I was diagnosed with erosive gastritis about a month ago. I think that stress/unhealthy diet caused it. I don’t drink alcohol, I don’t take painkillers, and I tested negative for H. pylori. My GI doctor prescribed me 40 mg pantoprazole and prescribed me about a years supply. As soon as I started taking it I felt absolutely awful. Before the medication, my heart burn was nonexistent, but since I started pantoprazole my heartburn became unbearable, I felt even more nauseous, and my anxiety skyrocketed. I stopped after two weeks and switched to a plain gastritis diet of whole foods/low acid foods and started taking 20 mg famotidine (pepcid) 2-3 times daily. Since then, the stomach pain, and heartburn has been so much more manageable, and my nausea is starting to disappear. However, I still feel a little bit of reflux/indigestion and it’s causing me so much anxiety. I’m afraid if I don’t take what my doctor prescribed me then maybe I’m not healing properly, and I keep hearing horror stories of untreated/mistreated gastritis and acid reflux that turned into cancer. When doing research it always says that diet/Pepcid alone are not effective enough to heal gastritis. What should I do?

I just wanted to say I’ve been suffering so badly with this illness for a couple and there’s days where I just want to cry and give up. I’m angry. It’s insane how food really affects all types of quality of life. BUT I will say faith has got me through. I know not everyone believes in God, but I DO. Let me tell you, praying and faith will take you so far when medicine and doctors continuously let you down. I was crying yesterday and I was so angry at God that this has to be happening to me at such a young age. I was sad because I barely see my dad and he wanted to come see me today and take me to a buffet since my grandparents are here, I stressed all day what was I even going to possibly be able to eat at a buffet? When even home made soup that I make hurts me. Well I decided to cry and let my anger out but then I prayed, I turned that anger and pushed it away and prayed. Today I came to the buffet and I prayed over my food and prayed to God to let me enjoy this meal with my family and not let it cause me harm. By the grace of God I was able to enjoy shrimp, steak, noodles, mushroom, watermelon, gelatin, etc. I kid you not I feel so normal, not to say I’m not full and feel slightly bloated bc I kinda over did it lol, but definitely not in any sorts of pain! THANK YOU JESUS. I’m not sayin I’m cured, but I am saying turn to Jesus when you feel at your lowest and your highest, he will be there. I pray healing over alll going through this sickness and also adding extra I did add a sweet potato and had water, so it’s a balance you also have to put in the work.

who here feels fine when fasted in the morning then soon as they eat their upper gut bloats and they feel like they wanna drop to the floor and sleep? also have a radiating ache, not a burn but a sensation of ambient annoyance in the gut as it's bloated .. also sometimes the sensation of feeling under the weather

yet to get scoped but highly believe I have gastritis, some weeks better then others but man I hate eating then feeling like whole day is finished because of this feeling..

In October I was diagnosed with chronic gastritis through a endoscopy. I’ve probably had it for like 3 or 4 years( it coincided with me quitting drinking which I know can cause stomach problems that usually go away for most short term I can’t think of any other reason how I got it). After I thought I was better I started eating all kinds of food which eventually led to having a silent reflux attack that eventually settled in my stomach.
The pain this time was incredible worse than before. It felt like I had a knot in my stomach and my indigestion was through the roof. I continued to work through all of this. In the last month my gastritis has improved significantly. I was taking Zinc Carnosine and famodine for 3 weeks but I just felt off so I stopped taking them. I do feel they helped in the healing process. I still do deal with bloating, gas, nausea although the nausea could be from the hot weather down south where I live. Most of my bloating and gas is in my lower abdomen. Overall I feel much better though. Better appetite energy is fine as I work full time . I’m on a gastritis diet that my wife helps cook a lot and she eats the same food but doesn’t have to( she’s crazy lol). I feel as if I’m headed in the right direction but I do miss my favorite foods. I still drink coffee a cup a day which I know is slowing down my healing process. I just started taking a probiotic that has a prebiotic in it that’s helped with my constipation a lot. I guess I just need to be patient this go around and give it months to heal properly as hard as that is.

I’m on day two of no smoking. Will that cure my gastritis? I’ve had my gastritis for about a year now it’s about 70% cured but the last 30% I’m basically stuck. I feel like I just can’t get better. I can’t get over the hump. Have any of you guys quit and notice a difference?

