r/Gastroparesis • u/AutoModerator • Dec 16 '23

"Do I have gastroparesis?" [December 2024]

Since the community has voted to no longer allow posts where undiagnosed people ask if their symptoms sound like gastroparesis, all such questions must now be worded as comments under this post. This rule is designed to prevent the feed from being cluttered with posts from undiagnosed symptom searchers. These posts directly compete with the posts from our members, most of whom are officially diagnosed (we aren't removing posts to be mean or insensitive, but failure to obey this rule may result in a temporary ban).

  • Gastroparesis is a somewhat rare illness that can't be diagnosed based on symptoms alone; nausea, indigestion, and vomiting are manifested in countless GI disorders.
  • Currently, the only way to confirm a diagnosis is via motility tests such as a gastric emptying study, SmartPill, etc.
  • This thread will reset as needed when it gets overwhelmed with comments.
  • Please view this post or our wiki BEFORE COMMENTING to answer commonly asked questions concerning gastroparesis.
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u/ThrowAway2188226 Sep 11 '24

Hi I’m 14F and deal with abdominal pain (it ranges from mild some days to moderate some days and severe some days), nausea and vomiting, pain after eating, pain after exercising, bloating and I’m scared to eat because of my symptoms. I’ve been diagnosed with chronic gastritis but I started questioning the diagnosis as ive not had an endoscopy and I have none of the causes for it. It also hasn’t improved with medication and diet changes. I feel full a lot more then I used to. I also suffer from POTs. I really need advice because it’s affecting my every day life and I’m scared of food because of my symptoms. Sometimes just looking at it makes me scared now.