Really getting frustrated with stomach/PPIs

Hi All,

hoping for some advice- im 34 y/o female and about 5/6 weeks ago i started having a gnawing feeling in my stomach like extreme hunger which was relieved after eating but then would come back, also burping quite a lot, although these are kind of little air burps, but ALOT of them, every few seconds when it's triggered, no acid or anything comes up when i burp, i am not sure if i am swallowing too much air but it feels like it's coming from my stomach, also having some stomach tenderness right between my rib cages above my navel type area. i thought this was possibly gastritis/some sort of reflux so i went to my GP. she examined me and said she thinks it is gastritis and prescribed 30mg Lansoprazole for 8 weeks.

I've been taking them now everyday but it has not been easy. some days it doesn't feel like I've taken anything at all, other days are fine, i am still having flare ups of excessive burping, bloating etc. I have drank nothing but water, decaf tea, sometimes lucazade that i have made flat (i am t1 diabetic so i need this sometimes for low blood sugars) i have avoided all spicy food and ate quite plain meals, nothing tomato based etc. i have switched to gluten free bread also. Last week i had awful stabbing pains in my stomach in the night and woke up with awful heartburn after i ate some bournvile chocolate fingers (never been an issue before assuming its the chocolate?)

Seen doctor again yesterday who has upped the lansoprazole to 60mg a day, referred me for a scope, liver/gallbladder scan, last night i took the extra lansoprazole tablet had a few malteasers and again, in the night i was up with awful bloated feeling like i couldn't breathe very deeply (like i had ate a large meal and was very full) and burping excessively. this morning i feel a lot better but now i have a cough in my throat that i keep needing to clear. is it possible the PPIs are making this worse? i really dont actually want to take another tablet, i have took one thir morning and feel ok but i don't want to take the 60mg.

any advice woudl be greatly appreciated on what could be going on, i dont usually have digestive issues but i have been diagosed with IBS in the past, had a cealiac blood test come back as normal a few years ago (my mum and aunty both have it). i feel so annoyed at the moment because the PPi's haven't fixed things and they seem to work so well for other people. i am worried i could have something like pancreatitis? gastroparesis? but i have not been vomiting.

thanks again

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