Ryan Miller

correlation between diet and achalasia is unknown, but there are several procedures that can alleviate the spasms and there is a surgical option called Laparoscopic surgery that has been known to eliminate both spasms and reflux symptoms of achalasia. Read the forums on the following website to decide what treatment is best for you. i also recommend seeing a GI who specializes in achalasia cases, since most doctors, including the GI i talked to, have no idea what achalasia is and can easily misdiagnose/treat the illness. the website is: http://achalasia.net/forumv3/index.php i highly recommend to anyone who has this affliction to talk to a Gastroenterologist about this and do your own research into it.

well funny you replied just as i was typing this. i searched online for a good hour and found the perfect candidate. its called Achalasia. Achalasia is a rare disease of the muscle of the lower esophageal body and the lower esophageal sphincter. it causes the lower esophageal sphincter to tense up so it can't relax enough to let food into the stomach, so that is why muscle relaxants help to alleviate it. However, if the pills are taken too close to bedtime the sphincter relaxes too much and allows stomach acid to flow into the esophagus, causing reflux. heres a link to the website where i found it: http://www.medicinenet.com/achalasia/article.htm I'm starting to research magnesium and Calcium deficiency as possible causes, since my symptoms started between the months of november '11 and january '12 when i was on an extremely high Protein diet. ill re-post later if i find any correlation.

I've had the same issue for a little over 5 months now, and as posted above it is psychologically debilitating. i visited a GI and he prescribed me a subliminal muscle relaxant called Hyoscyamine. the idea behind it is that if you take it 30-60 minutes before you eat it will relax your esophagus so you can swallow. it works, but there is a relatively narrow window where you can eat food slowly without it getting stuck at the bottom of your esophagus. its not a solution though because its a crappy way to live. the doctor called the symptom esophageal spasms. ill re-post if i find someone who has a solution online and ill link. Link to symptom info: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/esophageal-spasms/DS00763