r/Gastritis

things i want to eat but cant because i decided i didnt like my stomach lining

- a caramel frap from starbucks
-chipotle oh my lord… chipotle
- tim hortons farmers wrap
- chocolate brownie blizzard from dq
- swiss chalet sauce
- papa johns
- a baconator from wendys
- cola, dr pepper, sprite
- pasta, specifically a white sauce
- coffee
- a cigarette (it counts)
- those crap pizzas from costco
- a sangria or a twisted tea
- butter chicken or curry
- garlic bread
- the mac n cheese balls from the cheesecake factory
- a FAT chicken ceaser wrap with mostly chicken
- a large lemonade
- i really want a pizza with a large full fat coke

this list could go on forever since this is what i want when i dont feel like im gonna vomit all over myself, which is all the damn time

I’m posting this in hope it might help a fellow sufferer.

I’m in a bad flare right now, as in, everything I eat is causing pain, cramping, bloating and gas.

I grow a big barrel of basil all summer and I’ve found that eating about 10 big leaves of raw basil sometimes helps with digestion and pain after meals.

Looked it up, and heck yes! It’s considered probiotic.

I made a post last week and it seemed like a lot of people got interested in my results with cabbage juice. So I figured I’d share my findings on why I think it worked for me and who, I think, it could work for. As well as more details about juicing itself.

I'm referring to this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Gastritis/comments/1vicfu7/every_supplement_ive_tried_for_gastritis_in_8/

Just to reiterate my story - I had gastritis for years, I killed H.pylori with antibiotics many years ago but gastritis wouldn’t go away. I tried everything on the market, and only cabbage juice really made the difference. I have been symptom-free for at least half a year now, which is very long in my world. 

So here are my findings about cabbage juice:

1. The active compound in cabbage juice that seems to help people with gastritis is called vitamin u (actual name is s-methylmethionine, or SMM, but everyone calls it vitamin u). It is not an actual vitamin, it’s just a nickname.  Other cruciferous vegetables also contain it, but cabbage seems to have the most of it. It degrades from heat and moisture, so cooking cabbage or letting your juice stand decreases the effectiveness.
2. There is no evidence/connection between cabbage juice/vitamin u and H.pylori, so if you have H.pylori, that’s the first thing to fix. (I personally fixed it with antibiotics, but some people choose the natural route.)
3. Vitamin u in cabbage juice seems to boost mucous production in the stomach, so it works like a tissue-healing salve.

 

I had pain and nausea as my main symptoms, so when I drink the juice, it feels like my stomach just “calms down”. It doesn’t feel as irritated or inflamed, and that’s likely because vitamin u helps stimulate cells to release mucin, a protein that traps water and forms a thick gel, preventing highly acidic gastric juices from burning the underlying cells.

Based on the above, to me, it seems like it should work for people who have inflammation of the stomach due to NSAIDs, alcohol, stress or past infections (like in my case). 
However, if the infection is still active or it’s an autoimmune gastritis, it seems like that should be addressed first. 

How to make cabbage juice:
Super simple. I just bought a cheap juicer from Amazon, cabbage is easy to juice so no need to buy anything fancy. Make sure you use a juicer, not a blender, the fiber can be irritating. I usually juice half of an average-size green cabbage per portion, I drink it right away. I notice that it doesn’t work as well if I leave it, even in the fridge. Although on really bad flare days, I would juice the whole cabbage and drink it throughout the day. 

I personally don’t add anything else to the juice, it tastes decent and it’s already a lot of liquid to drink. I never see the difference between green and purple cabbage, although some people say that purple is better, I prefer the taste of the green. I notice the positive effect within 20 minutes or so. Mainly the nausea subsides and my appetite comes back. And once I eat, the stomach pain also subsides. 

I switched to vitamin u supplement eventually, as it is more sustainable and for me it works just as well. Since I started taking it regularly (I would juice only during flare-ups), the symptoms never came back.

Also, for people with other digestive problems, the soluble fiber in cabbage juice can cause issues. And if you have thyroid problems, be careful with cabbage juice because of goitrogens.

Hopefully this is helpful. Let me know if you have follow-up questions, I am happy to answer!

