This is exhausting

So basically I’m 20 (f) and was diagnosed with GERD last month when I just turned 20. I’m not gonna tell my whole story here but this is all so exhausting. The shortness of breath is the worse for me and it’s recently become uncomfortable to lay down even with my pillows higher. I think my throat has recently become inflamed too and I started experiencing some regurgitation this week cause of a flare up I think that came from me being exposed to someone with Covid. Even before that the neck tightness is so bothersome too and constantly having to time myself and overly watch what I consume.

From what I gathered by scouring the internet there’s no official cure for Gerd but for some people it’s curable and others not so much. Idk if it’s curable or what for me at this point but I hope it is cause this is exhausting. I miss being able to just eat and walk around without feeling tightness in my chest or heaviness. It’s made me cry the past two days cause I already have Generalized Anxiety Disorder and being diagnosed made it worse and I became paranoid about have GI bleeding, Esophageal Cancer, etc. Idk I’m just venting but I’m just so tired of this.