has anyone succeed with weaning of ppis? Help :(

Paula

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Joined : Sep 2016

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Posted 9/2/2016 8:15 PM (GMT 0)

Dear Everyone,

Here is my story in short. I'm now 29 years old, have been fighting GERD for 6 years. It all started with constant burping. I went to a doctor to do endoscopy 4 years ago and he prescribed me PPIs for my reflux. I didn't have esophagitis at the time. I have also NEVER HAD HEARTBURN before, including the time I went to see the doctor.

I really wish I have done my research on PPIs before I started taking them. After 2 weeks passed and I stopped taking Omeoprazole, I suddenly learned what heartburn is. I still didn't do my research, just kept on taking it. Then one day I read how terrible PPIs are for you and decided to stop. The pain was bad so I switched to Zantac as a seemingly better alternative. Then I had another endoscopy that showed esophagitis so I went back on Omeoprazole, minimal dose, once a day + Zantac in the morning.

Ever since I read more and more about what a terrible idea it is to take antacids and I decided to stop.

A week ago, I stopped. Following the theory that it's actually too little acid that causes all this, I started with apple cider vinegar at first but it didn't help much so added HCL with Pepsin during protein meals and it did help at first but not completely and I have heartburn every day. Today I broke down and took Zantac because I couldn't take it anymore and I feel very hopeless :(

On top of ACV and HCL, I have been taking: DGL, marshmallow root, slippery elm, aloe vera juice, flaxseed oil, coconut oil, beta caroten and mastic gum ( I hear they all help with healing the lining..) but nothing seems to actually help.

Has anyone managed to stop having heartburn eventually following this therapy? I need some hope.. I don't know what to do. Now that I took Zantac, I feel like I have erased the whole week of trying to wean off. I am also on a gluten-free diet, the heartburn diet, lift my head at night, don't drink coffee etc..

Please help..

k1m11

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Joined : Jul 2016

Posts : 28

Posted 9/4/2016 11:23 PM (GMT 0)

have you tried a low carb diet like a paleo or keto diet? also, did you take HCL with pepsin in the middle of the meals?

Anyways, I had gerd for 3+ years now and PPI's never worked and they actually made my symptoms worse. I slowly weaned off PPI's. It sounds like you stopped cold turkey with PPI's which is a not good because it has a rebound effect. I'm on a low carb diet and is taking HCL with pepsin plus a super enzyme in the middle of my meals. I'm not 100% but it seems to make me feel better then what PPI's did for me which was it made me feel very nauseously sick and made my gerd worse. I'm not a doctor or anything but I go to the internet alot and find studies on diseases like gerd. What I found, according to a few doctors, is that gerd is caused by too little acid not too much.

look into low stomach acid and hcl + enzymes on youtube or something. I'm just telling you from my experience. It seems like the hcl and enzyme is working for me for now. The good news is I'm off PPI's. I need to update more on the hcl and enzyme test though.

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