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Barrett's Esophagus?

Barrett's Esophagus?

Hi, I was diagnosed Barrett's Esophaugs about a year ago with no dysplasia which was weird becasue I had never complained of heartburn or problems with my stomach... I'm from Mexico, we have plenty of spicy foods but I've been avoiding them most of the time. It all started with me having nausea... first they thought it was bugs, then they said it was gastritis, and then I was sent to an endoscopy... which freaked the hell out of me since I've always been afraid of nausea. so I had it done, I had a very light gastritis, hiatal hernia which was considered harmless and then it turned out I had Barret's esophagus... which totally blew my mind after some research, I had practically no symptoms of GERD and I'm 23, I work out 5 days a week, I bodybuild so I eat 6 times a day and drink plenty of water. I don't smoke, I drink like once a month or even less just a single beer... the thing is, after that, it was determined that my nausea was anxiety related because I felt it when I was nervous... so the endoscopy actually turned out to provoke my panic disorder which I have overcome the last year but not totally, I don't take any drugs, just valerian root.
At this point, I was feeling better, I've been taking pantoprazole 20 mg each day, one day on and one off and so far so good. When I eat spicy food or too much, I feel like burping a lot and yesterday and today I've had a weird feeling... like a needle in my throat pinching me, goes all the way to my upper back for some seconds but curiosly it's been at night at around the same hour and lasts for some minutes, then goes away. I don't know if it's pressure, stress, anxiety, reality, GERD despite not feeling the symptoms or what is this??
Also, I'd like to know what you recommend... I dropped my doctor visits since I had severe anxiety but kept up with the pantoprazole for a long time. First, 40 mg a day, then 20 and now 20 one day, the next nothing and so on. SHould I get another endoscopy?? should I pay a visit to the GP ?
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Maybe I need another medication? drop it since I feel good overall with my diet except for these last two days... My stool is normal, no bloating, no abdominal pain, just the usual burping after meals and some indigestion when eating spicy or fatty foods... I'm very confused and scared because I don't want this to turn into a cancer or anything like it at this age, I think I'm young to have such a condition... I take care of my diet a lot and I wanna be healthy! what do you recommend??? thanks a lot!
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