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| How long before bedtime do you find you have to stop eating before bed,
to avoid nighttime reflux symptoms?
I'm currently not eating a minimum of 2 hours before bed - I try for 3
but that's difficult sometimes - but even if I don't eat 3 hours before
bed, I still have probable reflux symptoms (a cough that wakes me up)
all night long, at about 2 hour intervals, starting when I just start to
drop off. This doesn't stop until perhaps 6 hours into my sleep time.
With my current schedule it's almost impossible to eat more than 3 hours
before bed, if you have the same problem what else do you do for relief?
jmc
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| Well, it is 18:18 here in Germany. I have just eaten my evening meal and am
not planning to go to bed until 23:00. However, with my short bowel syndrome
I do not know whether or not I will last until then and I am going shopping
in a few minutes.
A recent publication at www.medscape.com indicates that a minimum of 4 hours
before bed is best. A strategy is to limit the evening meal in size and eat
the main meal at midday and also eat an early hearty breakfast.
See these publications if you have not already read them: Life-style changes
for the management of GERD (3 hours before lying down in an elevated bed
recommended here) http://www.gicare.com/pated/ecdgs39.htm GERD medical
scientific article http://www.reutershealth.com/wellconnected/doc85.html
A few people have repeatedly come back to this newsgroup saying that they
are having great problems and then it transpires that they are not
implementing all of the necessary lifestyle changes. Once they have
eliminated fatty foods/fried foods or given up smoking or stopped drinking
coffee or alcohol the GERD is suddenly (but not surprisingly) under control
with maintenance doses of PPIs, for example. Check out the above articles
and see if you can implement anymore lifestyle changes or if you have
exhausted them all. If so then you might have to seriously consider surgery.
V.
"jmc" <NOnewsgroupsSPAM@NOjodiBODY.HOMEus> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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How long before bedtime do you find you have to stop eating before bed,
to avoid nighttime reflux symptoms?
I'm currently not eating a minimum of 2 hours before bed - I try for 3
but that's difficult sometimes - but even if I don't eat 3 hours before
bed, I still have probable reflux symptoms (a cough that wakes me up)
all night long, at about 2 hour intervals, starting when I just start to
drop off. This doesn't stop until perhaps 6 hours into my sleep time.
With my current schedule it's almost impossible to eat more than 3 hours
before bed, if you have the same problem what else do you do for relief?
jmc
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> "jmc" <NOnewsgroupsSPAM@NOjodiBODY.HOMEus> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:49mknsFpi8peU1@individual.net...
> How long before bedtime do you find you have to stop eating before bed,
> to avoid nighttime reflux symptoms?
>
> I'm currently not eating a minimum of 2 hours before bed - I try for 3
> but that's difficult sometimes - but even if I don't eat 3 hours before
> bed, I still have probable reflux symptoms (a cough that wakes me up)
> all night long, at about 2 hour intervals, starting when I just start to
> drop off. This doesn't stop until perhaps 6 hours into my sleep time.
>
> With my current schedule it's almost impossible to eat more than 3 hours
> before bed, if you have the same problem what else do you do for relief?
>
> jmc
Suddenly, without warning, Vanny exclaimed (4/7/2006 5:30 PM):
> Well, it is 18:18 here in Germany. I have just eaten my evening meal and am
> not planning to go to bed until 23:00. However, with my short bowel syndrome
> I do not know whether or not I will last until then and I am going shopping
> in a few minutes.
>
> A recent publication at www.medscape.com indicates that a minimum of 4 hours
> before bed is best. A strategy is to limit the evening meal in size and eat
> the main meal at midday and also eat an early hearty breakfast.
>
> See these publications if you have not already read them: Life-style changes
> for the management of GERD (3 hours before lying down in an elevated bed
> recommended here) http://www.gicare.com/pated/ecdgs39.htm GERD medical
> scientific article http://www.reutershealth.com/wellconnected/doc85.html
>
> A few people have repeatedly come back to this newsgroup saying that they
> are having great problems and then it transpires that they are not
> implementing all of the necessary lifestyle changes. Once they have
> eliminated fatty foods/fried foods or given up smoking or stopped drinking
> coffee or alcohol the GERD is suddenly (but not surprisingly) under control
> with maintenance doses of PPIs, for example. Check out the above articles
> and see if you can implement anymore lifestyle changes or if you have
> exhausted them all. If so then you might have to seriously consider surgery.
>
> V.
Well, there's not many more lifestyle changes I can make. I've never
smoked, barely ever drink, quit caffeine years ago, already avoid fatty
and fried foods (mostly), and all this BEFORE I started having problems.
I'm only a little overweight, and I'm working on that too.
