Sounds like heat illness. Did you sleep too hot?
this post was submitted on 07 Jun 2025
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You definitely want to get that checked out
Vomit, burning, heart pain etc... Are all in the "pretty alarming" category
Could be a simple case of reflux - when some stomach valve doesn't stay completely closed during sleep and lets gastric juices and food creep upwards.
But the best medical advice is not to seek medical advice from randos online. Go to urgent care and see what they say, or at the very least lookup if there is a nurse hotline where you live and call it.
So, are you still alive?
Kind of sounds like a magnesium deficiency. My buddy had that exact same thing happen to him. Got really weak too.
Get it looked at soon, for sure!
Op, you alive?
I had those issues before the doctor diagnosed GERD/Reflux, and prescribed medication. Now I take a Famotidine every day, twice if I've had something particularly spicy. I never have that problem anymore.
I finally did something about it when I aspirated in the middle of the night, like you did. It can actually give you pneumonia, which happened to me.
BTW, a banana can act as a pretty good acid treatment in a pinch., like in the middle of the night.
Also, which side you sleep on makes a difference, too. Your esophagus goes straight down the middle of your chest, until it reaches your stomach, which makes a left turn. So when you sleep on your left side, the opening to the esophagus is above the stomach, making it difficult for food to slip into it.
But if you sleep on your right side, your stomach is above the opening, and any undigested contents are up against that opening.. if it's weak, or opens, gravity draws that food into your esophagus, causing reflux.
So sleeping on your left side is preferred.
Sounds like a seizure. Of what kind, dunno. If it's candy, might be diabetes.
It's just guesswork though. Only a doctor visit will say for sure.
Yeah, I think I'll just go back to sleep and risk death. Tired of being fuxked over by hospitals, society, everyone. If I die, so be it. Peace out.
Hope ya didn't die.
For those in a similar situation the correct answer is Uber to a hospital ER. Do not use stand alone ERs. Chest pain gets ya to the front of the line.
This. They'll hook you up immediately to an ECG to see the state of your heart in the moment and draw blood for labs to check for signs of a recent heart attack or clot issue (trops, d-dimer, etc.). If ischemic heart attack, you'll be rushed to cath lab. Urgent Care doesn't have the resources to do this and will likely re-route to a hospital anyway, charging you separately in addition.