Missing my life. Feel so depressed today.

Then for about a month i kept feeling mild temperature and went to doctor many times, then finally it went away. One day i started feeling nausea, i am allergic to peanuts so i thought this was the reason, i had vomit a couple of times. Slowly nausea and bad mouth taste grew and started having burps, but they were not constant or frequent. I remember getting breathless one day when i rapidly went up and down stairs twice to get something urgent and going breathless. I noticed my burping increased after that. Went to see a homeopathic doctor next day, heartburn,nausea and mouth taste were cured, but burping went on increasing.

There was a period though, when my burping reduced or stopped for some time, it was when i was going through severe cough which lasted for 3,4 weeks. It went really bad, my throat started hurting so did my chest. But when i recovered from that , burping was back with a vengeance. The last 2 weeks of my cough were also when i was going through a trauma, started having difficulty in breathing, and noise in breathing at night. Cough stopped, but breathing difficulty continued, i couldn't take a deep breath, finally had my first panic attack.

I think a lot of people here can feel your pain and sympathize. I see you've given up carbonated drinks as well as chocolate. How is the rest of your diet?

I miss my life too

I sometimes feel like I am missing out on my life also. I do the best I can to manage my GERD and IBS symptoms. Some days are better than others. I miss certain foods, but the ones I miss I probably should not be eating anyways. I just have to hope that there will be better treatments in the future for us. For now I have found some replacement foods that are pretty good. The ones I miss the most are tomato sauce, coffee, beer (I can drink rum in water, it isnt the same and I only drink occasionally now)and chocolate. I follow a gluten free, low lactose, Low FODMAP diet. It has forced me to get creative with meals but it has also caused a lot of frustration when going out to eat or attending events.

Erica, yes i also hope they discover a better and effective treatment soon.

I miss my life too. I miss not having to time when I eat so I can take carafate and miss having to check the time every time I take a carafate (4 X day) so I know if I can eat. And when I can I am usually not hungry.

I miss a lot too. I pray it will get easier for us.