Hello, Reddit. My boyfriend has been to multiple doctors. Perhaps you can figure out what is wrong with him.

Hi there everyone. I'm currently writing this from my couch I'll probably sleep on because my boyfriend is upstairs puking his guts out AGAIN. No, literally, it's greenish-brown (usually) and looks like it could be his insides, but I'm guessing bile and whatever remnants of food left in his stomach. Let's just say this isn't the first or last time this has happened.

A little background is in order. We've only been together for around a year, but this has been going on for about 2 1/2 years for him. It all started very strangely, and came on all of a sudden. For his entire life, he has been able to eat whatever he wants, has no known food allergies, and, in general, is an all around healthy guy. From the way he explains it to me, one day he woke up and felt "off". He ate some food, went about his day, and by about lunch time had to leave work to go home because he felt so bad. He compares it to the worst heartburn he's ever experienced. He ended up puking up everything he ate and then some. This went on for almost a week. He couldn't eat anything and had a hard time drinking anything besides water. He proceeded to go to his "regular" doctor, who thought he just had some sort of stomach flu and didn't do much for him.

To make a long story short, the pain and burning continued, but not every day. He ended up going to a few different gastrointestinal specialists and they diagnosed him with G.E.R.D. ([explanation here](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001311/)) I'm not saying this is necessarily the wrong diagnosis, however, all the medication and advice the doctor's have given him has had little to no help.

For the present time, he basically goes about his days hoping he won't "die"- as he puts it. He says when he wakes up in the morning, the pain is at its worst. Perhaps from laying down all evening? We are at a loss and this is really starting to put a damper on our relationship. Imagine not ever knowing how you are going to feel when you wake up in the morning. It makes planning things rather difficult. We just got back from a trip to Florida, and one of the days we were supposed to be at Universal Studios, we had to leave early because he was feeling so awful. Work and school are also really hard for him to manage. Trying to find the right employer who understands when he calls and says he can't come in, he really can't. Not many types of jobs will allow you to have as many sick days as he needs.

I'm happy to answer any questions and ask him anything you guys can think of. I can't even begin to pretend my irritation and frustration compare to how he feels, but we're both really at our wit's end and need some good advice. Thanks in advance reddit!