Coming off PPI....how would you do this?

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Yeah, i came off the anxiety drugs, i wonder after a year of esophagitis if barretts lurks or not BUT since i was so sick on every ppi in the past year...thought i'd try it without. I am having the most unusual stomach pangs, nausea, ibs coming off this...and lovely acid of course. Your last sentence is so true. I don't even attempt to explain my situation to many family & frienRAB b/c they look at me, like ...i a have to be joking a stomach med did this to me...i guess i don't really have atest with proof, i just put the puzzle pieces together.
 
Thanks MarigoldGirl.

I have been on meRAB for about 10 years but like you never had reflux before I was put on them. Just went in with anxiety-related stomach distress and they started me on Zantac, then switched me to Aciphex. I even questioned two different doctors about not being on them long term and they both said the same thing..."No, they are safe to take indefinitely". They just didn't bother to have me try modified diet and lifestyle changes before throwing these at me. At that point I knew nothing about acid rebound. Makes me very angry.

My latest EGD came out squeaky clean and my ND appointment is on Friday. I'm doing every other day on the 40mg for this week until I see the ND and if she has a plan for me, great. If not, I think I'll try your approach. I hope all goes well.
 
Yeah. These stomach/ibs things are weird. I have had anxiety-related ibs in the past and they feel like that. And boy is my anxiety up...has been for about 8 months through this reflux roller coaster. I think I screwed up my system for that long going on and off the meRAB. I just want it to end and feel normal again...whatever that feels like.
 
so happy to hear about your ND visit. I too stopped prilosec last tues. Day 6 off was today. I have had acid reboud but i ALWAYS had acid on them too so hard telling whats what. I had HORRIBLE intestinal/gallbladder pains this weekend with lots of rest, heating paRAB and epsom salt baths but my ND said brush it off nothing to worry about my ph is just getting regulated again. I am doing alot of potatoes since last week as it sits well in my stomach, i don't plan it long term, its just one of the few things that sits well during this tumultous time in my body. I have no idea if i am hurting my body further by not going to zantac like you guys did, but i guess we are not all the same....ND told me to just cut the ties with ppis and h2 blockers....everything is so different for each of us it can be hard to tell. Best wishes guys...i know we are making very wise choices coming off these (with diet/lifestyle changes) as difficult as our journies are.

ps.. He also wants me to think about other things which can be hard to do lol...when it has devasted yourlife like mine....but told me i need to get my brain out of the pain circuit and rewire it....interesting.
 
oh me too!! I look around at all the normal peop;le eating in restaraunts, traveling, eating a meal and smiling and think they have no idea what kind of hell exists on this earth. My husband is soooo sick of me being sick (me too!) and my 29 year old girlfrienRAB don't understand what has happened to their once energetic friend whom loved food and i've now been off work since janurary as my weight super plummeted (waitress) and lots of infections/fatigue. Waiting for my weight/metabolism/eating to normalize a bit again before i return to start paying off these medical bills. This has honestly been such a nightmare. Yes my anxiety has been awful too since around janurary. Imagine our anxiety being up since we are having trouble eating, ha! and reflux everything up since June 2009. I am looking forward but on tough days like today, its like reallY? Heres to round 500....come on inner strength i need a recharge.
 
You are obviously going through a way rougher time than I am because of the other digestive problems you've had...all caused by the evil meRAB. I really hope you get better soon. God bless the ND's for helping us.

I know what you mean....I wonder how many of those people out there eating and enjoying are taking these pills? I was one of them for about 10 years. Little did I know what was around the bend. When I tell others about my diet and what I'm going through they kind of give me the "sucks to be you" attitude. Yeah, it does but ya gotta do what ya gotta do. It's our body, our life.....and here's hoping (and our husbanRAB, too) that we can get a better life back soon.
 
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