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Help! I have been lyme symptom free for almost 2 years now. So life is GREAT in that respect... Left with a bad case of yeast, though. THOUGHT I finally had it licked and decided to start anew by doing a colon cleanse a la Dr. Natura Colonix.
Well I am 10 days into it and now I am having the strange acid reflux symptoms that I used to have when my yeast was bad. I looked on the Colonix jug - no yeast. Could anything else from Colonix be exacerbating my damn yeast problem? Or is it truly GERD -since that involves the colon and I am cleansing it. The main symptom I am having is a thump and or flutter in my throat which I thought was my heart, but it's not. Could I be herxing yeast?
I am pasting Jellybelly's previous post which describes the exact same symptoms I am having now. Thanks for any input! Julie
Author Topic: Is it GERD or is it YEAST??? Jellybelly Frequent Contributor Member # 7142
posted 28 September, 2006 12:39 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- That is the question. I have been complaining for the last several weeks about what I have been suspecting is GERD or reflux. My reflux started really fast, it seemed over night actually, and it was while being on ABX for about 5 weeks, several months ago.
My symptoms were like this. Constantly needing to clear my throat feeling like something was draining out of my sinuses, but then maybe it was bubbling up from my stomach. Then I had a twitching or thumping senstation in my throat. I could make this twitching happen just by breathing very deep or by yawning. Strange, don't ya think?
I usually felt ok in the morning except for needing to clear the throat, but as the day wore on, the burning and twitching got worse. There was a period of time that I thought it was actually my heart, but I could never detect from my pulse anything that matched what I was feeling in my throat or esophagus.
There were definetly things that made it worse that I would consume. Sugar, alcohol seems to, but then I like sweet girly drinks, if and when I drink which is not often. Also maybe carbs, but more so, things with yeast in them. They would send me off big time. Then things that you would think should bother a refluxing stomach didn't, like spicy food. I love chilis and they don't seem to bother me at all. I can eat bowls of very hot salsa no problemo.
Also when I would talk to people about my reflux, they would often ask how I was sleeping, because GERD seems to be worse at night. But I slept just fine, not irritation what so ever. I would always think, maybe it's gone, but by afternoon, I knew it was not.
I tried Prilosec and got major relief, but soon it didn't work. Talked to my doc and he gave me Nexium at night, and recommended Zantac during the day. It helped for a few days , but then it just kept getting worse.
When I saw my doctor a week or so ago, he also gave me a script for Diflucan. Since as usual I react so strongly, I started with 50 mgs every other day. Guess what? The irritation, thumping twitching has all decreased in a large way. It isn't gone completely, but it so much better!!!!
Anyone else have an experience like this or are they aware of having yeast in their esophagus? The burning had gotten to the point it was going from below my ribs, up into my throat, sometimes my ears, and the twitching was inside below my ribs to. Most of it is now gone.
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