r/noburp

If I could do anything it would be to go back in time and tell my past self to not get this procedure. Everyone on here saying it's the best thing they've ever done and telling people "JUST GET THE BOTOX YOUR LIFE WILL BE COMPLETELY CHANGED!!!!" and rcpd doctors claiming there's no reason not to just do it considering it's "temporary".

Well yep my life has been completely changed. I have all of my original symptoms plus a new and fun one of two years of not being able to breathe properly every single minute of the day and nearly $15k in the hole. I can safely say this has been the worst decision I have ever made. No RCPD doctor gives a shit to help me, and just shrugs as to why I am struggling to breathe and yawn (plus burp as well of course). They got their check, on to the next sucker. That or having the audacity to tell me to do it again for the 4th fucking time.

Every non "certified" doctor on the list I have been to often looks at me in horror asking why I got so much botox in my throat (using the "recommended" BVI 100 units) and is rightfully claiming that the botox likely spread to somewhere else in my throat and caused paralysis that has resulted in this new dysfunction. And given I have exhausted all the specialists in this area who have no idea what it is this is now a permanent problem I will have for life.

This "treatment" is not the panacea that everyone wants it to be. I just hope I can save one other person since my life is already over.

Hi,

Please can someone explain to be how the botox works in restoring people’s ability to burp in the long term, if botox wears off shortly after having it. I am not questioning it, as I believe that it works somehow, I am just not sure how and wondering if someone could explain just as whenever I tell people I am getting botox for this, they keep saying botox doesn’t last, so I am not really sure how to explain how it works to cure the issue?

Thank you.

You guys. I have anxietieesssss. My Botox procedure is booked for the first week of May. For as long as I can remember, I’ve never been able to burp, aside from the extremely elusive micro burp here and there that I never saw coming.

Not being able to burp is all I’ve ever known and I know this is silly, but has anyone ever been treated and regretted it? (Other than people who the treatment didn’t work for. I can totally understand why that would be disappointing and they might wish they hadn’t bothered.)

It just seems like a LOT to go through. My doctor doesn’t do the shots externally through the throat exterior and has me scheduled for a “SUSPENSION MICROLARYNGOSCOPY WITH ESOPHAGOSCOPY AND CRICOPHARYNGEUS BOTOX INJECTION” which involves being put under full general anesthesia in an operating room, and I believe she even mentioned being intubated?

She says that this method is safer and has a higher success rate than the exterior entry injections and that it could be all done at once instead of having to do one side and then come back to do the other at a second appointment for safety reasons.

I will say that I definitely like the idea of just getting it over with and being able to move on with my life AND entering the “frat kid who burps the ABCs at family dinner just because they can” stage of my life at the ripe old (very mature) age of 43 - because you can bet that’s the first party trick I’m gonna want to learn. But wow it’s a lot to put your body through just so your throat stops making embarrassing sounds. Especially when others have had successful far less invasive procedures. I’ve never been under real anesthesia before or had any reason to be intubated.

Is this really all going to be worth it? Yeah, it’s uncomfortable and annoying and the noises are embarrassing, but what if I actually hate burping? It’s not like you can undo this once it’s done. Or what if this changes the way things in my digestive system work in a way that I’m not anticipating? What if my throat or vocal cords get injured in the process?

Does anyone out there hate the way being able to burp has changed their life?

I’m 55 and having my Botox in a week. My dad passed and I am needing to fly to his memorial in 3 weeks. I’m not normally an anxious person by any means. But, being on a plane and being in a memorial service, both where I might not be able to control my body has me over the top anxious. Not to mention being around all my family where I’m dealing with the slow swallow/eating issues. Honestly the worst timing. Any tips? This Rcpd has totally messed up my digestive system and I’m only able to eat 1 meal a day and in so much discomfort, so I’ve been looking forward to this procedure.

Hi! I cant seem to figure out if the problem I have is that my body creates too much gas or that I cant release it through burping. I didnt used to have discomfort at all prior to 2 years ago and then the past year has been so awful with gas pain but I make all the frog noises so is it just gas release prblem or should my body not be having excessive gas like this

Im outside right now and i’m really not okay. if i’m not laying down then im nauseous CONSTANTLY. in the span of a minute i’ll have 3 waves of severe nausea. i want to cry, im a student and i have exams. but cuz i’m constantly fighting waves of nausea i fumbled my exams. i try to avoid going out but sometimes i have no choice, like my exams for example. this is my second try and even tho the first one didn’t really work and i got more bloating it wasn’t like this.

ive been so desperate that i even tried air vomiting even tho it terrifies me, i managed to air vomit but as soon as i was done i genuinely felt my stomach cramp and puked out straight up thick mucus(that i think had been building up in my stomach from all the nausea). i have no clue what to do, i have a call with my doctor but that’s weeks from now., im miserable, genuinely so miserable. i can’t do ANYTHING that isn’t laying in bed without feeling like im seconds from puking. im currently outside and trying to not puke so dont mind wny mistakes

Hi everyone! I (27F) am 3 weeks post Botox and have been burping a lot! It’s amazing how much my day to day quality of life has improved. I’ve been drinking 1-2 carbonated beverages (usually sparkling water) per day to practice burping. It works wonderfully, I let out these huuuge belches I didn’t know my body was capable of! It’s simultaneously pretty unpleasant though because when I burp I also feel a sharp burning in my nose. This only happens with carbonation. Anyone else experience this or have tips for making carbonation-induced burping more comfortable? For instance, are some carbonated beverages better than others to use for practice? Thanks!

