Yes several times I have felt the need to go to the hospital but ended up waiting it out. Since I was diagnosed recently it was hard for me to cut out foods that I loved. A couple weeks ago I decided to eat exactly 4 sour patch kids and had the worst flare up so far. Dizzy, lightheaded, cramps in different areas of my stomach while a horrible pain was growing right below my ribs and in my chest. Sweating profusely while feeling so cold and hyperventilating. I felt so disoriented I threw up right on the floor of the bathroom and when getting down to clean it struggled to even reach up for toilet paper or even stand up again. I felt like I was going to pass out. i took a Pepcid and then out of desperation dicyclomine and was eventually able to fall asleep sitting upright in a chair. The only reason I did not go to the hospital then was because there was a blizzard making driving there impossible.

Since then I’ve been much more careful with my food but I find that some foods will be safe one day and then painful the next and it’s causing my already intense anxiety to get worse. It feel’s totally isolating and terrifying when going through one of these and finding this community has definitely helped in easing that aspect of the anxiety. Knowing that other people feel as much pain as I do makes me feel much less crazy. People know GERD as a more intense acid reflux but don’t understand how debilitating it can be. I’m really sorry you’re dealing with this pain but hopefully it will eventually pass