I feel lousy!! It started with bad heartburn, now I have a pain in the top of my stomach, real pain in the center of my chest. and everytime I burp I get s slight burning in my throat. I'm having a hard time swallowing my food, it seems to get caught as it's going down, I can only eat 2 bites or so and I have to drink something to get it down, I have heart palpatations,and spasms on the left side of my stomach. I get light headed, I'll be just sitting here and I feel light headed, it goes away after a few seconds but it's scares the stuffing out of me. I have panic attacks and all this is setting them off, I'm sitting here taking my pulse 20 times a day, I'm taking prilosec and I'm drinking pepto bismol like it's going out of style. I have an appointment with a gastro dr. but it's not until the end of September (the earliest I could get) I think it may be gerd? I'm 57 and very overweight. Any idea, suggestions, something to ease this stuff?? thanks