Anyone here have GERD

So for the past few years I’ve been suffering from chest pain, my ox has rules out anything cardiac related and has since told me he’s not sure what’s causing it. I’ve also notice I get heart burn almost daily and bouts of reflux some nights that wake me up and basically make me feel like I’m choking to death. The worst is when I eat something with hot sauce or siracha in it.

Just wondering do any of you have GERD? If so how did it start and how did you know you had it? What do you do to keep it in check? I’m obviously going to speak to my doctor about it but I’m just wondering what other peoples experiences with GERD are.