What do you eat and what meds do you take?

Right now I am on protonix 40mg, slippery elm, pepsin gi 3x, Dgl

Eat bananas, potatoes, yogurt, rice, chicken for the last 2 weeks

I think we all thought that in the beginning. As weeks turn into months, you will heal.

2 weeks is nothing, sadly. You stick with your diet.

How long have you been on the above meds and when were you diagnosed with Gastritis?

maybe you should see a doctor about getting some anxiety pills to relax you or something? that might help.

Diagnosed 2 weeks ago, however I have had pain and discomfort since mid September. Had tons of tests done. All negative. But the pain and discomfort is much worse now than it was in sept

Been on the diet and supplements for almost two weeks.

Started on an Ssri as well about two weeks ago. My mental state is a mess.

did you have an upper endoscopy? did they prove gastritis?
did you have a particularly stressful summer, was your anxiety at the peak in September? Anything else that you may link this to?

Sadly, I echo others - two weeks is not enough to feel a difference... Continue to eat bland food, and if Protonix doesn't keep helping consider another medication, or get a second, or third, opinion from another doctor. The moment when things turned around for me is when I started the PPI (ironically, Protonix). It took 2 full months to be about 75%. Then a flare again for 2 months, 2 more months on Dexilant to feel 75-80% like I do now.

You have support here, we're all in the same boat and understand. I think your bigest issue right now is the anxiety. are the ssirs anti-anxiety meds? My 2 cents - be careful, something occassional and non-habit forming might be a good place to start, if that even exists. You don't want to be stuck taking them forever, or end up a bigger mess when you stop.

I originally had a first endoscopy and they found nothing, but my symptoms were no pain, just a strange feeling. That progressed and they did a second endo a few weeks ago and they saw mild patchy inflammation in the antrum and body or gastritis.

It might be the SSRI. Certain ones, Effexor especially, are rough on the stomach. I remember retaking it back in college and I had to be near a bathroom at all times for the next two days.

I just started the SSRI almost two weeks ago, but it was getting worse before that. Noone told me to watch what I ate.... Then all of a sudden I drank coffee one day and my stomach was burning and I felt horrible....

The next day I went into panic and have been trying to recover since. That was about 3 weeks ago...... Now I started to eat every 2 hours or so....

I don't know what else to do.... my mind is my enemy I know, and I need the medication to work if I am ever going to get past this.

Edit: The SSRI's are antii depressant and anti-anxiety. However they are not short acting. They typically take some time to work properly.

This thing does seem to worsen over a long period. I made many mistakes with food in the beginning too. I used to sit and try to figure out what could be causing this and so many conflicting thoughts would come to mind, it made me crazy. Honestly though, finding foods that don't worsen your symptoms, then sticking with them is really the best strategy. It was scrambled eggs for me and about a cup of those frozen vegetable mixtures they sell now, steamed. I couldn't handle broccoli or cauliflower though, and baby corn nearly turned me inside out. I still eat the same diet but can chance adding something else every other day now too. I only take one 150mg Zantac a day as far as stomach meds go. Sorry you are in the midst of a bad flare, it is maddening trying to figure out how to make it stop, I think everyone here can attest to being at that point at one time.

You might ask your doctor to change your PPI to another one. It's important to stay on the PPI for healing.
As others have said, healing is a long process. 6 months for me and I still have flare ups.
Stay away from coffee and tea especially green tea. Chocolate can also irritate too. No aspirin ,ibuprofen or Alleve. Take Tylenol if you have to take something.
I might add, even mild gastritis can cause severe burning in the stomach, so if your diagnosis was moderate then you will have some discomfort for a while.