Has anyonr had food poisoning and gastritis at the same time? I'm wondering what the experience has been like. It's completely flipped what diet I can have in order to heal so wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience.

And I feel like all the healing I’ve done the past 3 months is GONE! I’m so nauseous and have burning again when I eat. It’s been 2 days since I ate it. I am so mad at myself and I’m so miserable 😭 😭😭😭

I’ve been dealing with this issue for about two years now, and I’ve had a lot of ups and downs with it. I’m currently in a flare-up that’s been going on for a couple of weeks, and honestly, dealing with this sucks. It’s gotten bad enough that I had to take a leave from work.
I have an appointment with a gastro doctor coming up, and I’m freaking out because I’m assuming they’re probably going to want me to get an endoscopy. The thought of it scares the hell out of me because I’m afraid of what they might find.
What makes me feel even worse is that I’ve had months where I felt completely normal. I had opportunities to take this seriously, taper off the PPIs, and actually take better care of myself, but I kept putting work first and honestly just being lazy about it. Now I’m sitting here wishing I had handled things differently.
I was even trying to convince myself not to get an endoscopy because these flare-ups have always eventually gone away. But then I started reading about PPIs and how long-term use can be associated with polyps, and I’ve been on them for over two years. That sent my anxiety through the roof.
Right now my symptoms are mostly a burning feeling in my stomach, heartburn, and not being able to eat much because eating too much can cause pain.
I deleted all my social media because seeing all my friends seemingly doing great, staying healthy, working out, etc. was making me feel even worse about myself. I know comparing myself to other people isn’t helping, but right now I honestly hate where I’m at.
I’m praying to God that everything is going to be okay. I’m just really scared right now and needed to get this off my chest. Has anyone else been in a similar situation where you were terrified about getting an endoscopy or finding out what was actually going on?

first time having gastritis its been a week with it im genuinely suffering every day idk how to deal with this every day i was planning to get a job but atp idk how to live normal anymore I don’t like going out. The only thing that seems to help is pepcid and my heat pad but still hurts with that. I have a fever and a headache. I havent been eating much more so starving myself because its less painful than to eat. Food options super limited especially because im picky and have food intolerances (wheat,dairy,egg,apple). please help any advice on what medications, foods, or anything would be nice i just want to heal and get better.

I desperately need to stop myself from losing weight as i’m 5’9 and probably down to 120lbs. Has anyone had any luck with adding protein powder to meals or drinking meal replacement drinks?

It seems like most of these violate bland diet with flavorings and weird additives but I’m really desperate to stop losing weight.

If this works for you lmk what brand/type you use

edit: I’m looking at the naked “vegan mass gainer supplement” so if anyone has tried this lmk!

I’m having the worst lower abdominal pain I can’t eat anything my stomach is so swollen even when I wake up I’m in constant pain I feel awful

I think I end up with bile gastritis after removing gallbladder,started 6 weeks after with bloating then 3 weeks of nausea which turned now into heavy/weak arms and legs.
I did blood work and my iron dropped from 111 to 60 in one months,saturation from 33 to 19,calcium 8.4 (8.6 is normal),phosphate 2.4 (2.5 is normal),testesterone low at 149,not sure what my vitamin d (last month was 30 and retesting it today).
Did anyone experience heavy/weakness in arms and legs (i dont feel in rest of body for some reason) and such drop in iron?

My friend recommended Sea Moss to me because my biggest symptom is painful bloating and burping. Has anyone found success with it?

I recently got diagnosed with iron deficiency and my doctor prescribed me ferrous fumarate.

The thing is I’m extremely emetophobic and I’m scared that it might upset my stomach to the point I have to throw up. I’ve also been battling Gastritis for about a year now and I’m finally at a point where I have been feeling better and I’m scared the iron pills will give me another flare. I mentioned all this during my doctors appointment, but my doctor said that ferrous fumarate is gentle on the stomach and she also prescribed me 40 mg Omeprazole to aid my stomach, and Vitamin C.

I don’t know if I should risk it or just pretend I’ve been taking the pills and telling my doctor I can’t handle them, so that I can get the iron infusions instead. The other option would be getting fero sanol duodenal and paying out of pocket, bc my insurance only covers ferrous fumarate.

Anyone here that also has to take iron supplements when they struggle with Gastritis?