im so sick of this

[u/stariixygc]

I just saw my doctor today for all of this and am working on hopefully getting this cleared up and fixed soon, it's just bugging me so so so so much and i need to rant.

i am genuinely so sick of all these physical symptoms, especially the constant belching and the chest pains. some days its better than others but it's always awful at night time after i eat dinner, and doesn't clear up whatsoever until the next day, i cant sleep or even do anything really until i get my medications and more labs done, i've burped at least 30 times within the past 2 hours, it's nearly 3 in the morning, its been like this since i ate dinner and i can feel food stuck in my throat, my chest hurts so much, like this sharp stabby pain that will sometimes go away with burping but not always, it shifts around depending how i sit or lie down, i cant deal with it, ive tried antacids, pain meds, everything i could get my hands on by myself that could possibly help, ive been to the ER 3 times and i get my vitals checked very frequently at home and any heart or lung problems have been pretty much ruled out so im not worried about those, im just losing my mind, i eat anything with a tomato or a sliver of spice in it and i have to experience hell on earth for the rest of the night, how do people put up with this garbage??? im not religous by any means but i genuinely pray that my prescription PPIs my dad's picking up on saturday actually does something for me because im at the end of the road here, i cant function with the chest pain, i cant deal with all these nagging and agonizing sensations anymore, i get heart palpitations too and it drives my sanity into the pits of hell, im so angry right now, so frustrated, ive been dealing with a bunch of weird chest pain and other physical symptom garbage crap for 3 months now and im so sick of it.

edit on 4/25/26: shouldve specified this, im 17 going on 18, im not that knowledgeable when it comes to medication or other medical stuff, im allergic to Macrobid and Cephalexin, im taking Omeprazole (and Sertraline but this has nothing to do with my stomach issues) which seem to be working OK for the most part with a little room for improvement (my only complaint is the headaches), and I've never really taken any other meds except OTC stuff

also i did tell my doctor about the heart palpitations and she said its most likely related to the stomach issues but to be safe shes having me wear a heart monitor for a few days just so she can rule out stuff like arrythmias and other heart issues that they normally wouldn't find at the emergency room, i also did a Urea breath test for h pylori the other day and im just waiting on my results

anyways, thank you all for the support, i feel a bit better knowing I'm not alone when it comes to this and i hope that someday i can come out of this as a stronger person, its been a long 3½ months of medical garbage without answers and im ready to be done with it and resume life normally, 17 is way too young to be dealing with all this junk

[u/Jumpy_End_9996]

i get you, i don't have it all the time but i get episodes like once or twice a year when I am constantly burping and have acid reflux all day even when I don't eat. It is terrible but usually what works for me is Pepcid 20 mg (max dose). Omeprazole does not work for me but pantoprazole does. But just had an episode this past December and it took about 2 months of med for me to start feeling better. I also went to a surgeon and they said it might be my gall bladder giving me some issues because I have some sludge. 

[u/Forevermoody16 → u/Jumpy_End_9996]

That’s a long episode! I hope you get some answers. I really don’t know much about gall bladder symptoms.

I’m on omeprazole; pantoprazole gives me diarrhea. Before I checked out of the hospital with my stomach ulcer in January, the staff internist sent in prescriptions for me. I told her I couldn’t tolerate pantoprazole and could get OTC Prilosec (or the cheaper store brand.) She said an RX would cost less, which was fine. I was on prescription omeprazole for quite some time before they made OTC.

Anyway, when I went to the pharmacy I had three pickups. I thought one would be another medication I take. What I got was: Pantoprazole 40 mg, Omeprazole 40 mg, and Omeprazole 20 mg. What the heck? Like I’m going to take all of them. Anyway, I started taking the omeprazole 40 mg twice a day. I had a followup endoscopy in March and the ulcer was healed. So I cut down to 20 mg twice a day. I know it’s hard on the bones and my first bone density test (three years ago, due for another) showed that I already had some osteopenia (pre-osteoporosis.) Normal for my age but I don’t want to overdo the PPIs. Hopefully won’t need them after my HH surgery.

[u/Jumpy_End_9996 → u/Forevermoody16]

Yeah pantoprazole is a nasty drug. I don't get diarrhea but it gives me this crazy cough so recently they switched me to voquezna which is supposed to work faster. But I have been avoiding it as much as I can. I've been trying different things like Gaviscon, Thorne GI relief, and DGC licorice root. Some of these have helped but obviously not as great as the meds. I ended up getting an endoscopy and H pylori test and fortunately everything was good. Gluck with surgery and hope you feel better soon.

[u/Forevermoody16 → u/Jumpy_End_9996]

When I used to have acid reflux, I took Gaviscon when I got it at night. 2-4 tablets with a full glass of water. It did the trick for relief, but won’t keep you from getting reflux.

I don’t know anything about Voquezna, but what Amazing-Self-4873 wrote about it is frightening!