I think the thing that is most frustrating about this, is that I wish I had known. It probably has been affecting my body physically and mentally for a long time. I knew I felt strange, but I just attributed a lot of my problems to my horrible job, and just general “getting older.”

Needless to say it had/has been affecting my attitude and performance in ways I couldn’t wrap my head around, but it makes so much sense now. It messed with my ability to do my job, it messed with my relationship, my creativity, my motivation. Truly, how does no one talk about this? Medical professionals don’t talk to you about it after the fact. They don’t help you understand.

I literally searched H Pylori in Reddit and this sub came up, and it is honestly so illuminating and has kind of confirmed all of my suspicions about the diagnosis of having H. pylori.