So.......after O being put on ranitidine Sunday we initially saw some immediate improvement but by no means was he how he should be. Tuesday is clinic day at our HV's so off we went to get O weighed and talk things through with her. Despite good weight gain (for his size!) he is still showing significant signs of reflux. The HV wasn't happy that we couldn't get a Dr's apt for 3 weeks and said that she wanted him seen asap by a Dr. She rang the surgery for us and demanded an appointment, they tried to fob her off, however she spoke to the practise manager and was able to demand an apt.
HV advise us to carry on with the ranitidine, also use Gaviscon with is, and to help O's constipation switch to lactose free formula. She got us a dr's apt for 5:30 this evening to discuss all of the above.
Our Dr's apt was as much use as a chocolate teapot. I came away feeling so demoralised. She made O's health issues all about me, and spent most of the appointment preaching about PND to me etc. Im not mocking PND at all when I say this, its awful and should be taken seriously but I am not suffering from this. I haven't gone to the HV or the Dr as a cry for help for me, I have gone because my little boy is in pain and I want to do something about it. I had a rant at her about it and she said that its ok because he is so young he wont remember being in this pain
and that in a few months he will grow out of it anyway
. SERIOUSLY!!! You wouldn't be able to treat a pet like that would you. Babies aren't some second rate citizens who should be left to be in pain just because they won't remember it.
She suggested that when he cries I should take him out for a ride in the car to settle him. 
She said that apart from what he is already on there was nothing else she could do for his reflux.
She said she would be surprised if he even had reflux as he isn't sick. This is the third GP to tell me this. So.....why was silent reflux ever diagnosed then???
I asked about domperidone, she said it wouldn't help any more than ranitidine and there are no other drugs that would help with reflux. I'm sure she is wrong.
I asked about prescription formula or off the shelf anti-reflux formula...she said she wouldn't waste my money on "gimmicky formula's" and hadn't heard of prescription formula.
She feels he is more upset because I am tired and upset.....how she assumed this I don't know. In myself I feel fine. Again she was making the apt about me.
I'm so fuming with her....but at the same time she was a nice lady. So frustrating. We are no further forward and I am sure that she has labelled me as a tired stressed out frazzled mum....which I am not.....not at the moment anyway. She was just totally unhelpful. Despite me questioning her a number of times.
I just don't know where to go or what to do now. I need a brick wall so I can bang my head against it. I have to admit that O isn't so bad that I can't leave it a week to see if it works...he isn't refusing feeds....more fussing at feeds and refusing half way through but equally I don't want to take what my GP has said as the end of the matter when I know there is more help out there.
Can anyone share their meds, how long they took to work, what else I could/should be asking for???