Posts made by retard

@wester130 Why creatine? I have glutamine coming.

@wester130 Have tried it for a bit along with oysters, nothing happened

I have a 3cm hiatal hernia, chronic gastritis, hemorrhaged tissue in my stomach, chronic duodenitis, negative for h pylori, minimal to no gas, little/no bloating, but extreme constant acid reflux, belching, nausea upon eating, and an intense, abnormal connection with my stomach. Georgi posted a study about bromocriptine being used with better success than PPIs for treating ulcers, they used a high dose of 2.5mg twice daily for 4 weeks. Ray has pointed out that prolonged use of bromocriptine can lead to heart valve fibrosis, I believe because of its agonism of 5-ht2. What dose of cyproheptadine could be used in tandem with bromocriptine, without interfering with bromocriptine's dopamine agonism? Dopamine agonists suppress stomach acid secretion, but there is no way they are as effective as something that irreversibly binds to proton pumps, right? So it has to be acting through other mechanisms, don't want to interfere with that as much as possible.

@sneedful What is the channel name exactly, there is no such channel

@sneedful Well I like bodybuilding, and it's one of the reasons I don't want to get the surgery(I'll never be able to lift again). Any suggestions for a protocol?

@LucH I have acid reflux at all times, no matter what I eat. Zero fat, with digestive enzymes, does not matter.

@herayclitus I don't think so, but it feels hard to breathe when my stomach is full. I've tried these without success.

@LucH I don't know. How can I determine?

Have had this all my life probably…is there anything to do besides surgery? Nausea when eating and extreme constant reflux. Have tried almost all standard metabolic therapies.

Is a 99% oxygen saturation reading bad? Does that indicate hypoxia?

@User69 Have you checked your thyroid function? Have you done a SIBO breath test, or tried antibiotics?

I know you responded to my thread and I've done these things, but I'm going to redo my SIBO breath test, and perhaps keep playing with antibiotics(while investigating other things).

@retard Skin is also awful, inflamed, red, dandruff, etc. I guess I just didn't mention because that's a drop in a bucket compared to the physical discomfort

@User69 Yeah, it's coated.

Hmm, sometimes I will feel ok for the first hour after eating even though there is a ton of belching and mild reflux. But yeah, after the first hour that crumbles completely.

@jamsey Unfortunately, I'm regularly consuming baking soda already.

For my SIBO breath test, it wasn't until the 90 minute mark that there was a spike in hydrogen. It seems the lactulose was able to get pretty far down my GI tract before it contacted any bacteria. I guess it depends on my transit time. If there was an overgrowth that was in my stomach, I would think the spike in hydrogen would be much quicker.

@zalarazkhan Well I'm not particularly interested in getting a colonoscopy. Also, consider that the dysfunction is occurring further up in my GI primarily. I get a little bit of bloating later on, but it is very minimal, compared to the constant reflux. I guess an endoscopy would be more relevant, but again, I'm not really interested. It's my understanding that those basically just look for structural anomalies, and are likely to be pointless. But I'm open to being convinced otherwise.

I'm currently taking a course of rifaximin at the upper end of the usually prescribed dosage (550mg x 3), and nothing is happening unfortunately. I'm nearing the end of the 2 weeks. Also tried a higher dose course of doxy + erythromycin just a month ago approximately.

I can try the liqor.

@jamsey I have tried a milk diet, brutal reflux all the same. I haven't gone to that extent with the carrot salad, but I have tried having it twice or three times a day for example. It bulks up my stool but doesn't reduce the reflux, unfortunately.

@zalarazkhan The interesting thing here of course is that I've used many antibiotics to no avail thus far. None of them have given me the slightest improvement. Wouldn't betaine hcl act like the vinegar? Betaine hcl doesn't seem to help me. Carrot salad I already use, it seems to reduce constipation, but it does nothing else. I suppose I could try garlic, but if it was a fungus I'd be willing to use an anti-fungal. Of course I don't know that though.

@Ecstatic_Hamster I can give it a shot. Have to acquire that.

Any other ideas?

@bubble I took 1-2 grams of hcl for a week, everything smelled like thiamine, but I felt nothing.