Stress is definitely a catalyst for Gastroparesis. I never vomit. I am grateful for that. However, I really don’t stress about eating either. I am generally nauseous 24/7. I figure eating is just a gamble as to how I will feel afterwards. I have no expectations of my digestive tract anymore. ☺️🙂

No one is talking about forgetting things. My daughter has gastroperisis and she at the hospital right now because she has so much trouble with the feeding tube. They have to put another one in because it’s blocked. Ladies it’s all about nutrition and getting as much as you can. She has lots of symptoms and they all worry us both. But when I heard it can affect the brain. I was so out done because she has those symptoms now. She’s been dealing with this for four years and is going to see her first Gastro paresis doctor next month. We both are so happy and hope for the best. I wish you all to get healthy God bless you.

I got Gastroparesis after having COVID 19. I never had this issue before hand it’ll be interesting to see others who recovered if they’d developed Gastroparesis too. Doctors don’t know how I developed Gastroparesis but I think it was the virus I had d

Thank you so much for this information. This topic has weighed heavily on my mind worrying about whether or not my GP will get worse. I was diagnosed 5 years ago, and I was on Reglan short term, and my Gastroenterologist has me taking Miralax daily, and my symptoms have greatly improved. I do not have a stimulator or feeding tube or anything, and I can eat pretty much anything. I do occasionally experience sudden, severe nausea, but that seems to corrilate with skipping the Miralax, and resolves itself with the nausea medication I'm prescribed. Whenever I get the money (we are struggling financially) I would love to get your books. Thanks for the time and care that you put into these videos. :)

Thank you so much Crystal! My mom was just diagnosed yesterday with Gastroparesis. She is 77 years old. We are so confused about this whole thing. I am watching your videos to better understand this. She also has rheumatoid arthritis and has been taking Percocet twice a day for many years now. And occasionally she also takes OxyContin. Watching this video now makes me wonder if that's what's caused my moms problem

Thank you for all your hard work and help for us with gastroporesis you are my go to when needed

Thank you for you work! Your books gave me hope after diagnosis. GP is so “messy” and frustrating, but it is manageable. I’d love for you to do more videos.

Thank you for making videos again. I only do research when doctors mention new surgeries or treatments. You are not depressing and have helped me so much through the years. Thank you thank you thank you 🙏 it’s been 15 years now 💚 back when it was so unknown.

Thank you for giving me so much hope, Crystal. I have never understood gastroparesis as well as I do after watching this (& I'll look forward to watching the rest of them over the weekend!). I have pretty much come to an end with conventional medicine, I've tried all the drugs, botox and dilation. I improved for a few weeks before christmas but since being put on a really high dose of erythromycin my symptoms have got worse. Interesting to think that this might be as a result of bacterial over growth...or other factors such as my diet (even though I haven't really changed anything) or stress. I am now looking into alternative therapies, pro biotic etc to try and avoid a permanent feeding tube. I worry this will only complicate things more for me. I have ordered your book and can't wait to read it. Keep doing what you're doing. You are helping and inspiring so many of us and I really can't thank you enough! You mentioned something about classes at the end of this video, is this something that would be available to me in the UK? Bets wishes! xo

Thank you for telling your experience -! Also I Love how you put it into Simplicity -the Medical and diet issues -!! ❤

Hey girly this is is Nicole from Milwaukee! I just subbed to you

I was diagnosed with Gastroparesis with Gerd a year and half ago, almost 2 years ago.My Surgeon offered me 3 options of surgeries, including the pace maker . I was extremely overwhelmed and haven't been back to the doctor in months. At the time my stomach was functioning at 10% ( the way he worded it), I have lost 38 llbs this year and go days without using the restroom with a bloated stomach, My nausea/heartburn, from the start was the hardest part of GP but I felt decent for months so I thought I was getting better, this constantly being sick is going to break me. I know I should go to the doctor but I don't really have any family/support with my GP and I just try to ignore it, Its just making me so depressed. I dont mean to put all this personal info on here but today I just cant hold it in anymore.

