heartburn

[dragonlady7]

Uh.
Quick question:
What causes heartburn? I don't mean the scientific mechanism behind it, I mean, why does a person, who's never had it before, suddenly start getting it all the time? What have I been eating? Am I doing something stupid?
Early last week I started having problems with heartburn in the evenings. I almost didn't skate Tuesday night because my stomach felt funny and I thought I might throw up, and kept having really acid-y feelings in my esophagus.
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, even Saturday nights I had heartburn in the evenings, bad enough that I kept bumming Tums off my middle sister.
Today I've got it and it's only 3:30 pm. I had been writing it off because over Thanksgiving I just ate ridiculous things at odd hours. But all I've had today is 2 bottles of water, 2 cups of well-whitened coffee (and it started before the second, and several hours after the first), a cup of applesauce, a piece of cheese, and a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

Maybe I should just take it easy and wait for the seasonal stress to settle down, but in the meantime, does anyone have any recommendations of what I should or should not eat? I'd fast for a day to help things settle down if I thought that would help, but me not eating is usually just generally badness all around. (Cranky + dizzy + overdramatic + nauseated, usually, = not really worth the effort.)

And I don't want to keep popping Tums! This is an alien concept to me. I'd never had one before. I didn't even know you could chew them...

Or is this one of those things that varies so much by person I might as well not even ask for advice?

Comments

[soulofbuffalo.livejournal.com]

For me the difference was age -- because I started liking different foods when I was about 25 or so. When I discovered the joy of kalamata olives, marinated artichoke hearts, goat cheese, black coffee, dry red wine and the like I started getting it for the first time. Maybe you just need more than a day to recover from your weird holiday eating and get accustomed to your normal habits that weren't giving you any trouble.

[mother2012.livejournal.com]

This is becoming more and more of a problem. I begin to wonder whether maybe there's a virus behind it. That's not official or anything; not really even a theory. Just saying that a lot of people are asking the same question.

[kittyc1978.livejournal.com]

I take digestive enzymes because I found that to help while tums only make me feel icky and not better. u can get em at any health food store...I think capsule form is better than tablets. it could very well be that your thanksgiving is just hanging on...

[kittyc1978.livejournal.com]

eating or drinking peppermint relaxes the esophogial sphyncter and allows the acid up...so you may want to discontinue any new gum or herbal tea you may have tried...

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