Does anyone else have trouble eating? I put some food in my mouth, chew a little bit and stop. I have to force myself to swallow. I’m just not interested in eating. I look at food and think “I don’t want to do this.” I’m not sure if I’m hungry or if it’s stomach pains.

I’ve never been this sick in my life. I have an endoscopy tomorrow morning. I’ve left a message with my primary care doc about weight loss.

Hello so i posted quite a while ago i have improved alot was diagnosed with very mild gastiritis june 5th via endoscopy no h pylori ect they think it was caused from deleyed stomach emptying after being on reta about 2 months so when staring out i had liquid like yellow stools for like 2 weeks off and on then my stools turned slightly normal but still a slight yellow color i was on sucraflate and pantoprazole for a while now im just on pantoprazole i seem to go back n forth with maybe being kind of constipated to pooping once a day now my poops are normal size and shape the majority of the time but sometimes they still have that yellowish color what could be happening and does anyone else deal with this

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When my gastritis was at its worst, I had an allergic reaction.

I broke out in hives, my throat hurt, and I was full of mucus.

I went to the emergency room and they gave me an Urbason shot. They also told me to take corticosteroids and antibiotics, since allergies tend to flare up again over the following days.

Surprisingly, the medication also eased my gastritis a bit.

Has anyone had similar experiences?

Hello,
I’ve had gastritis for years, but just connected the dots of what it is after this latest flare/increase of symptoms about a week and a half ago. Unknown cause, potentially stress. Haven’t gotten an endoscope yet.

How do you all sleep? I take sleep supplements, elevate my head, sleep on my left side, stop eating around 7:30 and still deal with burning that keeps me up for hours or sometimes all night. It feels like a gnawing raw burning hunger sensation that sometimes raises my heart rate and makes me feel panicked. I’ve tried somatic tracking with like 5% success sometimes. Any tips?

I’m (25F) looking to vent/get other peoples take on what’s been happening for me.

July 4th weekend I started experiencing severe stomach pain under my rib cage and the center of my ribs, heartburn, nausea, indigestion, bloating, feeling weak and almost out of it, and back and arm pain. I went to the doctor and they suspected either gastritis or a stomach ulcer but put me on omeprazole, mylanta, and famotidine. I took the medications for 3 weeks like recommended and then tapered off, but all symptoms returned within a few days. I started the medications again and then a week later I got an endoscopy confirming gastritis. I also have had ulcerative colitis for 10 years now a take Humira to treat it. I’m in remission for the u/c with occasional flare ups.

The symptoms the first time around were so severe I thought I was having a heart attack. This time around the symptoms have started to resolve with the medication, but I still am nauseous, no appetite, and my anxiety is extremely high. It’s gotten to a point where I can’t even drive a car because I get so nauseous and then start to have a panic attack. This is abnormal for me, I’m a good driver and normally the go to person when it comes to going out. The anxiety isn’t in direct relation to eating like I’ve seen other people, i haven’t lost an absurd amount of weight since the beginning of July, approx 10lbs. I currently am 5ft at 120lbs.

The doctor is having me take 20mg omeprazole 2x a day, and take famotidine as needed in the middle of the day. My current symptoms are anxiety, nausea, sour mouth, back pain, and arm pain.

He just prescribed Mirtazapine that I am anxious to take. I’ve read it makes you a zombie, eat an absurd amount, and makes you feel out of it and dizzy. He wants to start me at 15mg at night. My question - has this helped people? Has anyone else experienced this increase in generalized anxiety? Did the combination of the mirtazapine and omeprazole help heal your gut? Looking for any and all insight.

Hey all. New here and looking for some guidance as it feels like nobody who hasn’t ever had it makes you feel like it’s a stomach ache.

Randomly one day after a shitty meal, unprocessed meat and then the following day a crap ton of fiber; my stomach started the symptoms of gastritis. I’ve had heartburn / indigestion before but it never lingered on for days. After 5 days I took myself to the ER hoping it wasn’t anything serious but the pain in my abdomen was unbearable.

Now I’m officially over a week and still having symptoms. ER thought it was gastritis, so I’m on omeprazole and carafate. It’s only been 3 full days and I know I gotta be patient but this feeling is hard to deal with times.

