Recently, I have had a lot of health issues which are new to me. I was told I had GERD after experiencing bad nighttime heartburn and was put on PPI's but the meds didn't seem to help after the prescribed amount of days and then I started having a chest tightness which then spread to my back and arm in my right side which felt muscular. This seems to only bother me mostly at night now.
Anyways, I haven't had a normal appetite in a month and a half since being sick with an infection which is what started all of this. I have been experiencing the heartburn again (mostly at night), and sometimes I feel it even without eating. Now, I feel full all day after I eat a really basic breakfast (usually oatmeal with milk and a banana). Usually I only eat breakfast and maybe a small lunch or something small and I am full for the day, haven't been eating anything for dinner. Like my food is just sitting in my stomach and not digesting properly. I have been much less active and not exercising due to how I have been feeling. I don't really feel any stomach pain/nausea much but sometimes a bit of stomach cramping. I'm going to see a GI doctor in a couple days. I'm just wondering if this is a normal symptom of GERD because normally I love eating and I want to feel like myself again!
I also feel like I've had such constant anxiety even from when I first wake up. I am not normally that anxious of a person, I used to meditate everyday and I don't know if my anxiety is causing the GERD or the GERD is causing anxiety! Just wonder if these are normal symptoms or if this could be something else??