Hi Crystal, thanks so much for all of your videos they've helped and taught me a lot. Just when I think I've watched them all I find another! Hehe 😁 where did you get your info about GP caused by viruses lasting 1-3 years? My GP started when I got a stomach bug and the nausea just never went away. I'm a year and a half in so does that mean my body will heal anytime now and it'll go away?!!! Because that would be amazing!!! Thanks again for all you do!! 💜💜💜

Hello! I was just diagnosed, we are thinking that I have had it since I was a kid (I am 24 years old). It has been getting worse as the time goes on. Then I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid arthritis and it spiraled downhill. I kept getting doctors who didn't care and didn't think about getting e tested. I finally got a diagnosis. My gastroparesis emptying studying thing said I was only 43% emptying at the end of 4 hours. The doctor had said that she had never seen it this severe without being caused by diabetes. It just continues to be worse and worse. I have been reading how they are coming to find out that it may be an autoimmune disease and it makes sense.

Mine has definitely progressed. When I had my first emptying scan it was a 2 hour test and my stomach only emptied 1/4 after the 2hrs. normally they would give Reglan i.v. to empty the radioactive meal. Unfortunately I'm highly allergic. 2 years ago before having gastric pacemaker implanted I did a 5 hour emptying scan and absolutely nothing had emptied at the 5 hour final scan. I know I've had G.P. since about 2002. Unfortunately I was diagnosed with i.b.s.c. I wasn't diagnosed till 2009. Sadly I must have had a bad G.I. that didn't know about Gastroparis. He put me on a Super High Fiber diet. I was always suffering extremely bad! I was Always Distended and looked like I was about 7 months pregnant! I couldn't even wear the clothes I wanted to. It was horrible. Finally got a new doctor in 2016. I'm on really high doses of anti nausea and proton pump inhibitors.

Hey there , i have been recently diagnosed .I have been vomiting multiple times a day for the past four month and i noticed my skin is so so dry .I was anorexic and bulimic in the past and my skin did the same thing.Im using coconut oil and shea butter to hydrate my skin and drinking water but it doesn't seem to work.It there anything else i can do or should i shoot for a certain amount of water to help.

I have hEDS and hypothyroidism with severe constipation (slow gut transit in general), and recently *very* slow stomach emptying. I try hard not to take medications and instead focus on meditation for stress relief (stress is a big cause for vagus nerve issues), walking after eating, not eating large meals, not going to bed full (I stop eating 4-5 hours before bed) and eat a whole food, plant based vegan diet. The trick to getting nutrition while not being able to eat much volume is choosing low fiber foods and surface area…. the more surface area you can expose, the better and more easily it will be digested and assimilated. So, I do things like make very low (zero really) fat soups from low fiber vegetables (like carrots, broccoli, potatoes, etc) by cooking then blending them into smooth purées. Fruit smoothies and homemade juices are your friend for micro-nutrition (vitamins and anti-oxidants), especially since vitamin pills would be hard to break down. Eating softer, easier to digest real foods is a big deal. You need to stay healthy, and not be in a constant inflammatory state from processed, manufactured foods. Just because something processed is easy to eat, doesn’t make it healthy, you know? So, baked potatoes (don’t eat the skin. I know 😞) Baked squashes (any kind. I do eat the skin of the softer varieties like yellow and zucchini) Puréed soups of low fiber vegetables Fruits can be stewed and put on or in things like (homemade) pancakes Low fat yogurts Things like mushroom (or squash) risotto, made with broth to keep the traditional fat content down. Mushrooms and rice are both low fiber, easy to digest. Well soaked and cooked grains might be ok, they are for me but it’s an individual experiment For my flour, I like to use bio oatmeal that I grind to the consistency I need, or almond flour (this has a lot of fat so careful!), brans, etc. some white flour is ok, but I mix mine for a higher nutritional profile. I know white bread is supposed to easy to digest, but for me, any bread product is a show stopper for hours and hours and hours. It can actually derail me for days. Also, I can eat beans and lentils, for some reason they don’t give me any issues (again, amount matters. I don’t eat huge meals) Yes I’m vegan and a bit biased, but animal proteins are very hard to digest for almost everyone, so I can’t really advise on that since I don’t consume meat, eggs, dairy, or fish. I’d imagine it needs to follow the same surface area rules though… chew like crazy maybe?

Thank u soooooooo much for ur gastroparesis video info. I was just diagnosed in May 2018. They said it is "just mild " but my bad symptoms say otherwise. I'm miserable to sum it up. Nearly everything I eat makes me nauseous. Probably due to severe constipation and GP combined. My diet is extremely limited. My bf says, "Don't you get tired of eating the same thing every week?" Yes, yes I do but it's so frustrating. I've got to work on my diet myself because the Omeprazole I took for 2 months for my erosive gastritis was not really effective and my GI doc has not been real supportive. So I'm back on my own trying to improve my quality of life.

