I was just reading how Mrs D. said that anticholinergics can cause slow emptying of gastric content. I'm taking 15 mg of amitriptylene a day for Interstitial Cystitis, Fybromyalgia and neuropathy. I'm wondering if this might be another source of my worsening GERD? If it doesn't eventually settle down with elimination of the R-lipoic acid, I'm not sure what to do. My GP wanted me to have a CAT scan of my pelvis, abdomen and chest but I've been deferring it in favour of ultrasound, mammogram, chest X-Ray and such to avoid so much radiation. Do you think I should ask to see a gastrointestinal specialist and get the problem evaluated that way or just go for the CAT scan? Would the CAT scan even be able to identify the problem? I hope I don't have gastroparesis from nerve damage but I wouldn't be surprised with the way it seems to be everywhere throughout my body. I think I really need to find the source of this awful neurological problem.