Failed (or impaired) gastric accommodation, with functional dyspepsia

Posted by cindy1952 @cindy1952, Jun 24 6:39pm

Stomach has problem relaxing and expanding to accommodate meals. Food and calorie intake are limited, which leads to unintentional weight loss. Am down to 100 lbs. Have been prescribed Buspar (buspirone). Symptoms can include early satiety, upper abdominal pain, chest discomfort, belching. Have to eat smaller amounts more frequently, eat very slowly. Brain-gut connections, vagus nerve, or serotonin levels may be involved? I'm told this is a chronic problem, and I have had it more than once before. Symptoms can be variable and unpredictable, and sometimes have decreased to very little. When they increase greatly, there's usually some sort of trigger involved.
Has anyone had any experience with this? What helped or improved it?

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anitannapa | @anitannapa | Jul 15 10:33pm

Hi, Yes, but not due to FD that I'm aware of??? I was told my throat irritation was caused by my belching which was caused by GERD. When I had an EGD, I was told I had "mild" GERD and was started on a PPI (which I weaned myself off of due to several reasons). My belching and irritation was very short lived and had stopped way before I was told I had FD so I don't think it was related to my FD. If you are having a lot of belching, that may be the cause of the irritation/discomfort.