Hi Crystal. I discovered your channel this evening. I am a 25 year diabetic who has lately been diagnosed with gasto paresis. It seems that the diet guidelines for these 2 diseases are pretty much opposite of each other. Do you know of any recipes that address both diseases and if so where can I find them?

my symptoms started march 1 2018, I got dx in july 2018. no fiber, no raw veggies.. I used 160 hours of sick leave last year from March to Dec. I have lost 65 lbs. I refuse to take reglan. I keep my weight stable now, but I take levsin, librax, tramadol. i still have very little appetite but doing what I can. and I have idiopathic cause

I’ve had to cut nearly everything out my diet cause I can’t go see a medical professional to be tested and treated but I can feel anything I eat build up in my stomach and constant reflux

I feel you may have just explained why I had no symptoms for two years, and now 7 flare ups since November.

I have gastroparesis and when I eat to much or over load my self and not pay attention I end up feeling so sick and I’m up all night long....what do I do meds barley help just sleepy

I was wondering if I develop diabetes with having Gastroparisis

My mother started having symptoms in October of 2019 and was diagnosed June of this year. She had MRSA and osteomyelitis which cost her her right foot in January 2018, cirrhosis of the liver, congestive heart failure, and an ileus (which was listed as her actual cause of death). She died July 10 of this year. Nothing worked in her digestive system. Nothing the doctors tried worked. This disease sucked the life out of my mother in 6 months time.

Hello, my mom suffers from gastoparesis. But we've found a way to lessen her symptoms..she drinks Boost 2xd, takes Tramadol for pain 3xd when she wakes in the morning, 1p in the afternoon and 7p at night..she was prescribed Lactulose once a day but she takes it every 2 days so she has a day to recover...most importantly she takes a gas pill daily Phazyme 500mg which helps with the gas and bloating...we have figured out a low fiber meal helps..my mom is 79

Hi I’m lee I have bulimia and my belly is killing me so my doctor is sending me to a gi doctor I’m ok with that

I just got diagnosed with gastroparesis after years of pain with eating my doctor told me that he couldn’t do nothing for me because my esophagus doesn’t work right my gallbladder doesn’t work right and my stomach doesn’t empty so he sent me back to my G.I. doctor he gave me some medicine to take a gut stimulator anabiotic to try so I’m trying it three times a day this is scary

I had an emptying scan this year that has showed since my last emptying scan in 2021 my gastroparesis has gotten worse since that scan so yeah I can tell my vomiting has been way worse and nausea and I don’t eat as much I used to i feel so sick all the time and also I new of someone who was at end stages of gastroparesis they where gonna pass away soon and I never heard or seen them since so it definitely can get worse

Is erythromycin effective at emptying stomach?

Hey Crystal, I fart often....even shart at times....help me!!

Just wanted to say I appreciate your videos. Please see my next comments.

I'm gp maybe coming for my LUPUS with that come pains meds

Did you ever go the tube route?

Nerve damage doesn’t improve. Vagus Nerve damaged from bowel surgery, & radiation.

My gastroparesis is caused by chronic mesenteric ischemia

I was just diagnosed with mild GP 3 weeks ago. I'm getting EGD and colonoscopy in 3 days. I have severe constipation. Only poop once a week and that's only with laxative use. Everything I eat makes me nauseous. I've gained 15 lbs and am so bloated and miserable. Don't know what kind of diet I'm supposed to be on. My doc only told me to cut down the fats and eat small meals. Need more help than that!!

