The tests law enforcement officers use to determine if someone has been driving under the influence of alcohol can often be the deciding factor in whether or not that person faces DUI charges
GERD is usually a more serious condition that can lead to other illnesses like esophagitis, stricture (narrowing of the esophagus), asthma, sinusitis, and Barretts Esophagus, a precancerous change to the makeup of the esophageal lining
Multiple cross-sectional and longitudinal studies have confirmed this association
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD000146.pub5
Exocrine pancreatic cells from these animals exhibited cytoplasmic swelling, vacuolization, pyknotic nuclei and karyorrhexis
It sounds like your anxiety started to lessen a little bit through that process, but maybe wasn't totally gone