u/Euphoric_Maximum_881

Hi everyone, I’ve been diagnosed with GERD, barrett’s oesophagus, functional dyspepsia all in the past month and I’ve also been dealing w/ IBS for years. But honestly I feel like when I compare my symptoms with other people on here, I feel that mine isn’t as bad. I mean I guess I’m on a lot of meds, I take motilium, esomeprazole, and clixin. I kind of still eat whatever I want, I’ve avoided coffee, soda, alcohol anything carbonated, but aside from that I kinda still eat whatever I want. Of course symptoms do come, I feel a lot of bloating, I have to go to the toilet a lot, and the most annoying part of all is having to burp but I can’t which sometimes makes me feel like I want to throw up. But aside from that, I don’t really feel heartburn or other symptoms that makes me entirely stop eating the foods I want. However when I compare myself to other people in my life that has GERD as well (My sister, My brother, My friends), mine seems the absolute worst. I have a few questions. Can it get worse overtime? Does this mean everyone’s GERD is different?

Ive been diagnosed with barrett’s, gerd, IBS, and functional dyspepsia, in the past 3 years. Barrett’s, gerd, and FD is quite new to me and Ive still been trying to cope with the whole diagnosis. I feel like, i struggle with something everyday and I’ve had to stop doing a lot of things I want to do. I’m still only 19 and I’ve been feeling very depressed. I no longer join my friends on road trips, drink night, etc. I just want to ask people who got these chronic illnesses too how has your quality of life been. Do u still feel like u live somewhat of a normal life or has life turned 180 degrees just like I feel like it has for me for forever.

I GOT OFF THE WAITLIST FOR BUSINESS ECONS. I DID JUST GET DIAGNOSED WITH BARRETT’S ESOPHAGUS TODAY AS WELL BUT HEY THERES SOMETHING FOR ME TO BE HAPPY ABOUT!!!!!!!!! WISH EVERYONE ELSE GET OFF THE WAITLIST TOOO.

I just got diagnosed with it not too long ago. It’s still taking time for me to process this. My doctor keeps telling me that its stress and i dont have gerd or whatever but after endoscopy, I have h pylori and barrett’s esophagus. I am scared and honestly depressed, I guess at 19 in my college years I want to live life but now everyday I experience heartburn, struggle to burp, every once in a while get shortness of breath and panic attacks. I just feel like my life is taking such a turn so fast so suddenly. How do i cope with this?

I 19M am dating 17F, we've been dating for about 6 months now. Me and her have been friends for about 4 years, and we just started to gain feelings for one another. Although our relationship is great, I really struggle with our age gap. We have an age gap of 2 years and 5 months. I feel like so many people is not okay with this big of an age gap. I really mean no harm whatsoever to her, she's a great friend of mine back then and is now a great girlfriend. Both her parents and my parents are okay with it, she's met my parents and I've met hers. And although my friends all support me saying that it's really not big of an age gap at all, I just can't help but to feel like a creep when I read comments from social media. My friends keep comforting me, but I can never get it out of my mind. I've even mentioned it to her and she too reassures me that I am nowhere close to being a creep, a predator, or all the names. But, I just really can't seem to get the fact that people not agreeing with it out of my mind. I always try to improve as a human being and as a person, and I feel so fucking shit to be doing something society don't approve of. Now I feel that if I break up with her, I've just hurt such an innocent soul, and if I don't I'm a creep. But even if I do, it doesn't take away the fact that I already did it. I really need advice. The guilt is taking over me so bad for so long.

**TL;DR;** : Dating someone 2 years and a half younger than me. Friends and parents all support, but I know that a lot of people don't. The guilt is eating me alive.