Gastroparesis (help please)

[Itachi]

Hey guys, if you don't know what gastroparesis is it's where your stomach contents won't digest or digest extremely slow which in turn leads to acid reflux etc.

In my case I vomit undigested food after it sits sometimes for over 12 hours. I've had this five years and was official diagnosed with it. I'm so sick of dealing with this. Imagine half of your meals you end up puking half a day later. Every day. With nothing getting absorbed.

They prescribed me Domperidone which is retarded. They give it to women to make them lactate and it sends your prolactin levels up to 13 times normal. It's almost like my choice is between lactating bitch tits and being able to eat.

Someone on here must be familiar with this. Please if someone is hiding a natural remedy to this please share it with me.

 

[beastmode121]

Unfortunately there's limited things to do and there's no cure.
The drug reglan usually helps to contact stomach muscle and move things

 

[nickels]

Does sodium bicarbonate help?

 

[Itachi]

Unfortunately there's limited things to do and there's no cure.
The drug reglan usually helps to contact stomach muscle and move things

I'm afraid to use reglan because of all the side effects. I'm trying a load of natural aids at the moment.

Does sodium bicarbonate help?

Sodium Bicarbonate only helps if I do not use a proton pump inhibitor to stop the acid reflux that happens when the food is not digesting.
It doesn't help at all with the digestion or motility

Thanks for getting back to me though guys

 

[npcout]

Bro..

Relax, I've suffered from gastroparesis for YEARS, medically diagnosed and treatment and research into the condition is scarce. First line treatment is typically erythromycin to speed up gastrointestinal transit time which usually only works for a shorter period of time and have far more response in the pediatric populations. You can look into cyprohepatidine to..

Then you have reglan, which is a shitty drug as it crosses the blood brain barrier to stimulate gastrointestinal peristalsis placing you at risk for EPS symptoms, no thanks.

Do you have any idea how hard it is to get a script for domperidome? Do you have any idea how greatful you should be and have lucky you are to find a GI physician who has the ability to prescribe a non-FDA approved medication that is significantly safer and far more effective than any FDA approved medication? You should be happy as hell.

Domperidone is not going to jack your prolactin levels up, or make you lactate. Yes it's given to breastfeeding women to stimulate lactation and is quite effective but that is because there prolactin levels are already through the roof, yours are not. It works on the peripheral, not the Central.

I take between 20-40mg of domperidone daily and my prolactin was 6 on blood work. You have had gastroparesis for this long and have no found measures to control it?

-Hot water to dilate the duodenal sphincter?
-liquid meals?
-peppermint
-ginger
-strong digestive enzymes
-apple cider vinegar
-heating pads in gut shutdown
-eating laying on ur stomach when possible
-not eating for 4 hours after waking

Etc.

Gasparesis sucks, it destroys your life.. but domperidone helps 50% so worth it as do the measures above.

 

[npcout]

Also, find foods that cooperate with you.

No joke.. McDonald's sits with me the best.. for some reason my stomach processes it better than anything and no.. not diarrhea or anything. A 4oz steak or chicken clean eating can send me into gut shutdown looking 9 months pregnant unable to breath.. but going beast mode on the dollar menu at mcdonalds will leave me feeling amazing with a flat stomach, no stomach pains, acid reflux, no gut shutdown, etc. no diarrhea, no bloating.

Hell a cup of water causes more side effects than dominating mcdonalds. I often joke when I'm in gut shutdown.. I'm just going to live off mcdonalds because I can breath and function like normal, I don't feel like death unable to function.

It's only mcdonalds for the most part but makes you wonder. Sometimes I'll be in gut shutdown for 2-3 days and I'm like fuk it getting mcdonalds and bam in hours I'm back to normal.

 

[gungalunga]

Also, find foods that cooperate with you.

No joke.. McDonald's sits with me the best.. for some reason my stomach processes it better than anything and no.. not diarrhea or anything. A 4oz steak or chicken clean eating can send me into gut shutdown looking 9 months pregnant unable to breath.. but going beast mode on the dollar menu at mcdonalds will leave me feeling amazing with a flat stomach, no stomach pains, acid reflux, no gut shutdown, etc. no diarrhea, no bloating.

Hell a cup of water causes more side effects than dominating mcdonalds. I often joke when I'm in gut shutdown.. I'm just going to live off mcdonalds because I can breath and function like normal, I don't feel like death unable to function.

It's only mcdonalds for the most part but makes you wonder. Sometimes I'll be in gut shutdown for 2-3 days and I'm like fuk it getting mcdonalds and bam in hours I'm back to normal.

Ray Kroc loves you......

 

[SRhealth-Rachel]

Most medications work can't help with gastroparesis, you should Keep hydrated and as nutritionally fit as possible.