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Sulfur burps AND nausea, rough week

Started by BusySwimmer599 · · 39 replies · 1,447 views
#21

The reflux wrecked my sleep too until I stopped eating within a few hours of bed and slept slightly propped up. Small portions spaced out made the sulfur burps way more bearable for me. Down 4 lbs and pushing through a rough stretch like yours, so hang in there.

#22

52 lbs in and I can confirm the reflux nights do fade -- my worst ones were all tied to late or heavy dinners, and once I made that connection they stopped being a regular thing. The burps stuck around longest for me but even those mostly quit by a few months in.

#23

Down 34 lbs here and the pattern held for me too -- every bad reflux night traced back to eating too close to bedtime. I started doing a walk after dinner instead of flopping on the couch and that seemed to settle things faster than anything else. The burps lingered a bit longer but they were mostly gone by month two or so.

#24

I was on a similar timeline when the reflux was ruining my sleep around 30-some lbs down. What finally helped me besides the early dinner rule was keeping the portions small at night -- a normal-sized dinner felt fine but still came back up at 2am. Once I treated my evening meal like a snack, I started sleeping through again.

#25

The sulfur burps were the last thing to go for me too, weeks after the nausea quit. Eating dinner way earlier and keeping it small made the biggest difference for my reflux nights -- even now at 60 lbs down, a late meal brings them right back. Second the post-dinner walk idea, it genuinely helped settle my stomach.

#26

The evening-as-snack thing is real -- at 42 lbs down I still eat like it's my last small meal of the day around 5:30 and it's the only way I skip the 2am reflux wake-up. The sulfur burps stuck around way longer than the nausea for me too, they faded on their own eventually. Left side sleeping helped me more than I expected it to.

#27

The 2am reflux waking me up was the worst part for me too -- once I moved dinner to 6pm and cut the portion in half, the nights got way better. Still at 12 lbs down so I'm hoping the burps fade on their own like they did for you all, but the small-early-dinner trick alone was worth it.

#28

Down 33 lbs on compounded sema and the sulfur burps still show up for me if I eat past 7, same pattern everyone's describing. Sleeping on my left side honestly made the biggest difference for the 2am wake-ups -- wish I'd tried it months earlier. They did fade for me around week ten or so, hope yours go the same way.

#29

Only 10 lbs in but the left side sleeping is already helping me too, plus I stopped drinking anything with the meal itself. Eating before 6 made the biggest dent though, wish I'd figured that out before a week of 3am misery.

#30

The sulfur burps were my worst side effect early on, and cutting late dinners is what finally let me sleep through. I'm 13 lbs down and still get them occasionally, but way milder than those first weeks. Left side plus nothing after about 6:30 was my combo too.

#31

The 2am wake-ups were brutal for me too until I moved dinner way earlier, around 6. Fourteen lbs down and the reflux is mostly gone now, but small dinners helped more than anything else I tried. Left side sleeping is real, worth a shot if you haven't yet.

#32

Eighteen pounds in here and my reflux basically vanished once I shrank dinner portions instead of just moving them earlier. Eating a lot at 5:30 still wrecked my nights, so quantity was the missing piece for me. The sulfur burps hung around longer than the heartburn did, but they faded too.

#33

Down 34 lbs myself and the thing that finally fixed my nights was eating slow and staying upright for a couple hours after dinner, not just shrinking it. The sulfur burps stuck around way longer than the reflux for me too, so don't panic if they linger while everything else improves.

#34

Down 60 lbs here and the pattern held for me too: small early dinner, then a slow walk instead of crashing on the couch, and my nights finally got quiet. The sulfur burps outlasted everything else by weeks, so it tracks that they fade last.

#35

Down 13 lbs myself and the combo that finally worked was a tiny dinner around 6 plus a short walk after, since lying down early was what kept me up all night. My sulfur burps are still hanging on even though the reflux mostly stopped, so hearing they fade last is reassuring.

#36

Down about 39 lbs and I had the same lag - reflux cleared up way before the burps did, which took a good month of small dinners and staying out of bed after eating. Not fun, but it does eventually quiet down.

#37

Same timeline here at 38 lbs down - dinner by 6:30 and a lap around the block before bed fixed my sleep within a week. My burps lingered a few more weeks than the reflux, but they did go. Hang in there, the pattern seems to hold for most of us.

#38

That matches what I saw at 65 lbs down too - the reflux was the first thing to go once I stopped eating within a few hours of bedtime, and the burps took another month or so after. One thing that helped my sleep in the rough stretch was propping the head of the bed up a bit. Not glamorous, but it got me through until my stomach settled down.

#39

Early on like you (only a couple pounds down so far) and I had the exact same rough patch week one. Eating my last real meal well before bed and sleeping slightly upright got my nights back within days. Sounds like everyone here says the burps just take longer to fade, so I'm bracing for that part.

#40

I'm around 19 lbs down and the nighttime reflux was brutal for me too until I moved dinner earlier - the upright sleeping trick everyone mentions genuinely saved me as well. Burps hung around a few weeks after the heartburn faded for me, so give it time.

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