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…did it help? Which symptoms did it improve and not seem to help and how long did it take to improve?

I’m going on three months of 2x daily PPI (Pantoprazole 40mg), endoscopy biopsy revealed “mild reactive gastritis” been on a bland diet and GI prescribed 10mg nort thinking it could be hypersensitivity. I’ve been sitting on it for about a month too anxious to take because of side effects, especially heart rate issues though I have no know heart issues. But I also have days where bloating seems more prevalent or chest discomfort is more noticeable and I feel like maybe I should try it to see if it gets me across the finish line and expands my diet.

Thanks!

…did it help? Which symptoms did it improve and not seem to help and how long did it take to improve?

I’m going on three months of 2x daily PPI (Pantoprazole 40mg), endoscopy biopsy revealed “mild reactive gastritis” been on a bland diet and GI prescribed 10mg nort thinking it could be hypersensitivity. I’ve been sitting on it for about a month too anxious to take because of side effects, especially heart rate issues though I have no know heart issues. But I also have days where bloating seems more prevalent or chest discomfort is more noticeable and I feel like maybe I should try it to see if it gets me across the finish line and expands my diet.

Thanks!

I’ve been dealing with gastritis for the past few months and my PCP believes anxiety could be making it worse and wants me to see a psychiatrist (I opted for that before trying medicine). Additionally, my GI dr also thinks anxiety and hypersensitivity could be also be making it worse and wanted me to try 10mg nortriptyline but I haven’t taken it yet because I’m worried about the side effects especially the cardiac ones. I still have some lingering pain that comes in goes around the abdomen but more in sternum/ center of chest.

I have my first appointment with a psychiatrist in about a month and some of the things I’d like to discuss include:

General anxiety: I.e. I find excuses to leave the house when my he does laundry because I’m worried the washer is going to explode when it bangs or I don’t like cooking because I’m worried the smoke alarm will go off and scare our dog

Lack of motivation/ procrastination : I.e. I quit the job I hated to focus on studying and passing the CPA exam however I can’t motivate myself during the day to study so I lay around mostly and just feel fatigued most of the day

I constantly dwell on the past, especially the negative, and always think how different life would be if I made other choices

Indecisive: struggle making decisions and always try to gather other’s opinions to ultimately make my decisions for me

Health anxiety: really started with this stomach issue as I’ve never had and really health issue other than overweight but now every little pain has me worried and constantly reading medication side effects/ reviews

I’m not even really sure what I’m looking for here with this post just general input I suppose