I have caffeine addiction, and every time I’ve drank coffee (in smaller doses) it hasn’t seemed to flare up but ai says it could take a while for the caffeine to do that. Anyone still drinking caffeine while having it?

So 2 questions:
Does anyone have any tips at all in how to relieve some pain during? Tylenol never ever does the trick so I deal with it for hours at a time.

2nd: I see people saying nausea and some stuff. My issue has constantly been upper stomach that goes through my abdomen at times but never into my chest or throat. At times I get that having to go to bathroom feeling but nothing comes out, or even sometimes I get that weird feeling in my throat like I should throw up but never gets there. Is this normal?

Is it normal not to tolerate any fat at all at the start of a flare up? My flare up started two weeks ago, and I can't handle even the tiniest amount of fat. Not even a thin layer of butter on bread, it takes about five minutes, and then I get gas and loose stools. I know you're not supposed to eat butter and such, but I’m desperate to get some calories in since I’m already malnourished. I’m worried that I won’t be able to tolerate fat again, is it normal not to tolerate even a little fat with gastritis? Around when were you able to start tolerating slightly fattier foods again? I saw the doctor today, they always say I should just eat normally but in small portions and avoid the usual things they warn against. I try to explain that it’s impossible because everything just runs right through me as soon as I’ve eaten. I had blood tests done today and everything looked good, a stool sample shows that I don't have H. pylori. I'm scheduled for a gallbladder ultrasound soon, followed by a gastroscopy in 3–6 months. It worries me that I can't tolerate any fat at all, is it just me? or is this normal during an early flare up?

I was diagnosed with H. pylori after having stomach problems for quite a while, possibly around 2 years. I completed the treatment, and my follow-up stool test recently came back negative.(yesterday).

However, I still have a very strong gnawing/hunger sensation in my stomach almost every 2 hours. It can actually feel painful, and eating makes it go away completely for about 2 hours. If I eat a larger meal, I can sometimes go around 4 hours before it comes back. I also experience bloating.

My doctor said that even though the H. pylori is gone, my stomach lining may still be sensitive from the gastritis and could take time to heal. I also have anxiety/possible OCD, so I'm wondering whether anxiety could be making me overly focused on normal hunger sensations and making them feel much stronger.

Has anyone experienced something similar after H. pylori treatment? How long did the gnawing/hunger sensation take to get healed after h.pylori gone?

I barely even eat due to my gastritis . I’m always bloated. My stomach hurts so bad from being so bloated. I deadass look pregnant. Help

I'm not sure how to start this, but I think I should introduce myself first, I'm sorry if this is long and more of a rant but I really need help, I don't use reddit much so bare with me.

Hi, I'm a 16yr old girl, I have a healthy weight (120-140lbs) and bmi, I don't have any diagnosed physical conditions (unless an innocent heart murmer counts), a pharmacist told me she believes I may have orthopedic hypotension based on a few blood pressure tests. I seem to have some problems with my GI tract but no one seems to know what is wrong, I guess all I'm looking for here is some reassurance and help with navigating all of this.

When I was younger (below 12) I constantly had infections, ear infections, tonsillitis, simple colds, etc. I was sick often. it was never a big problem because I could get antibiotics and it would eventually pass, I only feel like this is relevant because some of my newer symptoms may be related with my immune system (I have no idea how accurate that is, it's just something I've heard)

I'm not sure how or if this can be connected, but I would also complain about struggling to breathe when I was laying on my back, it wasn't super intense, but it bothered me.

Around age 12-13 I became weaker, my mental health depleted around this time and I had some big life changes. During this time I was feeling lightheaded and dizzy when walking up and down stairs, it wasn't extremely bad, and never caused me to faint. It was just a scary thing that I was experiencing.

I was able to finish my meals at this time, but I felt full every time I ate.

Through ages 13-16 everything has seemed to have gotten worse. Now when I eat, I feel full very early on. I get severely nauseous after I eat, then a while after eating I'll have pain, there is no specific spot though, anywhere in my abdomen really. It has gotten so incredibly difficult to enjoy life like this.

