GERD and palpitations

So it seems that many of you are experiencing what I am experiencing. Does this sound familiar?

Constant burning in throat and around breatbone area. The burning doesn't go away, just lessens or gets worse. Unpleasant tatse in mouth. A few times in the very early hours of the morning wake up with palpitations, heart beating fast and hard, but seems related to uncomfortable feeling in oesophagus.