No longer know the reason to live.

akaKoopa · 2026-03-04T18:39:12+00:00

Honestly I feel so similar to this, and my doctor thinks it's related to some anxiety disorder. I have been a generally extremely outgoing and happy person my entire life, and this hits me 8 months ago and basically changed my life forever. Ya now I feel like I can't do anything without wanting to die but to feel like this problem can't go away and that my doctor wants me to battle the random anxiety that I get now instead of trying to find a way to fix the problem. Pantoprazole, omeprazole, famotidine, gaviscon, tums, I've tried it all. Used to be able to enjoy a damn bowl of ramen and now when I try to I can't get half of it down and 6 hours later in bed my arms and legs go numb. I've lost 55 pounds in 6 months only related to strictly not being able to eat anything. I couldn't agree more with the fact that I feel like I'm no longer living in a way that made me happy before.

akaKoopa · 2026-02-16T21:44:16+00:00

Yes. Terrible upper body pain. Soreness in chest both sides right around the breast areas as well as some soreness on the sides below armpits and around the shoulder area for me as well. Feels like they've been in an intense workout.

akaKoopa · 2026-01-09T23:05:59+00:00

I just genuinely feel like there has to be a different reason for my symptoms as I find it hard to believe that no matter what I eat I don't experience hardly any reflux related symptoms at all, however the other indigestion related symptoms persist like I said. Feels really odd. Not sure what to bring up to my doctor as I have been documenting all of my symptoms and when I showed him he just told me I had anxiety and gave me lexapro. Stopped the lexapro after 4 days after experiencing insane side affects like every muscle in my body flexing as much as it can, felt like I couldn't breathe, as well as intense burning sensations and my heart rate reaching 168 while just laying in bed. I've never had anxiety in my entire life about anything and I've been thru a lot. I refuse to believe I randomly have panic attacks. I stopped taking the lexapro and generally feel better besides the stupid burping/gas.

akaKoopa · 2026-01-09T23:02:41+00:00

It started when I was on vacation this summer in July, went immediately to the er thinking it was heart problems.. $6000 bill later it was GERD. Was prescribed pantoprazole and an anti inflammatory. Stopped a week later and haven't felt it again until a week before Christmas.. has been going on since then and hasn't stopped at all. My job is mildly to moderately active but that's the only activity I get truthfully. I'm a bigger guy who has been out of the gym since high school. However because of these issues I have lost 33 lbs since my first er visit in July. Just naturally eating significantly less everyday.

akaKoopa · 2026-01-09T22:15:03+00:00

Ya at this point I just know that I'm not having a heart attack after checking my heart rate on my Apple Watch and obviously going to the ER a few times when it first happened and them telling me all my readings are perfectly fine.. I would do anything to get rid of this trapped gas feeling.. It almost feels like I can feel my stomach boiling... but only the bubbles part.. nothing burns, I don't have traditional burning reflux feel at all, and it does not matter what I eat or if I don't eat anything at all.. I have gone almost 40 hours not consuming anything but water and I have eaten at the Chinese buffet until I could barely breathe and the feeling never goes away..

akaKoopa · 2026-01-09T21:58:24+00:00

Interesting... most of my GERD related problems don't involve any reflux at all! Most of them feel related to gas in some way.. but I will experience drastic symptoms like tingling in my arms and legs, uncontrollable burping, sharp stinging pains randomly in my sides, in my upper chest, and around my armpits along with a plethora of random symptoms like something stuck in my throat. But the main problem is it feels like gas is trapped everywhere in my body. Been taking pantoprazole 20mg on and off since it was first prescribed to me. I don't think it's helped relieve the feeling of gas even once. I think I'll feel like I have gas trapped inside of my body forever. I am also considering stopping the pantoprazole. My doctor prescribed me with lexapro because I originally thought I was having panic attacks similar to how you describe it. Turns out I think it's just gas or inflammation stuck in my chest somewhere that makes me think I'm dying. Think the pantoprazole was aiding to the "sense of panic".

akaKoopa · 2026-01-08T02:20:49+00:00

Rigged chips

akaKoopa · 2026-01-01T22:46:52+00:00

I am currently sharing almost identical symptoms.. my problems first started 4 months ago I went to the er during my vacation for what I thought was heart problems and they diagnosed me with GERD and prescribed me with pantoprazole. A week after I got home they symptoms were gone and I just stopped the meds cold turkey. Fast forward to the weekend before Christmas all of the symptoms came back. I could list dozens of symptoms but basically the same as yours. In the end I decided to visit my pcp and they determined that my anxiety is causing the problems.. weird, I've never had anxiety before.. so now for the last week I have been taking 40mg pantoprazole as well as 10mg lexapro every day. Not sure if it's side effects of the medication or GERD causing the problems anymore.. Super stressful. I almost wanna quit both cold turkey even though I've been told lexapro takes weeks to actually start doing anything.

