took protonix, quit smoking, lost 80 pounds and it pretty much went away. Now I get this burping feeling. I dontknow how to explain it. Like if I do burp it gets better. Is this another symptom of GERD? Also I dont have problems when i lay down at night. thanks!

Well, I'm not exactly the same as you apparently, but close enough. My main symptom all these months (since this horror started) has been "burping" - I feel like the sphincters both bottom and/or top open up and air(etc) just ripples on up. The 1st days I knew I was in trouble, that was why - I was constantly burping, and I mean every minute at least. Literally.

But the really crazy thing is I almost always hiccup with the burping. 1 or 2 burps, then 2 or 3 (generally slow, public-unnoticeable) hiccups, then burp again. The same basic pattern all the time. I never hiccup without a burp, but I have sometimes burped without hiccups.

And I do not have trouble at night, or lying down. I could be burping alot that day, then lie down and it stops. Doesn't matter if it's bedtime or a nap in the afternoon.

I think I've noticed an additional pattern that oftentimes, when I "verticalize" (sit up from lying, stand from sitting, etc), I burp-hiccup.

I swear, I don't know how this doesn't point to nerve problems. But maybe it's like the doctor said "could be from the gastritis/esophagitis" (plus, I'm LPRD - warm, etc, throat is main reaction symptom).

Thank you for the reply---what is LPRD? Well i have not had any coffee since this morning adn have not had the symptoms either so i am about to go have some coffee and see what happens1 I hope it is not that, that is the only vice I have left!

Ok, I am pretty sure it is coffee doing this to me. I had some coffee and it started up again::so now i willbe off of the coffee and maybe try tea? Does anyone else get this?

Yes, the burping is a symptom that goes along with LPR and Gerd --
when I'm having a bad day or week, I won't be able to drink anything but plain water, after a few days I can go back to one cup of coffee, so don't think it's a "forever" thing. that would be too depressing. No chocolate, no wine, no beer, no soda, no coffee --not much left to enjoy.:yawn:

yes coffee is almost as bad as sauce for me. esp hot coffee! or anything hot in temp. my reflux goes crazy whenever i have ANYTHING thats hot or warm, or very cold. i try to eat/drink everything room temp