I m pretty sure I have LERD.My throat hurts so bad to the touch on the outside where my Adam s apple would be if I were male! Why is this, what can I do? Prilosec does nothing? Ikr drinking alkaline water, eating cucumbers, kale, spinach, carrots, chicken, doing braggs apple cider vinegar and. Along soda with 8 ounces of water once daily and I still can t breathe (chest is tight) swallow all the time and feel like I m being strangled. Cough, rhapsody voice, feel like I m choking, nobaloetite, can t sleep, pressure behind ears and constant drainage and sinus pressure. I m 5 4 and weigh 157. I have lost twenty pounds since April 10 when these symptoms began! Thought it was globus..can t afford EGD right now, working on pepsin intake