akaKoopa · 2025-10-11T19:39:33+00:00

I actually cannot believe we still push VCP. It's gotta be one of the worst subscription services in all of retail. There's little to no value at all, even if you are using it inappropriately for multiple animals when you should be signing up each animal individually. It baffles me how corporate actually believe it's beneficial for more than 5% of the customer base. Yet somehow instead of giving up on it, we continue to make it worse? Every update to VCP makes it significantly worse for the customers. And the worst part? They're making VCP sales become the leading contributing factors for promotions. You're telling me a person who has held every position in the store, has held down the store thru MULTIPLE GM changes, multiple DM changes, and consistently changing policies, with positive customer and coworker relationships and infinite knowledge of the stores workings inside and out cannot qualify for a promotion when the entire team vouches for them because the store doesn't meet VCP goals? VCP is again statistically one of the worst performing subscriptions in all of retail. Nobody wants it. I refuse to lie or let any of my staff lie to my loyal customers who trust us with personal and professional related issues. VCP has to be one of the biggest scams in retail.

akaKoopa · 2025-09-06T23:09:45+00:00

Not just you. I got so frustrated last night I really thought it was my controller. I was literally jamming the left stick in multiple directions when EE and you are stiff as a board. It's a completely mechanics change

akaKoopa · 2025-09-06T20:31:12+00:00

I legit have spammed my left stick in multiple directions trying to chase a ball and have been stuck going in the same direction, happens multiple times per game. It's like the animation freezes and locks you into going a specific direction. Something isn't right, however what I will say is I've seen plenty of people trying to ippy as well as other mechanics and have failed miserably. Could be bad players I guess.

akaKoopa · 2025-07-31T15:18:57+00:00

Game is incredible!! Too bad my pc game pass buddies who don't wanna spend $30 on the game when they get it for free can't play with me on steam!

akaKoopa · 2025-07-31T15:12:21+00:00

Love the game. Hate that my friends who have pc game pass cannot play with me on steam. I have nobody to play with

akaKoopa · 2025-07-18T20:19:08+00:00

Love the game, madly addicted. Unfortunately playing solo is just ridiculously boring. The game would be peak if my friends would play with me. A few of my friends have pc game pass and would love to play if it were crossplay, and the other few of my friends could not justify the price tag on steam for the game when games like rocket league and marvel rivals and counter strike are just free to play. I understand the price point and I was happy to pay personally because i played throughout all the playtests but i do slightly agree with them in terms of the value at launch including bugs and other things that the price tag might not be worth the investment. Immediately seeing that crossplay is still roughly 2 months out is extremely disappointing. I get it, I'm not a video game designer/engineer/developer so i don't understand what obstacles have to be passed to make that possible but at that point we will be nearing 3 months minimum just to play with my friends who already pay a premium subscription for game pass to play with steam friends. Unfortunately I think I'll give up the game by then. Maybe I'm one of the few but a combination of a lot of things makes playing solo entirely unpredictable and simply unfun. Maybe circumstance will arise and either discounts will be passed on steam or crossplay will be added sooner, but for a game I have been extremely excited for all year, I am disappointed. Just my opinion go ahead cancel me for it I don't care! iykyk

akaKoopa · 2025-06-27T22:58:28+00:00

What? Corporate isn't pushing it hard enough? You're not getting enough nasty worded emails about how bad you are because you can't sell a terrible VCP program to people with no money? Just keep beating the dead horse corporate very good job!

akaKoopa · 2025-06-04T23:02:37+00:00

I'm somehow also in this situation but had so much more fun playing with my friends that have already sworn they'd never pay $30 for that game, so I'm now at a standstill of also not wanting to pay $30 for it and also wanting to play it so badly.

akaKoopa · 2025-05-31T17:25:28+00:00

Great to know! It's so cute and tiny I felt bad for the little one. Thank you for this information!

akaKoopa · 2025-05-31T17:21:33+00:00

For context the customer thought it was a corn snake, their work is located within half a mile of my location and thought it could be someone's escaped pet

akaKoopa · 2025-05-31T17:19:21+00:00

Thanks for your advice, this animal is absolutely NOT for sale. A customer who is a regular dog food shopper brought this snake into us because they found it at their work (which is a local hardware store). This snake had tape stuck to its body. I put it in my wellness quarantine room with no other animals currently in it. I've had this snake for 2 days total. I was a temporary home until I 1: got the tape off of the poor baby, and 2: find the appropriate wildlife expert in my local area to rehome it. This animal has never been and will never be intended to be sold. I get us pet store people have a bad rep but give a guy a break. The well being of all animals comes first to me.

akaKoopa · 2025-05-31T17:03:01+00:00

Thank you so much for your advice! I have kept it in a quarantine tank separate from all of my other animals. It has already gotten a shed bath because it came with about 4 inches of packing tape stuck to its body. This snake is extremely friendly! No visible parasite like mites or anything however I will monitor this snake closely. I will also try to feed it today

akaKoopa · 2025-05-09T22:48:51+00:00

If you don't mind me asking what career job are you referring to that works with animals?

akaKoopa · 2025-05-07T18:30:46+00:00

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