Concerns with GERD
I’m 25M, healthy weight, healthy overall, exercise several times a week, however was eating garbage before this life event and drinking wine a couple nights a week and several people around me caught stomach bugs (short term).
Thinking out loud here with questions at the bottom. In my endoscopy they found inflammation in my stomach and was obviously irritated. They also dilated my esophagus a bit. Waiting on rest of results, should have by Friday.
Went to the ER almost a month ago because I didn’t eat for almost a straight two weeks (couldn’t hold anything down) and threw my blood tests all out of wack. Thought I had kidney and liver issues maybe. Started 40mg a day of omeprazole and that slowly got me back into eating, blood tests showed everything normalizing once I started eating again. Still has not got me to where I want to be. Still can’t eat a big meal (sub 600 cals) or anything on the acidic side. And struggle to get to 3k cals which was a piece of cake before.
Just wild something simple as acid reflux could cause all this. You couple this with anxiety and it’s a shit show in your head lol.
Found today I can handle matcha better than coffee (hopefully not speaking too soon).
But I am a little concerned about having a couple drinks every blue moon at social events, figuring out what I can have at a restaurant, and getting my calorie count back up.
Or if just have a really bad flare up again, what’s the go-to to alleviate symptoms asap so I don’t have to go home from work or shut myself off from people?
What do you guys suggest? What works for you?
Posted Apr 9, 2025, 5:43 PM UTC