h.pylori like symptoms probably hypochondria or something, what can you advise?

[MattyT123]

I been getting a lot of problems with acid reflux and the need to burp this past few months, going to surgery with aches pains dizzyness and chest pains, one doctor last year gave me antacids, the second visit, I told another doctor I was feeling shaky nervous and stressed all the time with work and life, was referred to therapy, they diagnosed me with mild GAD and social anxiety and health anxiety suppose to get cbt one of these days, don't know when, as they will contact me.

This past six months I been getting symptoms of acid reflux like gerd, bloating feeling tired fatigued and sleepy as well as anxiety and feeling depressed for no apparent reason, feeling easily full, and always burping, even with water, and constant dull pain in my left side where the heart is....Kind of similar to H.pylori which too can cause anxiety and depression, as I found online, which makes me feel it might be the cause, ....But didn't take it seriously. These symptoms last for a week and go mild after, sometimes it takes a whole month, then the next month I feel fine, or a bit better. The pain can be annoying and gets worse when I'm stressed or nervous or keep rubbing it, and even after exercising.

I been looking for natural ways to cure the acid reflux bloating and nausea,  and my eyes feel hot and even more tense after taking probiotics.

So I called a doctor cause this feeling keeps bugging me...along side constant headaches, and tingling feeling in the jaw and lips....going to have a H.pylori test and full blood test next week.

But after reading that anxiety too can give these symptoms, I feel stupid and a nuisance again...

I tend to forget I have hypochondria and can't tell whether what I'm feeling is anxiety or an underlying health condition, despite being told I have anxiety, even by the nurse who I think will be doing test, she must be thinking "oh this one again"
I find it hard to get rid of the physical uncomfortable feelings like above, antacid even the over the counter ones don't work and give me chest pains sometimes, or make my acid reflux worse once I finish them.
I don't know what to do, I always feel physically ill, sometimes I also feel i have an allergy with my constant dry mouth and lips and nose, I just hate it...I also feel my mind is always in a need to worry all the time!

[Paxiled]

Are you on any medication?  Some of what you describe, such as dry mouth, are common side effects of meds.  So are digestive problems.  But remember, when you talk about GERD and reflux and H.pylori, you're just using terms doctors use to decide which drugs to give you.  They don't solve the underlying problem, which is either you have a digestive problem, meaning you eat too fast, eat too soon before going to bed, don't chew your food thoroughly, eat the wrong foods, eat foods that your body has an intolerance to, etc, or your anxiety is causing you to do these things that don't allow for proper digestion.  But lots of people have digestive problems without freaking out about it.  There are many remedies for this problem that actually are probably better in the long run than pharmaceuticals.  As for H.pylori, there are no symptoms having this in your body.  Everyone has it in their body.  It's only a problem when your immune system is overwhelmed that there's an overgrowth and it causes ulcers or inflammation -- that' the problem, not the mere presence of an omnipresent bacteria.  There are many natural remedies for such problems that may or may not work, just as meds may or may not work.  The problem with meds for digestive problems is that they generally suppress acid production, but in order to digest protein and minerals the stomach must generate acid and so it just keeps trying to make more and more, leading to rebound anxiety.  Natural remedies such as DGL, a form of licorice, aloe vera juice, mastic gum, manukka honey, slippery elm, and a host of others may reduce or eliminate the problem without suppressing the body's natural digestive process.  But it won't stop you worrying about it, and that's your main discomfort.  For that, let's hope the therapy works, but it will require a lot of effort on your part and the right therapist.  In the meantime, meditation and exercise do help with the physical symptoms you're having.  Good luck.

[MattyT123]

Thanks for your advice, no, I'm not on any medication, it just flares up sometimes, on and off with the nervous feelings and drowsiness and feeling like a colds starting, which felt really bad at the time, sometimes after a short period of stress or anxiety, or when I get depressed for no reason.

I wish I looked more into natural treatments than bothering the doctor now, I just couldn't understand the chest pain and bloating and it was annoying at the time.

Which is why I feel embarrassed about being tested tomorrow, that I might be just a nuisance and doing unnecessary things.

Right now I feel fine, which makes me see myself as a time waster.. my mind seems to have an addiction to worrying and over analysing things.

[MattyT123]

Thanks for your advice, no, I'm not on any medication, it just flares up sometimes, on and off with the nervous feelings and drowsiness and feeling like a colds starting, which felt really bad at the time, sometimes after a short period of stress or anxiety, or when I get depressed for no reason.

I wish I looked more into natural treatments than bothering the doctor now, I just couldn't understand the chest pain and bloating and it was annoying at the time.

Which is why I feel embarrassed about being tested tomorrow, that I might be just a nuisance and doing unnecessary things.

Right now I feel fine, which makes me see myself as a time waster.. my mind seems to have an addiction to worrying and over analysing things.

[Paxiled]

It's always good to get a diagnosis -- there might be something and that possibility needs to be eliminated.  But a diagnosis doesn't mean you have to do what the doctor tells you to do -- usually that's the right thing but there are areas where doctors just hand out meds.  Unfortunately for you, digestive problems and anxiety are two of those things!  But see what happens and go from there -- sometimes medication works best, sometimes it doesn't, but you do need a diagnosis so you have the information upon which to ponder.