I'm in the same boat. Got mine last year, diagnosed with endoscopy, h. pylori negative. I'm on Prilosec OTC, Carafate, Pepcid, and DGL. Heating pad is my friend. I had more nausea when I first got it but now just pain, burping, bloating, acidiness, fullness, sometimes feel like stomach is digesting itself, abdomen distended. Very uncomfortable. I want my life back and I'm so unhappy. Very cold and grey here in NJ so that doesn't help with depression.

Hi Andy I suffer too and Ive had it for about 4 years but worse over the last year. I have a good day then it comes back. I have mostly pain and I get reflux, it is hard to eat and drink anything when the pain flares up. I can,t sleep. Diet is important but I keep slipping up with it. I take 2 Lansoprazoles a day which don,t work and Gaviscon and I have to take pain meds. I am thinking of taking more herbal stuff to see if it helps. Ive researched it a lot and here are some of the natural remedies., Slippery elm, Aloe Vera, L glutamine, ginger tea, Manuka honey and cabbage juice. There are other things such as papaya enzymes and mastic gum. I have Slippery elm and have tried Aloe Vera juice. Ive been trying coconut water and coconut oil in my hot drink at night. Nothing is getting rid of it. I think I will try taking Slippery elm and Aloe Vera more and take ginger tea. Im not sure about the cabbage juice as I haven,t got a juicer yet. Someone said she made smoothies all the time with kale or avocado and strawberries, blueberries and she put oat bran or flaxseed in them. The smoothies may be worth a try just blending different things such as carrot,celery and apple or other non citrus juices. Things to avoid are coffee, chocolate, onions, tomatoes and spicy foods along with fatty foods and caffeine. I like a cup of tea so Im at a disadvantage and I keep feeling tempted to go for a curry. I did go for curries before this got worse. I don,t eat pork or beef and I went to an Italian restaurant and asked for a Calzone. I couldn't have the tomato sauce or the ham in it so asked for potatoes. It was supposed to contain chicken well when I got it it was more like a potato pie in cheese sauce. I still got gastritis pain too the next day.

Have you tried probiotics and digestive enzymes?

I highly recommend Manuka Honey. It helps stop inflammation and makes you feel healthier. Add a teaspoonful into half a cup of hot water and stir. Twice a day for two weeks and see if it makes a difference. If not, try something else. Above all, make sure you are only taking ONE THING AT A TIME. Try it for 2/3 weeks, if it makes a difference, keep going, if it doesnt, stop and try something else. That way, you know what works and what to take if it (god forbid) flares up again in a couple of months. Just keep positive, and keep away from stress. A positive mindset is one of the best medicines!

For 2 years I woke up with pressure in my stomach and had nausea so bad I missed work for weeks at a time thinking I had a stomach flu. I was exhausted all the time too. I was diagnosed with gastritis when it came time for my colonoscopy, as the doctor also did an endoscopy. The omeprazole he gave me did nothing so I was switched to Panoprazole along with the diet for gastritis. I really didn't like giving up coffee and was happy to find a coffee that I could drink - folgers that says it's gentle on your stomach. My diet is now all organic and I switched to lactaid milk. Besides the customary avoiding chocolate, spicy foods and fried foods, the diet also required me to limit bread to only 2 slices a day, and potatoes only 3 times a week. I was surprised to learn that I wasn't supposed to eat peas, broccoli, cucumbers, bell peppers or radishes. After 2 weeks, I felt much better but still not one hundred percent. It still took me an hour just to get out of bed because of the pressure. The doctor said to try doing some gentle exercise with breathing techniques and recommended Suzanne Andrews from PBS stress release and weight loss video. After one more week of incorporating the diet, medicine and the exercise, I feel 100 percent better! No pressure, pain and nausea. I am so greatfull, thought I'd share:) Here's a link to a preview of the video if you want to give it a try.
http://vimeo.com/ondemand/stressreleaseweightloss

thanks for the post and the video link, it is encouraging !

Nothing worked for me until I started using ingredients which are based on Zinc Carnosine.

