I was rather unofficially diagnosed with acid reflux about 6 or 7 years ago, when I was in high school. I’m now 23 and I’ve been taking various acid reflux medications off and on since then. My main symptom has never so much been heartburn (though I do have that on occasion) but mainly coughing after I eat, and a general tightness in my abdomen. I also have always gotten full fairly easily, but lately it seems like it might be getting worse. Just now I grabbed some fast food for dinner on my way home from work. It came with four chicken strips, french fries, and a piece of Texas toast. I’ve eaten the toast, maybe 3/4 of the fries, and one of the chicken strips and I feel incredibly full- almost painfully full. My chest just feels tight. I had intended to at least try to eat a second chicken strip but I honestly don’t know if I’ll be able to. Aside from the annoyance of not being able to eat as much food as I would like to, this does have me somewhat concerned about how much I’m eating or rather not eating. I’m 5′ 4″ and about 120 pounds, but I’m concerned about the effect that not being able to eat very much at a time might have on my health. I’m currently taking Omeprazole which I believe is the over the counter version of Prilosec. I tried the over the counter version of Prevacid and Prevacid itself, and neither seemed to help at all. I was on Protonix forever which seemed to help well enough but then I graduated college and lost health insurance and there’s no over the counter version of that that I’m aware of. :( Any suggestions from people who have acid reflux or have some medical knowledge? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Edit: Also, I did go to a doctor about 8 months ago and ask if it was ok to take my medicine for longer than 14 days (since I had noticed said warning label on the boxes/bottles) and he said it was fine.

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