bamnesia
16-09-13, 04:19
Hello, I've been doing well for a while with my HA but lately had major stressors in my life in the last year, broke up with long term partner, had to sell house, family issues, and major emotional issues with new partner that has me upset nearly every day including job stress. I am just a stress pot. I am sitting here feeling like crying.
I had a nervous breakdown back in 2010 and I am terrified I am going back there again. In the last month I started getting a really funky stomach ... it started with a bowl of hot instant noodles and then the nausea and headache set in. After that, anything I ate caused me to painfully bloat and I am burping all day. It is worse during and after meals and now I can only eat a little and I feel like I need to explode. It can be a drink of water, a banana, anything and I'm burping and I know I'm not excessively swallowing air. To make things worse, I had my wisdoms out and was put on antibiotics for five days ... then I went to see a GP about my tummy issues and he thinks it is IBS / gastritis / reflux - which pretty much sounds to me like he doesn't know what it is. I was put on ppis. This is my second week on them and symptoms seem to be getting worse. I am burping A LOT more, I ate a banana this morning and I haven't stopped burping. I tried lunch and I bloated up and felt like I couldn't breathe and then I got panicky. This has gone on for almost a month and I'm worried it's serious. I am trying not to get anxious because if it is gastritis I read that it can take a long time to heal ... but I'm scared because why isn't it getting better but feels worse?
My new partner is a doctor and I just went for some blood tests this morning and a breath test for the h.pylori bacteria (which i was told would most likely be negative since I am on PPIs). If I don't feel any better, suggested I go on the triple therapy anyway to kill bacteria which I may or may not have. I have had enough of antibiotics, they have screwed up my internals but I'm not getting better. I cried so much last night because I feel terrible and I am scared and I think about it all the time.
Also I don't want to end up where I was in 2010 where I was having panic attacks everyday and could hardly function with a multitude of strange symptoms. As it is, I am now highly anxious, have headaches, sore neck and tense shoulders. Just needed some comfort as I really don't want to appear like a weak weird individual to my partner I keep feeling like I need to be strong. Anyone has had similar tummy issues that lasted this long? Help !
I had a nervous breakdown back in 2010 and I am terrified I am going back there again. In the last month I started getting a really funky stomach ... it started with a bowl of hot instant noodles and then the nausea and headache set in. After that, anything I ate caused me to painfully bloat and I am burping all day. It is worse during and after meals and now I can only eat a little and I feel like I need to explode. It can be a drink of water, a banana, anything and I'm burping and I know I'm not excessively swallowing air. To make things worse, I had my wisdoms out and was put on antibiotics for five days ... then I went to see a GP about my tummy issues and he thinks it is IBS / gastritis / reflux - which pretty much sounds to me like he doesn't know what it is. I was put on ppis. This is my second week on them and symptoms seem to be getting worse. I am burping A LOT more, I ate a banana this morning and I haven't stopped burping. I tried lunch and I bloated up and felt like I couldn't breathe and then I got panicky. This has gone on for almost a month and I'm worried it's serious. I am trying not to get anxious because if it is gastritis I read that it can take a long time to heal ... but I'm scared because why isn't it getting better but feels worse?
My new partner is a doctor and I just went for some blood tests this morning and a breath test for the h.pylori bacteria (which i was told would most likely be negative since I am on PPIs). If I don't feel any better, suggested I go on the triple therapy anyway to kill bacteria which I may or may not have. I have had enough of antibiotics, they have screwed up my internals but I'm not getting better. I cried so much last night because I feel terrible and I am scared and I think about it all the time.
Also I don't want to end up where I was in 2010 where I was having panic attacks everyday and could hardly function with a multitude of strange symptoms. As it is, I am now highly anxious, have headaches, sore neck and tense shoulders. Just needed some comfort as I really don't want to appear like a weak weird individual to my partner I keep feeling like I need to be strong. Anyone has had similar tummy issues that lasted this long? Help !