Yea the stomach and anxiety go hand in hand for sure. For me they peak and wane together. At night when my stomach is quiet I feel what it’s like again to not have an alarm going off in my head....
I’ve been diagnosed at the Cleveland Clinic as having chronic neurogenic stomach pain, which involuntarily induces anxiety. The anxiety is the sympathetic nervous system alarming from the stomach...
PPIs definitely increase my anxiety dramatically. It can take a few days to build. I’ve tried to go on PPIs many times for years to help my stomach but each time I’m forced to stop. I’ve tried all of...
I’ve got that diagnosis. Everyday I feel my gastric juices burning me. I’ve been to the Cleveland Clinic twice and they say they can’t help me much. I’m on 1800 mg gabapentin spread throughout the...
Where is your pain? Mine is chronic burning stomach. IBS and functional dyspepsia are very closely related. My post is here. https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=16&m=4069355...
Karen is spot on. They didn’t take the time to figure out which neuropathic disorder I have but going from the recent “Rome 4” criteria it seems like functional dyspepsia, subtype “upper epigastic...
Thanks for responding. I’ve been on gabapentin for 4 months. Before that Nortriptyline. The Gastro specialist seemed to think they’ve seen this many times before. Which is why I’m putting feelers out....
FYI I do not have gastroparesis. On the contrary I have rapid gastric emptying....
I was diagnosed at the Cleveland Clinic with chronic neuropathic stomach and esophagus pain. Basically because they saw no damage on my upper endoscopy. And my pain rises and falls with the daily...
My local Gastro doctor wants to refer me to one of these places, but doesn't know any of the Gastro doctors there. I have a difficult to diagnose case of daily dyspepsia which sets off my sympathetic...
A quick update. A very low dose of Xanax is surprisingly helping with the stomach pain. It was for anxiety but helps both happily. I’m taking only .12 mg (half a .25 mg tablet) 2 or 3 times a day....
The Dr at the Cleveland Clinic put me on a low dose of Xanax to see how I tolerate it and if it helps with with my stomach pain and anxiety. The starting dose is .25 mg 2x a day and check in after 3...
Update - went to the Cleveland Clinic. The dr there didn’t have any more ideas than my local Gastro. I was hoping he would know something more leading edge or would have some insight that would be a...
Original poster here with an update. It’s 16 months post surgery. I’m completely off of prescription medications so I know my remaining symptoms are my baseline symptoms and not side effects of...
After. I had nissen. My recovery was rougher than most I think. Had gas bloat because I unconsciously swallow when my Esophagus is irritated. I have been doing it for years, wish I had noticed it...
I'm putting this out there because I could've use this information a while ago and didn't see it on this forum. I can't take PPIs or H2 blockers so I've been experimenting a lot with regular...
Update. I finally weaned off Nortriptyline a week ago. The intense burning I was taking it for has disappeared. I still have stomach issues. I still have a sour acid feeling upset stomach every day....
Original poster here. I've been fully tapered off the Nortriptyline for a week. Now I can tell what symptoms I had that were side effects of Nortriptyline vs withdrawal effects from tapering it down...
Hi Ejohn. It took me a long time to figure this out after the surgery but my problem was non-erosive reflux. That is, my problem was more hypersensitive esophagus and stomach that it was an excess of...
I felt both the effects and side effects the same day. The timing of the effects depends on whether the PPI you're taking is time release or not. Some of the side effects got worse the longer I took...
That wasn't my experience. Omep gave me anxiety while I was on it. My experience tapering off was I had a few days of extra intense rebound burning I had to endure....
Going back 3 weeks after surgery is quite fast. The amount of time that people have to take off varies widely by what they experience afterwards. Partly because we don't all have the same problems...
Update: it's 10 months post surgery and I've been able to taper down on nortriptyline to 10 mg a day. A few months ago when I tried that after three days of 10 mg I had intense burning esophageal...
Original poster here. It has been 10 months since the Fundoplication surgery. I thought I would post an update so future readers with similar issues can see the whole progression. Five months ago I...
STATUS UPDATE: My heartburn did calm down after a few days on 20mg nortriptyline. I also felt my confidence return and generally felt pretty normal. The suffering of side effects seems to be mostly...
