cerulean
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- Jan 25, 2021
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Hello all,
First off I want to say that this will probably be a somewhat lengthy post, so I appreciate anyone who can stick with it.
I’ve been lurking the forum for a while and I decided to finally sign up and ask for some specific advice. It seems like there’s a lot of good information and well-informed people on here, but it’s been difficult to consolidate everything into a more complete idea of what to do. I’ve struggled with gut issues for about four years now with only minimal and temporary success. Recently it’s been worse than ever and the energy it takes to deal with my regular work and social life doesn’t leave much room for playing doctor on myself. I’m going to try and list my issues below and explain some of them in more detail in the hope that somebody can help me figure out what’s going on.
-Slow Digestion/Bloating/Distension. This seems to be some kind of low stomach acid issue. My stomach is constantly bloated and eating more than a small amount of protein or fat triggers gastroparesis like symptoms and constipation.
-LPR/Hernia. I’ve found that I can somewhat remedy the previous issue by taking things that increase stomach acidity. (Sipping Coke after meals, a little bit of honey or lemon before meals etc.) The problem is that doing this sets off these issues. I get pain and discomfort behind my navel, acid burning my throat, teeth, gums, eyes, even my ears. It will sometimes cause diarrhea as well. It feels like a constant back-and-forth between increasing acidity and then having to decrease it again because of the pain. Which means I never really get anywhere.
-Undigested food in stools. This occurs no matter what form they take. Sometimes there is mucus too, and occasionally blood, although this only seems to occur when the constipation is bad.
-Tinnitus/Light and screen sensitivity. I don’t know if these are caused by the acid back flow or something else but they make it very difficult to work on the computer for long periods of time.
-Fatigue after meals. This doesn’t always happen, but when it does it can be so severe that I will be struggling not to fall asleep on my feet.
-Joint pain and weakness, especially in my wrists. Another symptom that makes computer work difficult.
-POIS symptoms. (TMI warning) If I have sex with my girlfriend or masturbate, it’s pretty much a guarantee that all of my symptoms will be worse that day. It also seems to cause dry eyes for some reason.
-Mental issues. Brain fog, A total inability to concentrate on anything for longer than 20 minutes, fluctuating between anxiety/malaise and unexplainable euphoria and excitement. This might seem pretty mild in comparison to everything else but they’ve been some of the most difficult things to deal with for me.
All of these things have come on in the past year. Before that, I dealt with a bout of gastritis, which I settled by eating a crappy ‘bland’ diet for about six months. I’ve never really felt that it was 100% gone but I believed that as long as I avoided tomatoes, alcohol etc I’d be ok. I got back into the gym and felt the best I’ve ever felt for almost a year and a half, overdid it, and injured myself. About three weeks into my time off exercise was when my current issues flared up and they have not left since. I was still naive enough then to take high dose of PPI for a few months on my doctors advice, which I believe made everything much worse.
I’ve been trying my best to incorporate Peat ideas into my diet based on what I can tolerate but I’m not sure it’s going very well. A typical day for me will include whole milk, butter, cheese, raisins, some sourdough, apricots, plums, and apples. Coffee I can’t do. Raw carrot gives me severe stomach aches. Eggs irritate my gut. Meat, even organ meat, just sits in my gut fermenting and eventually causes burning pain and constipation. OJ immediately triggers acid backflow and can even make it difficult to swallow. Potatoes and rice bloat me even in small amounts. Same goes for sweet potato.
I’m really just at a loss for what to do and I feel like I’m stuck in an endless cycle. It’s probably worth noting that I am fairly young (24) and that I’m underweight because of this, (5’10, 130lbs) and all of these problems are making it very difficult to fix this. If anyone has bothered to read this far and has any ideas, I would really appreciate it. I apologize for making my first post so miserable, hopefully I can contribute something more positive to this forum one day.
First off I want to say that this will probably be a somewhat lengthy post, so I appreciate anyone who can stick with it.
I’ve been lurking the forum for a while and I decided to finally sign up and ask for some specific advice. It seems like there’s a lot of good information and well-informed people on here, but it’s been difficult to consolidate everything into a more complete idea of what to do. I’ve struggled with gut issues for about four years now with only minimal and temporary success. Recently it’s been worse than ever and the energy it takes to deal with my regular work and social life doesn’t leave much room for playing doctor on myself. I’m going to try and list my issues below and explain some of them in more detail in the hope that somebody can help me figure out what’s going on.
-Slow Digestion/Bloating/Distension. This seems to be some kind of low stomach acid issue. My stomach is constantly bloated and eating more than a small amount of protein or fat triggers gastroparesis like symptoms and constipation.
-LPR/Hernia. I’ve found that I can somewhat remedy the previous issue by taking things that increase stomach acidity. (Sipping Coke after meals, a little bit of honey or lemon before meals etc.) The problem is that doing this sets off these issues. I get pain and discomfort behind my navel, acid burning my throat, teeth, gums, eyes, even my ears. It will sometimes cause diarrhea as well. It feels like a constant back-and-forth between increasing acidity and then having to decrease it again because of the pain. Which means I never really get anywhere.
-Undigested food in stools. This occurs no matter what form they take. Sometimes there is mucus too, and occasionally blood, although this only seems to occur when the constipation is bad.
-Tinnitus/Light and screen sensitivity. I don’t know if these are caused by the acid back flow or something else but they make it very difficult to work on the computer for long periods of time.
-Fatigue after meals. This doesn’t always happen, but when it does it can be so severe that I will be struggling not to fall asleep on my feet.
-Joint pain and weakness, especially in my wrists. Another symptom that makes computer work difficult.
-POIS symptoms. (TMI warning) If I have sex with my girlfriend or masturbate, it’s pretty much a guarantee that all of my symptoms will be worse that day. It also seems to cause dry eyes for some reason.
-Mental issues. Brain fog, A total inability to concentrate on anything for longer than 20 minutes, fluctuating between anxiety/malaise and unexplainable euphoria and excitement. This might seem pretty mild in comparison to everything else but they’ve been some of the most difficult things to deal with for me.
All of these things have come on in the past year. Before that, I dealt with a bout of gastritis, which I settled by eating a crappy ‘bland’ diet for about six months. I’ve never really felt that it was 100% gone but I believed that as long as I avoided tomatoes, alcohol etc I’d be ok. I got back into the gym and felt the best I’ve ever felt for almost a year and a half, overdid it, and injured myself. About three weeks into my time off exercise was when my current issues flared up and they have not left since. I was still naive enough then to take high dose of PPI for a few months on my doctors advice, which I believe made everything much worse.
I’ve been trying my best to incorporate Peat ideas into my diet based on what I can tolerate but I’m not sure it’s going very well. A typical day for me will include whole milk, butter, cheese, raisins, some sourdough, apricots, plums, and apples. Coffee I can’t do. Raw carrot gives me severe stomach aches. Eggs irritate my gut. Meat, even organ meat, just sits in my gut fermenting and eventually causes burning pain and constipation. OJ immediately triggers acid backflow and can even make it difficult to swallow. Potatoes and rice bloat me even in small amounts. Same goes for sweet potato.
I’m really just at a loss for what to do and I feel like I’m stuck in an endless cycle. It’s probably worth noting that I am fairly young (24) and that I’m underweight because of this, (5’10, 130lbs) and all of these problems are making it very difficult to fix this. If anyone has bothered to read this far and has any ideas, I would really appreciate it. I apologize for making my first post so miserable, hopefully I can contribute something more positive to this forum one day.