I have my Botox scheduled in 5 days. I’ve suffered from emetophobia for as long as I can remember. Will this help? I’m terrified that once the “floodgates” open, I will feel worse and maybe vomit more?

I have a hiatal hernia repair scheduled before my botox. But today, I have found out that doctors suggest getting the botox PRIOR to the hiatal hernia repair due to the gas buildup increasing the chance of the repair to fail.

Has anyone had this situation and have any info from doctors that they can share with me? I want to make sure I do this right.

Hey new friends! I just discovered this subreddit and was absolutely floored to discover that it exists. Never have I so quickly read a handful of stories and thought “oh my god that sounds exactly like I’ve been dealing with!”

I do have a question though. Despite these stories sounding so familiar, I absolutely do burp. But for many years now, I’ve struggled to do so sometimes. It’s become more and more common that I feel this tightness in my chest that feels like I need to burp but can’t. However, I’ve learned that if I tap my chest or sit up very straight, etc. sometimes I can get the burp out and it will feel better for a bit. I often feel like I struggle to yawn or fully take in a deep breath, sometimes getting winded so easily. And I get this gurgling sensation in my throat, though it’s not so loud that it’s audible.

In the last 16 or so months I’ve had this persistent cough that refuses to go away. I’ve been to a handful of doctors who have tested me for things like asthma and have all said that medically I’m fine and they can’t see any cause for why I can’t stop coughing. The reason I bring that up is when I feel the urge to cough, the sensation in my chest is similar: I feel like I need to “pound” the cough out of my chest.

Despite all this, I absolutely can burp sometimes. Does this even sound like the same thing you all deal with? Am I a lost redditor? I welcome any insight this community can offer!

I know Botox is just peaking so I'm trying to ride out the rollercoaster but just wondering if anyone else has experienced this - I was burping day 1 after Botox and was having deep stomach burps/symptom relief by day 4. I could drink carbonated beverages and reliably burp them out. Yesterday I noticed a decrease in burps/sharp increase in bloating. Drinking carbonated beverages coaxed out some throat burps but nowhere near the deep stomach burps I have been getting and mostly made me feel bloated. When I do my normal head turns that would coax out burps, it feels like my throat is just too open to push them out, it feels like some air is still venting out though. I still get gurgles too but it feels like my throat can't even push those up as often. My slow swallow is still getting worse daily too. It was like the Botox hit a sweet spot while it was kicking in but then became too much to burp effectively lol. I'm hoping it's just normal fluctuation, maybe as the Botox wears out I'll hit my sweet spot again.

Does anyone have a hiatal hernia as well? Were you able to get Botox or did it make your symptoms worse? I’m just curious to hear peoples experiences and see if it affects treatment

Thanks!!

I have an appt. with Dr. Daniel Sacks in Nashville next month and I found him on an interactive map of providers who have experience with R-CPD but I just want to ask other people in Nashville if they have seen this doctor and confirm that the map's info is accurate. I have been living with worsening symptoms for over a year and I'm completely at wit's end, so I don't know if I could wait almost a full month to be told, ultimately, "R-CPD? What's that?" by the very doctor I'm hoping to treat me for it. It sucks that I *have* to be this skeptical, but these appointments take a while to get to, so I just want to be sure I'm on the right path. Thank you!

first of all like many people i have a fear of sick, one of the reasons i don’t really want to get the treatment. but also, i sit my alevels next month, and afterwords hopefully will be starting university in september. i don’t know when i would get the treatment. i have about a period of a month over the summer where i potentially could, but i don’t want it to ruin one of the last summers off i will have, and don’t want to have any side effects as i start uni…. is it worth it?

I don’t remember a time in my life when I could burp. I get the throat feelings and sounds (croaks and gargles) to the point my boyfriend can hear them especially after eating or drinking things with bubbles, I get nauseous or my stomach hurts which is hell with my emetephobia but I don’t think I can get diagnosed, I don’t have insurance or the money to but I really don’t know what else it could be. The only time I’ve really ever “burped” is when I had a stomach bug a year ago right before I threw up and it wasn’t even really a burp, it was more of a gag that made weird sounds than anything

I’ve been dealing with the gurgles for as long as I can remember. Always watching my family tell me just to burp and I’d have to explain to them that I physically can’t. I am excited to say that I can finally burp!

I’m not sure exactly what happened to cause this change. If I were to guess I entered a relatively stress free part of my life for once and could finally relax. However I also got over a major stomach flu at the same time and maybe the constant vomiting forced the muscle to relax? I wish I had more information to help everyone out. I know the struggle and I sincerely hope everyone here can become burpers.

Hi! I had my first Botox procedure yesterday under GA. Symptoms after haven’t been too bad so far but the worst thing I’m dealing with is that my uvula is pretty red, elongated, and the tip of it is purple - I think more due to the intubation than the actual procedure itself. I felt it within 5 minutes of waking up from anesthesia and it’s been pretty uncomfortable since I can feel it hitting my tongue and it’s making it nearly impossible to speak. My understanding is this isn’t super common, and my doctor prescribed me steroids today, but was wondering if other people had (hopefully easy) experiences with healing this.

Had my Botox Monday, GA with Dr Tritter. Yesterday I started being able to produce very small burps on purpose. But since I woke up today it’s like a steady stream of small bubbles of air. Not like our gurgles - these come all the way out and occasionally there is a noise…but quite uncontrollable…

as a personal who struggles with mental health and panic attacks I swear that it makes the gurgles and the discomfort so much worse when I'm anxious at all. it's almost immediate. so now not only I'm panicky, I'm frogging AND bloated.