I have also dealt with blood in my stool as well, I went to the ER a few times but every single time I have been dismissed, all of my tests come back normal (ultrasounds, x-rays and physical). it's never the same, ranging in color and other variables (black and tar like, bright red, dark red, etc)

I went to my family doctor and she said she wanted to do a stool test and blood work, both of those came back clean, I went to the ER two times after I saw her, finding blood in my stool again, once again, the ER didn't find anything.

My doctor sent me to a GI, sadly, she has done little to none to help in this process. I told her everything, and the doctor gave her my files. She gave me acid reflux medication, it didn't help at all. I asked her about an endoscopy, she said I don't need it since all of my other tests have come back normal.

Eventually I ended up in the ER again, for the same reason as all of the other times, I already knew they weren't going to find anything or do anything about it, and I was right. The ER doctor told me I needed to see a GI, I told her I already had one, she told me I had to ask her for an endoscopy.

So the following week, I contacted my GI, I told her what happened at the ER and she said she needed to debrief with her team and she would get back to me, then I got a call about 1-2 weeks later, once again she said she wasn't going to do it.

I'm just so tired of of going to these appointments if they aren't going to find or do anything. I don't want to feel sick anymore. I don't know what's wrong with me.

Any personal stories or advice or literally anything will help, I'm desperate for answers.

If you have any questions, please ask.

Pangastritis or functional dyspepsia

In February 2025, I was diagnosed with H. pylori through a rapid urease test and was treated with triple therapy. In June 2026, I underwent another endoscopy, which showed pangastritis, but H. pylori was negative. However, before the test, I had taken a PPI for 2 days, then hpylori test

When I eat roti or lentils, my pain increases and I experience a stabbing or pricking sensation throughout my abdomen. The pain is mainly located in the epigastric region. I also experience frequent burping, increased hunger, and ongoing weight loss.

Could these symptoms be due to functional dyspepsia, pangastritis, or something else?

I feel terrible either way, so why should I torture myself?

This week I bought a big jar of Mandarin Oranges and have been eating them with every meal... I missed them so much... And I don't feel ANY more sick than I did before!! I also ate spicy fish... it was so good!!

I don't know if the diet is really the way... I have been focusing lately on meal frequency and nervous system healing instead which has honestly been so much more helpful. 5 small meals eating whatever TF I want. Life feels a lot more livable.

Mine is vision loss tingling in my legs body shivers and thumping stomach

Hey all. For the last ~two years I have suffered from severe pain after drinking alcohol. From drinking one seltzer to going absolutely ham on a bottle, it always has the same outcome.
What i’ve noticed has sometimes helped me is not drinking caffeine day of, not taking my SSRIs (sertraline more specifically) and making sure i’m walking around or active while drinking. I also noticed that eating after I started drinking also seems to have a negative effect. I’ve gone over a consecutive month without drinking in the last year but it didn’t help/change anything.
I celebrated a friends birthday and drank a few days ago, which left me down for 3 days (first day was vomiting anything i consumed - which was just water, second day was severe migraine and smaller stomach bloat/pain earlier in the day, and the third day was carry over of the migraine).
I started taking a PPI, but my own birthday is this weekend. I’m curious if yall had any other suggestions that would make drinking an option for me this weekend? I had already pre-planned my birthday at one of my college bars without thinking much about it. I would just go sober, but I know i’ll get pretty anxious around so many people… i’m still torn. any advice you have would be great!

ps. doctors won’t give me the time of day because i’m underage, but i’m in college like it’s gonna happen. it’s frustrating that this and all my previous medical experience have been entirely overlooked any time i try to address it.

TLDR: any advice for healing alcohol gastritis (long term or short term)? birthday this weekend and i’m debating if i drink or not (party is at a bar)… any advice that helps with gastritis symptoms?

edit: I am not a heavy drinker. I rarely drink already. I am okay being sober, but there are those few events that of course I’d love to join in on the fun. I’m in college, after all. Also, there are lots of times I don’t experience the negative effects post-drinking. This past summer has been generally decent, aside from a few gnarly experiences. This is why it makes it so difficult, because I could definitely test my luck or just play it safe.

What form did you take oral or injection? What brand? How long until you noticed improvement? Any side effects? And what specifically symptom wise did it help with?

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