Posted 7/1/2017 9:13 PM (GMT 0)
Hi, my first post here even though i've lurked for the last 6mths! to cut a long story short I got gastritis in december. i've never ever had heartburn or acid reflux. i've been on various doses of omeprazole since december and still in a lot of pain. i tried 2mths off it and my stomach pain disappeared, although i was still eating vv bland so i could have been controlling it by diet. i was still getting pain in between my shoulder blades after 2mths off PPIs which i now think might have been wind/bowel issues as they seemed to subside after going to the toilet but i didn't really put 2+2 together.
Anyway, So i've been back on omeprazole for a few months. tried 40mg and it was way too strong for me, made my pain worse so dropped to 20mg 1mth 1wk ago and still not 100% now, my stomach feels 50-50 but i'm now getting a sore throat on and off all day and burning esophagus. i don't know whether i'm still in rebound from coming down off 40mg, this is a new symptom with too low acid or i now have gerd? (never had an issue with in my life) my body is always really sensitive to medication and it always takes a long time to get out of my system so there's a good chance i might still be having rebound from 40mg
Can anyone help me out? i don't know whether to stick at this dose, start weaning off again and have 2mths of hell? i don't want to go through 2mths of rebound only to find i still have gastritis. i haven't really had any stretch on PPIs where i've felt ok. please, can anyone help?