chronic discomfort between ribs

Is the pain more expressed after eating or when hungry?

Has your doctor checked you for Helicobacter pillory?

Do you drink alcohol?

i seem to have most of the same symptoms you have...acid reflux/heartburn, constant upper stomach pain, and i now dont stand up as straight as i used to because of the terrible stomach aches that make me double over. sometimes i even get woken up in the middle of the night from the pain. and i'm on omeprozale as well and it seems to help sometimes but not a guaranteed thing. i have an incredibly hard time eating, almost all food will give me a stomach ache and i will always be super bloated no matter how much i eat even if it's just a few crackers. i've been to doctors as well and they've done blood tests and then just told me to "deal with it". i hope some doctor out there knows what is going on with this stomach pain...its really affecting my daily life and what i can do at work.

Dr Nikola, the pain is worse when hungry and once ive eaten it feels like my body cannot digest the food. and i have had to cut alcohol out of my life completely. as thats what caused me to have an excess acid build up.

and rebecca, I now know that long periods of not eating and then eating most of my daily intake in one go, stress, smoking, drinking, on an empty stomach are some of the reasons why i was suffering. the acid that my stomach was producing was burning my insides because i was putting nothing in my body for long periods. ive found smaller portion meals more often helps alot.

ive had about 7 days off work and the pain has mellowed down to a degree, i still have a bit of trouble with it but i now have enough knowledge to make the neccessary changes to help my body.

im just waiting to hear from the hospital about an endoscopy. hopefully they will find out whats wrong and i can get rid of this for good.

According to your symptoms you could be experiencing some gastric inflammation (gastritis).

You can request test for Helicobactr pillory and if it is positive you can take the triple therapy which include omeprazole, amoxicillin and klaritromycin (or metronidasole).

If there is no improvement after 1 month you can request gastroscopy.

You can completely quit the alcohol. Often but smaller meals can be also helpful.

You can consult some gastroenterologist about this.

^thanks.

well i went and had my endoscopy last month. what can i say. very unpleasant. i knew it would be bad, but damn.. anyway all they found was a bit of swelling at the bottom of my osophagus. they gave me a list of all the things i should and shouldnt eat. also a few invaluble little tips. like to prop something under the head of your mattress like a book or some magazines. (im sure those things can be easily found in the bedroom somewhere aye chaps.) raising it to a ten degre angle. this makes sure all the acid stays in my stomach. trust me this works wonders.

pain is all but gone. got some other serious problems im trying to deal with at the moment, this seems like nothing to me now.

I am glad that your stomach condition impruved.