Just wondering if anyone else feels the acid sooooo bad around that time of the month????
Even if I watch what I eat I get the heartburn so bad when I wear tight pants (which is due to the bloating) and when I bend up and down.....
Could it be the hormones in my system???
Just wondering if anyone else goes through this....My Pariet 20 mg does not seem to help at all these 2 weeks during all of this.... Even taking extra Zantac doesn't seem to help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks

Martha
Ontario, Canada

Hi l find my probs start about 10 days before period right through!! And sometimes other time sof the month although mainly the time you mention!

Amen Sister!!! Mine get worse about 3 days before and go until I ovulate. Not the most fun a girl can have!!!
Crazy

WOW!!! I am so glad it is not only me!!!! My hubby thinks it's all in my head!!LOL!!!!!!(actually mister it's in my stomach LOL!!)

I am going to start documenting it so I can check it out every month and let the Dr know.............

Everything gets worse that time of the month.

O wow I thought I was the only one going thru this during my Menstral Cycle. I suffer from GERD however during my menstral cycle I notice I tend to get those spasms in my Esophagus as if I was having Heart Palpitations.

I wish they are researching on GERD and its relations with Heart Palpitations (Spasms) and Menstraul Cycle in females.

Does anyone get weird pressure sensations to the left hand side of chest? Or deep pain to the strenum area that comes and goes?

Just more anecdotal evidence that tells me PROGESTERONE is a big antagonist in this condition.

See my other posts - including 1 kind of recent about women's problems - and you'll see.

Or look up "progesterone" and/or "birth control" along with GERD/reflux/lower esophageal sphincter, and you might see what I mean. (Progesterone spikes somewhere from ovulation up to the actual menstrual flow.)

I finally brought up this point to my GE the other day, who last year had said in passing at the end of appt "I'm beginning to suspect your BC pills". This year (I forgot to prod him about it all that time) he sort of poo-pooed it, but said it could be a component of "aggravation". (I was on BC only a year when this GERD/gastroparesis popped up out of nowhere.)

Hi l havnt been on bc for approx 12 years!!! First tiem l felt this was approx 9ish years ago but it was mild and not often past 2/3 years its been every month! :( l seen soemone mention progesterone before will have to look at that Cheers stay in youch and keep me updated thanks :)

i get the same thing glad it is not just me

Me too :) there must be a simple answer somewhere its hardly a mild discomfort people wouldnt bother mentioning!! At least its a bit reassuring to know where not alone x

Thought I would chime in, since I am on my cycle at the time & the whole reflux thing is way out of control since the day I started I most definantly believe its all worse during this time. My friend swears she only gets it around that time. Perhaps it does have something to do with more acid production & hormones, or even the water retention thing alittle more pressure going on in there. Good question for a doctor. As for the lady whose husband thinks it's all in her head I am sure you are not alone there, very often I have wished just one month my husband could go through this, he does indeed know the mood thing is real after living with three females, he at times will ask if it is that time of the month for one of us. I have given up warning him (ha). Everything is worse for me during that time. At this rate I am not so worried about menapause. Sammy

Does anyone get weird pressure sensations to the left hand side of chest? Or deep pain to the strenum area that comes and goes?

Yes, there is a correlation, it is not unbearable though it comes and goes, then it is gone till the next month....

I didnt mean unbearable as such ... its not a 'pain' lve ever experienced anywhere else in my body! it does come and go it can last seconds and come back for hours l wish it would go full stop!!! what the heck is it?