STATUS UPDATE It's the second day I've been on 20mg nortriptyline and no amitriptyline. The heartburn I was originally taking amitriptyline for is breaking through. Not full force, but that's clearly...
Status update: I did six days of half a 25mg tablet of amitriptyline and 10mg of nortriptyline taken at night. That part went well. After a couple of days I felt less heavily sedated than I did on...
This was the Drs advice via email: I would advise reducing Amitriptyline to 1/2 tablet daily for 1 week. Then you can start Nortriptlyine. I usually start with 10 mg of Nortriptyline (1 tablet) and...
Is your white tongue painful? I recently had thrush, which is a white and painful overgrowth of yeast on the tongue. Very painful. The dr gave me a prescription that took care of it in a few days. I...
I am on 25 mg amitriptyline a day for esophagial hypersensitivity (burning esophagus) 5 months after having Nissen fundoplication surgery. Although I've been on it a couple of months I still get...
Dunno. I don't have experience with that symptom....
For me waking suddenly needing air was due to obstructive sleep apnea. My throat was closing off forcing me awake. Something swollen in your throat could help bring that on. I wasn't able to correct...
My dr switched me from acid reducing meds to Elavil (amitriptyline) for a burning stomach lining. My stomach has healed but when I taper down the amitriptyline dose to try to get off it I get massive...
By any chance is your Prilosec a delayed release capsule (not a tablet)? A few months ago I got a bottle of over the counter Nexium delayed release capsules where all the delayed release granules in...
Antacids don't have a strong rebound like PPIs have. PPI rebound happens because they are so good at suppressing gastric acid production that the hormone gastrin builds up in your stomach. Which all...
Nexium is the biggest hammer available. Because of that it's also the most likely to give undesired side effects and create rebound acid when you stop taking it. The side effects were too powerful...
I stopped the H2 blocker and tapered down amitriptyline (Elavil) to see what pain I had left. Turns out my Fire stomach is much improved but I still have fire esophagus. I thought when I lost the...
I am 4 1/2 months postop. I have tinnitus from one of the meds I'm taking (amitriptyline). I get occasional dizziness from the same med when I stand up. I have no stamina because I've had a rough...
Anybody know if heartburn is a withdrawal symptom from amitryptoline? That drug has heartburn as a side effect. But I would expect that to happen when the drug is in full force, not when it has been...
I found a 2003 paper the concludes that most people who feel they have reflux after fundo actually have normal acid exposure and their symptoms are due to something else. Therefore acid reducing...
I'm just tapering off meds 4.5 months after nissen fundoplication and find I've had heartburn all day. What a surprise! I bet some of you have experienced this. Is there a way of telling if it's true...
What meds are you taking? I was on amitriptyline at four months and found out one of the side effects of that med is acid reflux because it relaxes your lower esophageal sphincter....
Carafate and any of the aluminum based antacids make me nauseous. I tried Carafate for two days then it took three days to work out of my system. A total of five days nausea. Some people rave about...
I had the Nissan four months ago. I don't recall having throat pain that interfered with eating. I had other issues that kept me from advancing up the diet food chain for what seems like an excessive...
Status update: I started treating my stomach as if it was gastritis (I think I may have had some stomach lining damage from meds). It has started to feel better. Not quite so tender. I've been able...
I'm finding amitriptyline to be a two edged sword. It reduces the burning sensation while my stomach heals. But as a side effect it relaxes the lower esophageal sphincter causing reflux heartburn. I...
I did a little research and it seems you're right. I'm almost certainly having reactive hypoglycemia between meals. It hasn't been obvious because it's not hitting me as hard as it apparently hits...
My Nissan Fundoplication experience - gas bloat, dumping syndrome, hypersensitivity I'm four months into recovery from Nissan fundoplication surgery and I'm writing this so others may benefit from my...
I definitely have dumping syndrome. I had a gastric emptying test and it showed I moved the test food out of my stomach in about an hour, which is about twice as fast as the usual 2 to 3 hours for...
The safest home test to me seems to be the baking sofa test. It gives you an idea if it's too low. A how to video is on YouTube. https://youtu.be/CTQy-dG_h5s...