Right now, it's extremely difficult to follow any specific regime, as
we're in travel mode and eating out for all our meals. I do what I can,
though - I skipped dinner tonight, all I had was some sunflower seeds
which I finished close to 4 hours before I plan to go to bed. I'm still
coughing though and expect it'll get worse when I fall asleep.
Once we get to our new home, I'll be better able to adjust my diet and
eating schedule, and I'll buy a bed wedge, but then again I expect that
this'll settle out then, since I think the trigger for this particular
flare-up is stress.
jmc
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| Vanny 2006-04-09, 11:14 am |
| You mentioned corticosteroids. I just want to point out that a side-effect
of oral corticosteroids and other medication can be reflux. Patients at the
Crohns-Colitis newsgroup (including me) that have to take hydrocortisone,
prednisolone or entocort intermittently have a lot of problems with
medication induced reflux.
Side-effects of medication can be found at www.drugs.com and www.rxlist.com.
Pleased to hear that it is all getting under control. I know how hard it is
to keep one's condition stable when moving, travelling, etc.
Vanny
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> "jmc" <NOnewsgroupsSPAM@NOjodiBODY.HOMEus> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:49mknsFpi8peU1@individual.net...
> How long before bedtime do you find you have to stop eating before bed,
> to avoid nighttime reflux symptoms?
>
> I'm currently not eating a minimum of 2 hours before bed - I try for 3
> but that's difficult sometimes - but even if I don't eat 3 hours before
> bed, I still have probable reflux symptoms (a cough that wakes me up)
> all night long, at about 2 hour intervals, starting when I just start to
> drop off. This doesn't stop until perhaps 6 hours into my sleep time.
>
> With my current schedule it's almost impossible to eat more than 3 hours
> before bed, if you have the same problem what else do you do for relief?
>
> jmc
Suddenly, without warning, Vanny exclaimed (4/7/2006 5:30 PM):
> Well, it is 18:18 here in Germany. I have just eaten my evening meal and
> am
> not planning to go to bed until 23:00. However, with my short bowel
> syndrome
> I do not know whether or not I will last until then and I am going
> shopping
> in a few minutes.
>
> A recent publication at www.medscape.com indicates that a minimum of 4
> hours
> before bed is best. A strategy is to limit the evening meal in size and
> eat
> the main meal at midday and also eat an early hearty breakfast.
>
> See these publications if you have not already read them: Life-style
> changes
> for the management of GERD (3 hours before lying down in an elevated bed
> recommended here) http://www.gicare.com/pated/ecdgs39.htm GERD medical
> scientific article http://www.reutershealth.com/wellconnected/doc85.html
>
> A few people have repeatedly come back to this newsgroup saying that they
> are having great problems and then it transpires that they are not
> implementing all of the necessary lifestyle changes. Once they have
> eliminated fatty foods/fried foods or given up smoking or stopped drinking
> coffee or alcohol the GERD is suddenly (but not surprisingly) under
> control
> with maintenance doses of PPIs, for example. Check out the above articles
> and see if you can implement anymore lifestyle changes or if you have
> exhausted them all. If so then you might have to seriously consider
> surgery.
>
> V.
Well, there's not many more lifestyle changes I can make. I've never
smoked, barely ever drink, quit caffeine years ago, already avoid fatty
and fried foods (mostly), and all this BEFORE I started having problems.
I'm only a little overweight, and I'm working on that too.
Right now, it's extremely difficult to follow any specific regime, as
we're in travel mode and eating out for all our meals. I do what I can,
though - I skipped dinner tonight, all I had was some sunflower seeds
which I finished close to 4 hours before I plan to go to bed. I'm still
coughing though and expect it'll get worse when I fall asleep.
Once we get to our new home, I'll be better able to adjust my diet and
eating schedule, and I'll buy a bed wedge, but then again I expect that
this'll settle out then, since I think the trigger for this particular
flare-up is stress.
jmc
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| Suddenly, without warning, Vanny exclaimed (4/9/2006 11:31 AM):
> You mentioned corticosteroids. I just want to point out that a side-effect
> of oral corticosteroids and other medication can be reflux. Patients at the
> Crohns-Colitis newsgroup (including me) that have to take hydrocortisone,
> prednisolone or entocort intermittently have a lot of problems with
> medication induced reflux.
>
> Side-effects of medication can be found at www.drugs.com and www.rxlist.com.
>
> Pleased to hear that it is all getting under control. I know how hard it is
> to keep one's condition stable when moving, travelling, etc.
>
> Vanny
>
Vanny,
It wasn't an oral, it was a nasal spray. Good point though, I didn't
know that. I'm hopeful my doctor did though.
Jodi
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