Why have I suddenly got bad heart burn again?

[dot.hawkes]

I haven't had this problem for a good few years but this last two days it has been really painful! I can't take the usual remedies as i have this reflux thing and they won't work! I wonder if it is the 3 hot cross buns i had the other day, or maybe the two i had last night?

[Rubyrose]

Dotty - I get bad heartburn sometimes and when I was seeing that hypnotherapist for the Anxiety attacks she said that heartburn and reflux are one of the many things caused by Anxiety and stress. She gave me these herbal things to take whenever I eat. They have worked really really well. Get yaself to a health shop and get some. They are by a company called 'Blackmores Professional'. One is Sodium Phosphate & Sodium Sulphate, the other is Potassium Phosphate and Magnesium Phosphate. They are a purely herbal thing and cost about 15 for both pot of 84 tablets in each pot. When I went to my GP with this problem she prescribed me with Gaviscon! When I went back and told her it did bu88er all to help.. she just offered me Gaviscon Advanced! They are so useless!

[Rubyrose]

Thats meant to say �15*

[dot.hawkes]

cheers Ruby! It has been really hectic at work cos i am trying to cover paul's shifts whilst he is in the Strictly Dance Fever mansion but it gives me no lunch breaks and I have to do a full 9 hours with just a 20 minute break! I tend to just rush a kitkat and a bag of C&O Walkers at about 2pm so maybe it is stress! I will try to rela today but the grandson wants to go watch IceAge2. No rest for us oldies !!!!!!!

[Rubyrose]

Yep it certainly sounds like that could be the cause Dotty. Some relaxation tactics are needed here. A nice long bath, an evening of music, a glass of wine (or a vase of Voddy in your case) ;o)

You need to de-stress. Its amazing the things your body does when you are stressed. The hypno used to read out a list of symptoms to me and the things people would get wrong with them, simply because they were stressed, depressed or worried!

Hey.. what happened to 'Rubyslippers'? :o)

[jno]

I used to swig Aqua Libra, which is alkaline rather than acidic. Can't say it cured me of anything but I think I got less heartburn. I suppose it's still in the supermarkets, must look for it again. Worth a try maybe?

[Rubyrose]

Apparently drinking juices like Cranberry and Pineapple are alkalines too.

[beryllium]

is ranitidine from the doc no good? zantac is the over the counter one, but it's 1/2 the dose, I hate heartburn!!!

[CLOWN TICKLE]

suffered for a while, eating regular and often usually helps

[PhilBy]

Just stop eating hot cross buns dot :-)