I suffered with this a few years ago, in the end it was a small ulcer - totally treatable.

My doc (she was great btw) at the time put me on a short course of drugs to repair the damage done to reduce the cancer risk.

I was only 23 at the time and work, stress and eating late (very bad) were all taking their toll.

My take on it is that I was coming in from work - rushing some food - smoking and chilling and then eating munchies later on. The munchies were normally snack foods and eating them late really didn't help.

I would jump out of bed with a mouth full of puke~bile each and every morning. Not nice.


OK My Tip:
Also try putting some big-ass thick books (phone book is good) under the top of the bed - this should elevate your upper body a little (just a few degrees is enough) during sleep and give you a gravity-assist to keep all that stomach-junk out of the way.

Good luck - I was lucky I guess - jumped on it early, changed my lifestyle a bit and (touchwood) I haven't suffered now for over 5 years (I'm 30 now).

Everyone gets indigestion every once in a while - GERD isn't the same thing and IMHO is totally underrated with regard to the amount of misery it can bring on.