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Does GERD feel like dying sometimes? With shortness of breath and heartache. I keep thinking I’m dying the next minute every minute. It honestly bothers me so much it gives me anxiety. Is it just me?

Hi doctors of reddit, I wanted to ask about something. For months now, I haven’t been able to breathe properly and I have chest pain. At first, I went to a chest doctor who told me it was Irritable Bowel Syndrome and gave me medication. I didn’t get better. Then I got worse and went to an internal medicine and ICU doctor, and he also said it was IBS and gave me medication.

All of this was after tests and scans, which all came back normal.

I still kept struggling to breathe and had to breathe through my mouth with difficulty, until one night I couldn’t breathe at all and went to the ER. The doctor there (I think he was an intern) told me it was IBS and said I should stop stressing (honestly I hate when they keep saying that), gave me a sedative injection, and sent me home.

Then I went to a gastroenterologist and endoscopy specialist. I told him everything, and he said it’s Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and gave me medication. That was a few days ago, and I’ve been taking it, but there’s still no improvement yet.

Excuse me doctors, if you think it could be something else, please tell me, because I’m really exhausted and can’t handle constantly struggling to breathe through my mouth every second of the day anymore. Right now, I feel constantly short of breath and exhausted. Even small activities like moving from one room to another make me very tired. I also have very poor sleep — I often feel extremely sick before falling asleep or right after waking up. My heart hurts, and my breathing feels terrible.

When it gets worse, my body and face go numb, my chest tightens, my heart hurts, and I get very dizzy.

I also want to mention that I’ve had similar symptoms for about 10 years, but they were never this constant or severe. I was never diagnosed with GERD until this week, and I always thought it might be seasonal allergies.

If anyone has experienced something similar or has another opinion, please let me know. I’m really exhausted and honestly scared — I feel like I’m going to die every single day from the moment I wake up until I go to sleep.

Thank you. I’m a 21 year old girl.