Room filling bad breath and nasal odor made me suicidal
I saw some posts regarding this in the sub but each time people say that it's not a GERD issue
If it's not a GERD issue how come so many of us come here to ask about it
My oral hygiene and the state of my gums and teeth is pristine and it only started happening when my GERD became severe
The odor is so strong that I don't leave the house anymore. I stopped going to therapy because I'd fill my therapist's office with this fecal rotten smell and it made me feel ashamed.
I'm on a prolonged sick leave because of severe depression and suicidality but I will have to go back to work eventually and I can't imagine how am I supposed to function amongst people
Reactions like stepping away from me, covering their noses, coughing and even making direct comments are normal. My ex straight up told me I stank when my GERD started acting up. People at work exclude me and bully me. I don't have friends anymore cause they distanced themselves.
I can also smell it myself sometimes, that's how I know it's real and not some imagined thing like some people would love to say
Nothing helps for my GERD either. I can barely eat anything. I'm on 40 mg PPIs a day and I just ate plain rice with steamed zucchini and flared from that
I guess this post is meant more like a rant than anything else. I just hate being alive. I know I should look into SIBO, but that's out of my reach since doctors in my country don't recognize it and I don't have money to spend on functional medicine
I used to be considered conventionally attractive and fun and out going once and now I have to stay locked in the house because people are literally repulsed by me everywhere I go. If I could I'd isolate forever but I can't because my sick leave is running out soon and I will be forced into the real world. Humiliated again.