argh I'm at my wits end with this decision.
I hope you dont mind me posting my own thread with questions that have probably been asked a billion times before, but I could really do with some support!
EJ is 4 weeks old on tuesday and we (us and his GP) are pretty sure he has reflux. He possets a few times a day, often right after a feed, but sometimes well afterwards, and then it is all curdled and causes him pain. He also gets really bad hiccups, sometimes coughs/gags and often has a snuffly nose. But mainly its the screaming. He will have a good cry after every feed and often about an hour afterwards as well. He is usually fairly quick to settle, although at other times it can take an hour. But it does sound like a pain cry (as much as I can tell as a FTM!). Once he's asleep he usually sleeps ok until he next wakes looking for a feed (which are 3 and sometimes 4 hours apart) My main worry is that he rarely seems happy, whenever he's awake he might be happy for a while but will quickly be distracted by a pain in his belly, with lots of grimacing and whinging. He has only really smiled once or twice, and I get worried that he is miserable. He grunts a lot in his sleep, often waking himself up - he seems to be straining and will often calm after passing wind. He also seems to have fairly explosive poos- they have shot across the room once when we were in the middle of a nappy change! We can constantly hear loud gurgles through his stomach, and these seem to be associated with grimacing.

He is exclusively breast-fed, I do seem to have a fast letdown, and I wonder if him taking in air might contribute to the problem- in which case, medicating him seems silly. Also I wonder if I trialled dairy/soy free... but that takes so long to work and I dont want to wait a month to see if that works before I give him some relief.

The GP has given us a script for losec and said to have a think about it. I need to give her a call on tuesday to make the decision. My worry is that losec works to increase pH of stomach acid- but stomachs are acidic for a reason! I am a big believer in the importance of gut microbiota, and I really dont want to mess with his digestion if the problem is too much air, or a weak gastro-esophageal sphincter or if he's actually just a normal baby!

any insights? My doctor said to stop researching and just go with my gut feeling, but I am really torn in both directions.