I've had GERD for 11 years and I've been through all the pills. Protonix is what I take now which works for me. But I have had to start taking Klonopin and Celexa. I was constantly panicking because I thought my GERD meds were not working. The GERD meds were working but I was having panic attacks every time my stomach felt funny or I felt a little burn in my throat. My symptoms were so bad that I thought I was going to die because I couldn't breathe normally. I thought at first that taking anxiety meds was crazy because it wasn't in my head. But they do work. I don't take strong doses that make me feel funny (20mg). But it definitely works for me. It may not work for everyone but I know that being stressed about how my stomach felt made my GERD worse....and the meds I started got rid of it all with little to no side effects.