Thankyou Mel, that is very sweet of you. I am feeling a bit better today regarding my son's breakup but then occasionally I get that horrible 'sinking' feeling. Each day is getting a little better though.

Bogsinger - I must say that even though it is early days in terms of taking the Betaine HCL (and I have not been taking the maximum dose yet) I think my stomach does feel a lot better after I eat. For example in contrast, today I went out with family for lunch and forgot to take the HCL beforehand, now I have a most uncomfortable feeling in my stomach even a couple of hours later. It feels like the food is just not digesting properly when I don't take the HCL. So I can feel the difference as I have not had this prolonged 'full feeling' since starting the HCL.

Megan sorry about your son. Do you ever listen to relaxation tapes? They may help with anxiety to relax. I'm not sure what med this is but I do know I used to take digestitve enzymes and I noticed it helped a little at night during sleep cause I would often be woken by a stomach ache before and even if I didn't have to go to the bathroom just cause I was up I did.
Dakota I think sometimes fish oil or that tea can cause diareah in some. I'm not sure why but I heard someone mention it before. I know for my constipation the fish oil my doc said may help me go.