Nice to know we're not alone

Our daughter Evie is now 8 weeks old and in our opinion has been suffering with silent reflux since birth although at that stage we didn't know what reflux was. Midwife/HV all fobbed us off with colic and we tried every remedy under the sun to try and help, after that failed we started to look on the internet for advice and that's when we read up on reflux. Evie was showing all the usual symptoms, fussing at feeding, arching back and neck, comfort feeding throughout the day, unexplained screaming, only sleeping when held, waking after a few mins if laid flat in moses basket/cot, frequent hiccups etc etc etc.... We tried changing her formula from Aptimil 1st to Easy Digest (BF had been abandoned due to her constant and difficult feeding) which seemed to help slightly but still showing many symptoms and seeming to be in a great deal of pain.

Anyway we finally visited the doctor about 2 weeks ago to explain the situation and ask for a prescription for Gaviscon. He was not convinced that Evie had reflux and again put it down to colic, but I was persistant and in the end he prescribed a small amount of Gaviscon for us to try. Evie was like a different baby immediately and the reflux symptoms are much improved, however the Gaviscon has caused terrible constipation. Although she is now settling better at night the daytimes are terrible with her straining and crying/screaming in agony all the time she is awake. When she does eventually have a poo (1 a day at the moment) they are very firm. Have been back to the doctors and he has prescribed some senna liquid, which she has been taking since yesterday, however so far it doesn't seem to be helping. It's a nightmare, like going round in circles....

Asked the doctor about a referral to the hospital but he said it wasn't worth it!!! Also asked about other medication instead of the Gaviscon and he said there's nothing else, although from reading oher posts it seems there are other things which can be prescribed. I get the impression that the HV/Doctor doesn't really know much about Silent Reflux as he keeps having to refer to his book - not very encouraging really. It's difficult to know what to do next....

It's awful seeing Evie in pain all of the time, she gave he 1st smiles last week but they are few and far between at the moment because of all the pain - poor thing. Anyway it is nice to know that there are other people out there going though the same thing, I have friends/family with babies but they are all trouble free and don't really know what it is like. Very hard work is what it is like and some days I feel at the end of my tether!!!

Sorry for the long rambling post - nice to get it off my chest x x