Living with Gastritis. What it feels like, one story.

My first encounter with severe stomach pain and bloating occured in 2010.  I was on antidepressants and had put on a lot of weight due to the upper.  There were many factors which lead to the prescription of the SSRI and I didn’t know it at the time but the latter was known for weight gain.  After 9 months and a well-rounded 20lb heavier with a bloating and reactionary belching to accompany it, I did a bit of research, found the culprit of the weight gain and decided twenty was a good enough number to stop at. I blamed fatness on the antidepressant.  I looked like I ate myself and was in fear of never seeing my feet again.