Physical stress can cause worse symptoms even if it’s not the cause of your reflux. It’s similar to how training hard while sick will make you feel worse and can prolong the illness.
Hi @Chris89265
When I was on FODMAP, I also lost a ton of weight, therefore suffer a lot on the bike because I wasn’t getting the right nutrition. I’ve been dealing with this problem for almost 3 years now and I can say that in my personal experience the worse my problem is ever been, it’s when I was on FODMAP.
I end up going to a Psychology to get CBT so that I can cope better with my symptoms that don’t seem to be going away any time. That helps a bit. But one thing the doctor said that helped me a lot, it is that I needed to find a set of things that would keep my symptoms under control. it took me time a while to find out what that set of things was but I think now I have some type of control to avoid big flare-ups, and continue with my TR training.
Hi All,
I have been having muscle lightness, fatigue, heavy head, slight heavy breathing (slight blocked nose), feeling forgetting and unable to concentrate . are these symptoms related to digestive issue?
You definitely need to talk to a doctor. Whatever is going on sounds serious and needs to be properly diagnosed and treated.
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Have you got better with this situation?. I found this topic and I have the same issue. Even small body movement is giving me fatique, dizziness.
So gym is out at the moment:/
Hi @Eric95 sorry for the late replay
Unfortunately it’s been now several years and I am still having the same problems. I;ve seen several doctors. When I lived in Boston, I saw many doctors from many of the best hospitals in the world. such as BIDMC and Mass General, etc but no luck
Then I moved to California and now I am seeing a doctor from Stanford Medical group. this new doctor gave low dose neltrodexone and I think it is helping. But I heard from other people that it;s a hit or miss. LDN works differently on different people
I did stop taking nortriptyline because I think I became tolerant and stop having the desire effect
they have done all kind of testing, CT Scands, MRIs, colonoscopy, endoscopy, all the blood work you can think of. I was threating for GERD. but nothing was found
This might be relevant, but my whole life I’ve been struggling with GAD but never treated. so the same doctor at standford gave me the official diagnosis and now I am on SSRIs . I think the combo between LDN and SSRIs seem to help for me.
but I still have pretty bad episodes. so over the years I’ve read some many things about these type of disorders. basically all about Motility disorders, such as IBS, Functional Dyspepsia, etc. basically the connection between your gut and brain is lost for unknown reasons, could be an accident, life event, infection, injury, etc. I think my problems started in 2017 when I was racing CX in New England and I had a bike accident racing CX, it was pretty bad. 2 weeks later my pain started. on another anecdotal story, my Boss at the time, he was the Director of IT, he had a major issue at work, long story short after that he developed IBS
In the recent years, I tried CBT and also tried seeing other therapist. I think they helped a bit. mostly on the depression side of things. my pain lead me to depression,
so one of my therapist said that I need to figure out a recipe that works for me that allows me to keep my pain levels to levels that allows me to function and that is the journey that I am on. I am able to control my pain. I had to do drastic lifestyle changes. It has taking me years to figure what works for me. but I am at a point that I am able to train, using TR of course and at times I am able to race. I have been able to get to 3.5 kg/w. considering my life situation, I am pretty happy with that
lastly, I am reading a book about how neuroplasticity, and how neuroplasticity can help with these type of disorders. I would look into that as well
I hope this help