Anybody diagnosed with Barretts Esophagus not taking PPIs?

Hi Everyone,

I am 29 M. I was recently diagnosed around 2months ago with BE no dysplasia, Short segment, and Mild reactive Gastritis. I was having some stomach pain after eating cold food or drinking beer for a few years and didn't go to the doctor. I never had reflux symptoms that were bad. Occasionally, I would have some reflux.

After my endoscopy, however, I got really bad time swallowing food and water and started taking the PPI's. I took 20 Mg for the first 7 days and upped my dose to 40 Mg Omeprazole after that. The hard time swallowing food and water only went away after I made dietary and lifestyle changes for GERD and BE.I started following the low acid diet by Jaime Koufman right now and drink Alkaline water ph9.5+ . The diet and lifestyle change was more effective than the PPI for me so I stopped taking the PPI gradually after 45 days of 40 Mg and 15 days of 20 Mg then gradually tapered with H2 antagonists and Gaviscon. I am planning to continue this lifestyle and dietary restrictions long term and stop taking PPI's and other medicines altogether. If I have symptoms then I will take it.

Has anyone else with BE not taking PPI's and gone to subsequent endoscopies where your Barretts have remained the same or even healed? How long have you had BE for where you have stopped taking the PPI's altogether? Any feedback would be appreciated!

29 M, also just diagnosed with BE the first of this month. I have been on PPI's for 2 weeks and they make me feel so sick because it just allows food to sit in my stomach (omeprazole 20mg). My understanding is that PPI doesn't stop the reflux, it just makes acid less damaging and thus less likely to produce more barret's cells. It is new barret's cells that are likely to obtain dysplasia rather than old barret's cells. So everytime you get new barret's cells you run the risk of dysplasia. Therefore, since you might be refluxing at night it might be a good idea to take PPI's, even if you don't feel symptoms in the morning to prevent more barret's cells from forming. At least this is the gist of it from BE support forums that I am in.