Depending on what has caused it. After extensive research, I have faith that they could be possible a way to effectively cure it or atleast reduce the symptoms. Gastroperesis caused by diabetes and autoimmune diseases is more difficult to treat but gastroperesis caused by physical injury to the vagus nerve during stomach or heart surgery is impossible to cure, especiallly it was cut and not just bruised. I recommend that we all buy a tens machine and tens ear clips which you can connect onto electrodes (wires) which connect to the machine. Research on low vagal tone and vagus nerve stimulation (tvns). Also research heart rate variability. Im going to also buy a strap on heart rate monitor with bluetooth to monitor my heart rate variabilty using an app. As you stimulate your vagus nerve, your heart rate viarability should increase, giving you an indication that your vagal tone is increasing. Also research on how and when to take readings. If you open you mouth at the back lies a hanging mass like a punching back (called the uvula). It should be hang straight down. If it is deviated to one side or does not retract when you say Ahhh, this could be a good indication that you vagus nerve has been damaged. The hypothesis is that by stimulating the vagus nerve,one could possibly treat or cure gastroperesis. Now this is still a new discovery medically and we are all different with other comorbidities. I dont even think doctors know this is possible. Alteast 99.999% of them don't. I have dysautonomia and gastorperesis. See when our vagus nerve is damaged by long term physical or psychological trauma including stress or illness, gastroperesis and other symptoms kick in. Our bodies become stuck in the sympathetic state which is our figh or flight response to danger. By stimulating the vagus nerve with a tens machine and tens ear clips (saw them on ebay and Amazon) you will within time (see difference in 6 weeks) increase you vagal tone (more like lifting weight for muscles) thus retraining your body to activate your parasympathetic nervous system which is our rest and digest response. See our vagus nerve is there for homeostasis. When we perceive danger it kicks into the sympathetic state, widens our pupils and increases our heart rate, preparing our bodies for fight or flight, run away. This kind of stimulation (a light zap on the targus region of the ear) is said to reactivate our parasymapathetic vagus nerve which is the normal state of not being in danger, and which is when rest and digestion is prioritized. On a healthy vagal tone this is how our brain communicates with all our organs, through the vagus nerve (a two way phone line). The vagus nerve conducts every involuntary actions in our bodies like a perfectly timed symphony. If you have a poor functioning vagus nerve (low vagal tone) many other problems can arise. These are depression, anxiety, poor concentration, acid reflux, abnormal heartbeats and hoarse voice, difficulty swallowing, nauses, reduced stomach acids and regulating body temperature, insomnia, lightheadedness and chronic fatigue . The vagus never also controls hormonal releases and tells you when you are hungry or full. A normally functioning vagus nerve controls inflammation in our bodies which is why a low vagal tone is associated with many autoimmune diseases. These diseases cause neurapathy which is damage to the peripheral nerves including sometimes the vagus nerve. When the vagus nerve is affected, a form of dysautonomia results which is the malfunctioning of the autonomic nervous system. This in turn slows down gastrointestinal motility(movement), because the brain can no longer communicate effectively with your gut. The autonomic nervous system is the systems that controls all our involuntary bodily functions like our internal organs and blood pressure etc. Our stomaches don't expand as they should to accommodate food coming in when we eat and that is why we feel pain, nauseas or early fullness. The stomach muscle contractions are weak because the are controlled by the vagus nerve. The pyloric valve which opens up to let digested food out of the stomach and into the small interstines also mulfunctions, causing us to become bloated and to feel abdominal pains. Cells within the stomach can not tell the brain what foods we have consumed so that the right amount of acids within the right ph can be released, leading to food intolorences and malnutrition. That beautiful symphony between our internal organs and brain is messed up and needs to be rebalanced. They are ways (you can search on the internent) to stimulate your vagus nerve without using a tens unit but they are less effective and more difficult to be consistent at. I'm from South Africa and I've had this seen June 2020. I have all sorts of symptoms and I'm going to give the tens unit and ear clips a shot. I really have much faith in it after researching on the topic plus it's really my last hope. Doctors here are quiet dismissive and you'll end up thinking you've all alone or that you've totally lost your mind. I have about 90% of the symptoms I wrote above and all the doctor is treating are symptoms with antidepressants and pain killers (the side effects where worse than what they were trying to treat, so I stopped the medications). I'm now just taking suppliments like magnesuim, multivitamins and vitamin b12. People with pace makers more especially a heart pacemakers or any electronic implants for that matter should not use the tens machine to stimulate the vagus nerve without talking to their doctors first as it could affect the way their pacer works. Trying to raise awareness about the possible treatment after months of self diagnosing myself and looking for a cure. The tens machine should not hurt but give a tolerable stimulation for about 20 minutes a day. I think people who say they were spontaneously healed from gastroperesis some how managed to regain their vagal tone or recover from a low vagal tone thus curing thier gastroperesis. I dont want to recommend a tens unit here but I have currently ordered one and a set of ear clips. On this model you can set the pulse rate and widths for better results. Praying and wishing everyone good luck. Remain positive and know that even if we find out that it does or does not cure gastroperesis, it has been proven to dramatically lessen the symptoms of gastroperesis and ones overall health in general. Spread the word if you find this method successful. God bless everyone. www.purdue.edu/research/researchatpurdue/how-a-zap-might-cure-digestive-disorders/