All dairy, not just lactose

Just wanted to post a semi-success story just incase anyone comes across this in the future.

I have dealt with GERD since my early 20s. I’m late 30s now. Went back and forth with different meds.

Have tried different elimination diets, but nothing seemed to work.

I randomly came across a post about dairy. And I mean all dairy, not sure lactose. In the past, I’ve cut out lactose for a few weeks. And when I’ve cut out dairy, it had only been for a few days.

About 6 months ago, I cut out dairy completely. And I mean no cheese, no butter, yogurt, no lactose free milk, no pancakes, etc.

It took a couple weeks to see improvement but I started to notice my GERD symptoms seemed to get better.

Now, if I cheat every now and then. Eat something with dairy, reflux will come back rapidly.

But cutting all dairy out completely, not just lactose, has helped me tremendously. I hope this helps someone else.