Namely, in order of severity:

Pepzin GI (Dr's Best)
Ulcetrol (NOW Foods)
Gastromend HP (don't remember)

These can all be gotten on Amazon. If you're in a pretty bad way I'd start with the strongest - Gastromend - and observe what happens.

Pepzin GI is the most harmless and pure of them all - it is a Japanese medicine which went mainstream in the 90s, and it increases stomach healing speed by 300%.

I was in a downward spiral until I found these components. They are worth the money. I am no marketing shill. They pretty much saved me.

P.S. Just suppressing stomach acid with Zantac didn't actually help it heal. It was an up-and-down struggle, often down, until I found Pepzin GI (it was the first) and it acts like a band-aid inside your stomach.

Zinc gets attached by carnosine to the stomach walls, neutralizes free radicals and other bad stuff, and encourages healthy mucous secretions. There are studies on this.

It doesn't work immediately but I started noticing minor improvement on day 2. Then it became better, slowly, and I got stuck at a plateau until I started nuking my stomach with Gastromend HP, which contains mastic gum and DGL alongside with Pepzin GI.

Now I mostly just use the pure Pepzin GI again. Every day. Even if I mess up and eat too much "wrong", what before would bloat me up for a week, now takes 2 days. The 300% healing rate is literally true.

I'll add one observation. It's important to remember that some of the side effects we feel are from the PPI's. PPI's can lower stomach acid so much that it creates it own set of problems that actually mimick Gastritis. Research it. Low acid acts just like gastritis. When I have a bout I go on the double dose of PPI for a few months. My symptoms are relieved but not gone. It's not until I lower my dosage before the symptoms disappear. It's a difficult process. If I can help anyone PM and let's talk.

I feel your pain all too well. Been through all the tests, everything came back negative but I am still in daily pain. I have completely changed my diet to bland and blander. After reading post upon post im going to start a daily food diary. Every human is different, maybe it is the simplest thing that is irritating our stomachs? Good luck to you sir.

I was diagnosed with chronic gastritis many years ago but they said that it wasn't the reason for all my abdominal pain. I feel like it flares up sometimes because the pain is on my upper left side under my ribs and I get some nausea and feel like my insides are on fire. My diet is sooo bland because of other digestive issues and food intolerances. If I don't eat I feel better but I can't just quit eating. I get "6 months pregnant" bloated every time I eat and it is painful. I've been on PPIs for 15 years for my GERD. I tried to get off of them because I know they are the root of all my problems, including the diagnosis of IBS-C 5 years ago.
I have tried Carafate in the past but it came with it's own set of uncomfortable side effects that I couldn't take. I've tried other herbal remedies with no relief. I took medication for nausea in the beginning but I managed to get the nausea under control with diet and now it only happens occasionally. I'm trying Glutamine now. It was suggested for me by my GI doctor for what he thought might be leaky gut syndrome....maybe the source of all my food intolerances. I'm not up to a large enough amount yet to know if it will help with anything. I always have to start out very slow on supplements or medications.
I sometimes wonder if my pain is coming from too little stomach acid but my doctors always want to up my dosage of Aciphex instead of lower it. I tried to get of the PPIs with supplements from a Naturopathic doctor but after 10 days I couldn't take it anymore and went back on them. I think the damage is done and I'm doomed to forever using them.
Andy- there may be something in your diet causing the nausea. Maybe you should think about eliminating gluten, dairy, fructose, red meat, raw veggies and caffeine to see if you notice any difference. I know that helped me get rid of the nausea.

Hi Andy,
Sorry you find yourself on this horrid merry go round. Most of what Poorlygirl said I have tried with success. If you can handle it peppermint tea is also good for nausea. I was diagnosed with gastritis back in 2010 and IBS in 2011.
I can tell you at some point a normal life can return to you. I also added digestive enzymes and St. John's wort about 10 months ago and I've not looked back. It is slow process and my weight has now come back and I feel much stronger through all of these struggles. While I only have pain if a new ingredient doesn't work out I still remain vigilant with the foods I eat. I can now eat onion, garlic and tomatoes just to name a few. It takes time and hard work but I hope you get there too.
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