LargeHadron posted:

OP, the poster who suggested something like GERD may be right, and the other poster who suggested that long-term use of acid reducers can be harmful is right too. If you try to see a doctor about this they'll be useless as gently caress and send you home with Zantac or Omeprazole because they don't care the slightest bit about solving the root cause and are only concerned about treating the symptoms.

I suggest you get serious about doing an elimination diet and figure out what your trigger food/s is/are. For me, I was experiencing terrible acid reflux combined with a feeling in the center of my chest like someone was driving a knife into me. It hurt so bad that I couldn't move or speak until the episode would pass. It got to the point that this was happening every day. In addition to that, I had loose stools and these humid/burning farts that were just CONSTANT throughout the day. Absolutely miserable. I saw a GI specialist (after a three-month wait, of course) who literally suggested simethicone, pepto-bismol, and Zantac. Anyways, I worked really hard to figure out the problem and it turns out I cannot eat oats. I would eat oatmeal every day and put oats in all kinds of food because I know they're supposed to be good for you. The day I stopped eating oats was the last day I experienced a single one of these symptoms, and I've been symptom-free for over a year now. Not saying it'll be as simple for you, but I encourage you to try.