Recently I found out that the Ginkgold I'd been taking for a month can cause GI distress. Now I'm wondering if anything else I'm taking can do the same thing. For years undiagnosed celiac disease and other food intolerances caused extreme pain that I could do nothing about. A year after figuring out the last of the intolerances, I'm still left with this chronic gastritis. If one thing triggers enough acid to create a significant amount of pain, I feel depressed (sometimes extremely) for a day or two. I want to make sure that nothing I am taking is preventing healing or causing more damage. Here is what I take:
Fish Oil
Melatonin
Glucosamine & Chondroitin w/ MSM
Kava Kava
Pantoprazole
SAM-E
Seroquel
St John's Wort (Kira)
Selegiline
Vitamin D-3
Magnesium & Calcium Glycinate Chelate
L-Tryptophan
L-Glycine
Rhodiola (occasional)
Ativan (occasional)
100% Cranberry Juice
Pomogranate Seeds (whole, not in supplement form)
The last two are foods, but I just want to be careful. I want to make sure that none of this rings any immediate bells for any of you.
Also, I do get a significant amount of caffeine, which I know is bad for gastritis. I get it mostly from tea and naked juice (the ones w/ guarana). I don't drink coffee or energy drinks. I drink mostly green tea...how bad is that? I drink one cup of black tea in the morning usually. Should I get rid of that? Would Yerba Mate be any different?
Any suggestions would be great. I took D-Limonene for a while and that seemed to help. Now that jarrow's has released it much cheaper I am thinking about it again. Any known side-effects for taking that whole bottle at 1 pill a day? (1000mg/day for 60 days)
One more thing. I take the Trader Joe's brand of Fish Oil which has tocopherol sourced from soy. Being intolerant to soy, should I worry about that?
Thanks for any input.