After suffering general digestive discomfort for 4 weeks starting mid september alongside a very foggy head I went to hospital for a full check up and had a coloscopy and endoscopy during which they diagnosed me for chronic gastritis. During this time I'd lost around 6kg, just under a 10th of my body weight. I was fine for about 10 days after coming out of hospital with the symptoms pretty much gone and then they returned. Unsettled digestion and a REALLY bad case of brain fog. Being someone with fairly anxious tendencies anyway this has sent by base anxiety level sky high and I'm finding it hard to do things which normally wouldn't cause me issues such as go to the supermarket, drive a car or be at work. These situations quickly push my anxiety up beyond a comfortable level and I just go into fight or flight mode. I am now on pantoprazole for the Gastritis which I have read can create headaches but to be fair I was feeling head fog before going to hospital and going on the meds. Why is my brain so cloudy? There is a constant level of haze but it gets worse if I start to get that kind of bloated central->lower stomach pain. What I haven't had is acid reflux. I've always been fairly burpy but I thought a key component of gastritis was acid reflux? or is this not the case? most of my problems have been gas/bloating in the lower centre stomach area around the belly button. Doctor thinks it may be stress related and has put me on anti-depressents (sertraline) which I have been on before and so I know I can deal with them. The whole situation is certainly getting me really down as it's been going on for almost two months. I just want rid of this weird head feeling as the stomach pains are not really that bad most of the time. Can anyone relate to what I'm talking about?
I totally can relate! I’ve been suffering from gastritis for about a month now. I feel i am now allowing this to rule my life. I am not eating proper meals and struggle to think about anything but feeling sick. i think the head fog like you say is our anxious feelings. I’m taking omeprazole but have a docs appointment Friday as I’m still feeling on and off nausea and stomach pains. Horrible