Does crystal light give anyone heartburn/reflux?

I have had a huge increase in reflux symptoms and my surgeon raised the dosage of Omeprazole I am taking and told me to add Zantac before going to bed at night. Well, I am still suffering and pretty much have stomach discomfort every time I eat something like my sleeve is irritated. I had been doing really well so I couldn't figure out what the heck happened. The only thing I have been doing differently is drinking crystal light ALOT...mostly all of my fluids are mixed with it. Yesterday I only had one bottle of water mixed with it and my stomach felt a little better. Well, I just mixed some and it literally is burning the back of my throat. I am wondering if I have been drinking too much of the stuff??? Does anyone else notice that crysal light increases their reflux symptoms? I am goin to skip it all together for a couple of days and see what happens. It will be a real bummer if that's the problem because the flavor helps me get my water in.

Oh yeah!
No Crystal light for me, cuz that stuff sends my reflux into over drive!
I have no idea why.
Maybe the citris acid they use in it?

I drink water or sugar free cranberry juice.
Acid reflux is a big problem for me since surgery.
Or should I say, it's a bigh problem if I don't take my Prilocec EVERY DAY!

donna

I couldn't drink crystal lite and diluted apple juice the first week after surgery. Try water for a while and give all of that acidy stuff a rest. You will learn as you go along and do what works best for you. You will be back on it before you know it, also try diluting it a little more at first then work up to full strenght, You mentioned drinking it alot. Are you sipping when you drink? If you are drinking too fast and too much at a time can cause you discomfot too.
My doctor sent me home with pepcid twice a day for 3 months and I think that has made a big difference, Give it time. I know it can get tiresome having to eat so often, but as it goes along it gets better!
When you are able to have cream soups that will help with the reflux to, if you eat small amounts slowly, Yogurt helps too!

Thanks! I was sleeved Jan. 5th so I have been on solids for a few weeks.

maybe try Mio?

OMG YES!!!!!   In many (not all) WLS patients Crystal Light is a horror.  I drink one bottle of it and I'm puking stomach acid for the rest of the day.

Have you tried any of the Hawaiian Punch flavors?  Those are GOOD!

Yes, the Hawaiian punch is good! I got a big mixed container of the crystal light to go's from Sam's club so I have been using those the last couple of weeks. But I am going to lay off now.

 
You are still a bit of a newbie.  What if you wait for your sleeve to mature before trying it again?  Sleeves usually mature around 4-6 months.

Just a thought.

 I haven't had reflux (knock on wood) but I can't tolerate the taste of Crystal Light anymore - not since that little shot glass they gave me in the hospital after my leak test was finally read. It's too sweet and makes me gag - not reflux gag, just like shuddering "too sweet" sorta reaction. The only thing I can add to water that doesn't cause that reaction are the Propel Zero flavor packets - but even then, only when I super-saturate (1 individual packet in 32oz water). 

Maybe if you play around with how much of the Crystal Light mix you're using, you can find a point where you can still tolerate it without causing reflux?

 try using half pack-worked for me