Oh god so much this. I have had acid reflux since childhood and the doctors keep telling me to stop eating spicy food because it's destroying my insides
i never leave the house without my Gelusil antacid anti-gas. i'll have two after any greasy/spicy meal. it helps a lot with heartburn and acid reflux. and an omeprazole cycle every once or twice a year.
I tried some of those things as a kid and they always made it worse. Maybe I should try them again as an adult and see how it goes. Mostly if I'm having heartburn I just pop some Gaviscon and that helps. I DO try to minimize my spice intake most of the time but sometimes I deserve little a spice as a treat and then I go all out. I can survive heartburn once a week or so probably.
tbh i'm not sure, but i can usually tell when i feel a little acidy lingering for a few days, so i do a 14 day cycle of that, and it sets me back to feelin fine
One of the worst parts of getting older is that my mouth's spice tolerance keeps going up, but my stomach's spice tolerance keeps going down.
Oh god so much this. I have had acid reflux since childhood and the doctors keep telling me to stop eating spicy food because it's destroying my insides
I choose to pay the blood price
i never leave the house without my Gelusil antacid anti-gas. i'll have two after any greasy/spicy meal. it helps a lot with heartburn and acid reflux. and an omeprazole cycle every once or twice a year.
I tried some of those things as a kid and they always made it worse. Maybe I should try them again as an adult and see how it goes. Mostly if I'm having heartburn I just pop some Gaviscon and that helps. I DO try to minimize my spice intake most of the time but sometimes I deserve little a spice as a treat and then I go all out. I can survive heartburn once a week or so probably.
How does that cycle work? I thought omeprazole just 'lined'. Does it repair as well?
tbh i'm not sure, but i can usually tell when i feel a little acidy lingering for a few days, so i do a 14 day cycle of that, and it sets me back to feelin fine