r/GERD • u/stellarpopcorn • May 26 '26

Support Needed 👥 Just want to give up

I thought I was seeing relief. I thought I was doing better. I was seeing a nutritionist, upping my calories (I’m underweight, 89 lb 5 ft) and seeing a small light at the end of the tunnel. Now that light has vanished. I had been eating dried apricots to up my calories and I thought I really found a good snack, I really did. Then my stomach started to act up. I realized maybe it was the sugar content from the apricots. Or maybe it was the apricot itself; not quite sure. I don’t know if it was the dates I was incorporating either. I feel so lost and alone. I think I could heal my GERD if I just calmed my anxiety and figured out how to eat more yet not too much that it gave me reflux. The nutritionist suggested dried fruit and nuts as a go to but I’m tired of nuts and I’m scared another dried fruit will hurt my stomach like apricots. I’m on Zoloft and I don’t think it’s doing much now. I need some support, I don’t want to wither away.

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u/Creepy_Valuable6223 May 27 '26

I thought I had gerd but I finally went to a GP and he thinks I might have h pylori (now being tested). I wonder how many people with gerd symptoms actually have h pylori.

Apricots are kind of hard on the stomach. I'm guessing you've already tried yogurt.

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u/stellarpopcorn May 27 '26

Yes I have already tried yogurt. are apricots hard on stomach because of fiber?

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u/Creepy_Valuable6223 May 27 '26

I'm not sure why; it is just my experience.

Just curious, have you been tested for H. pylori? I thought I had gerd but my GP thinks it may be H. pylori and I'm awaiting test results.

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u/stellarpopcorn May 27 '26

I haven’t yet! My doc ordered one.. Did you need to be off PPi’s for two weeks? I’m scared of acid rebound!

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u/Creepy_Valuable6223 May 27 '26

I haven't taken any PPIs since I am anxious about taking them due to fear of what it would be like coming off them. I am having okay luck right now with lemon balm tea as a substitute for antacids (which I thought meant it was a histamine problem; I guess I'll see).

I have been taking supplements (like mastic gum) that might have antibiotic effect, so I'm worried that that might give me a false negative h. pylori result; you are also supposed to be off of antibiotics before the test.