thank you both for the support, means a lot to me :)...
Hey guys... I'm usually on Gerd forum, I'm pretty sick with reflux, and finally getting to see a gastroenterologist on Tuesday finally. Lost so much weight and can't eat much and feel like all my...
Hi Linda Sue So sorry you are feeling awful, I can so very much relate. I've weened of PPIs for 15 days now ( on Zantac ) and still felling the crunch probably because I've developed gastritis and...
My heart goes out to her and her family, I didn't know her well but followed a lot her posts since becoming a member. May god bless and all my prayers to her....
hi ericapeace:) I'm doing so so, I think I may have gastritis and I've been bumped up speedily to a gastro doctor next Tuesday. I'm loosing too much weigh and all I can hold down is water and watered...
Hi Linda Sue, sorry to hear your in the same basket as us:( Sure wish the health care system were more attentive to us as patients, after all we are the ones in pain and living in misery. I've been...
I will be increasing Zantac to 150mg twice a day from now on....I've put pressure on the doc and I'm finally seeing a gastroenterologist next thuesday after 2years wait. Fingers crossed its a good...
Hi James_a thanks for listening to my rant :-) I was only taking 75mg of Zantac morning and night, but I guess I'll have to up it to the 150mg. I'll try other OTC's if these don't work and also I've...
:cry: ...still refluxing after 12 days being off of PPI. I was ok after 6th day but then it stared again with major nausea. I'm taking gravol like candies, and Zantac morning and night. Also brought...
I will second everything said here, been off PPIs for 3 days I'm not sure what I experienced after that was rebound but I am better off than depression symptoms I felt while on them. This is my...
Hi Pat :) And absolutely, I think is another option when we simply run out of others. I think it's well worth a try, cheers all and god bless....
Hey Daxter:) Ever considered food intolerances? Or maybe already have some ? In this day and age, I wouldn't be surprised. I'm actually considering going for food intolerance test next week where I...
Hi Cheetahjade:) Looking over some posts while I am recuperating from a flare with reflux and also weaning off my meds. I speak for myself only and I know that I am a total nutball when I am sick or...
God bless Kitt, in my prayers for speedy recovery :)...
Hi all:) Just wondering if anyone recently tried these for relief ? I've read a couple back posts on this and kind of curious if anyone finds any relief with this. Thanks :-)...
So interesting to know how coffee affects so many with either GERD, LPR, IBS and so many others conditions. I'm not sure why I can tolerate one in morning, with LF milk of course and I don't seem to...
Hey guys:) Update for me and might help or offer encouragement. I'm on day two of weaning off Omeprazole (Losec here in Canada) from 20mg twice a day to once. I was feeling so very wrong on it, loss...
Hi csmith :) Wondering if you've had any chest pain at all, any throat tightness or burning along your tummy? Could be anything like a virus or something. Any heartburn history of any sort?...
Hi James_a I recently had a "reflux flare" or so my doctor said after being almost 2 years symptom and medication free. I'm starting to think either this time I'm not producing enough acid because...
:confused: Hey everyone Hope for some advice on what do do next. Sadly my second try on PPI for the last 4 weeks have been kind of hell. I believe I developed some type of gastroparesis and instead...
Thank you James_a for your reply. I didn't speak with my doctor since I'm seeing her next week only. I usually go daily with the odd day skip so yeah I guess that is normal and it probably is the PPI...
hey all :) I'd appreciate any feedback since maybe someone experience this with reflux. I've looked at some posts on UC as well but nothing definitive. I've been on PPIs since June 26th, it was doing...
I agree with your statement James_a, molecules do play differently on people even if medications have the same ingredients. I am sad when I hear doctors and pharmacists speak of these medications...
Hey guys :) Two things come to mind here, I have GERD and I'm iron deficient which I was already before even starting PPIs. Many past posts have reported same fatigue/ brain fog even more so on meds....
Hey there:) I can't really say if my coffee made my reflux worse or better...overall I'd say it didn't bother me much which in the beginning of a flare if I'm controlled on meds I go easy on it for...
I'm pushing forty so I hear ya :) And omeprazole worked like a charm the first flare, this time it's exasperating. I'm scared foe all tests, any tests but I know my body sometimes forges on without...
Hey Croft We're in the same boat, been on PPI for 4 weeks , two of Nexium and two Losec ( omeprazole). Starting to feel like 20mgs twice a day is also making me like crap honestly. This is my second...
Hey Sal :) I know when I'm stressed my bowels go wacky, I'm hyper aware of my body because of my reflux, wish I wasn't but working on it :)) I just meditate and relax as much as I can. Like they say...
Hi Louise :wink: Sounds like it might be reflux, glad your going for the barium. Just had a flare myself last few weeks, my sense of taste was definitely affected this time around. General consensus...
Hi there :) Slow process huh? I been meditating ( so not me ) and gradually my symptoms are fading. I think going back to my old PPI Losec has started working once more and I'm recovering. I wish I...
Hey there:) I tried Dexilant 60 mg once a day after my Prilosec failed because of a pain med. I was on it a few days but suffering so much that I stopped it. Thanks to my good friend and pharmacist...
Hey there Vicky888, Wondering how your feeling with meds ? Hang in there :))...
Hey there:) Well here is my two cents from my own experience. I was told I had moderate reflux in 2011( chest pains, throat issues ball in my throat thingy etc.), I was put on a PPI right away and if...
Hey Daxter, If barium was negative then time to pass on other things. Process of illumination might be a good thing here. If I may ask, and trying to look back at your previous posts, are you on meds...
Forgot to say also, the Chiroprator was the one that diagnosed the Intercostal Neuralgia..and she was a godsend. Good luck!...
Hey all, Don't think me crazy but I also had/have this RUQ (right upper quadrant) pain and have for say 3 1/2 years intermittently. Now diagnoses were and are still ( not too sure about it myself)...
So glad this place exists, I am 39 and early menopause in us girls in the family stared early along with my own mother at 41. I have experience this so frequently before and a little after my periods...
Hey Daxter, I feel for you I'm still recovering from a very bad flare up of LPR. Guess we all have some degree of being irritated and for some like me it's taking a little while longer (being...
Hi again :) I know it's all very frustrating, so many of us here if you read some posts are in same situations and also many with the same symptoms / feelings. Maybe for your peace of mind try and...
Your welcome :) What I did and worked for me is and again we are all different is I gave my body a break by taking only Nexium this time, no probiotics no digestive enzymes or anything because I...
Hi Vicky :) I too have been recently put on Nexium 20mg twice a day for a recurring reflux. I was on Prilosec for 3 years+ and that worked great for me then but I had to take a pain med and all went...
Hang in there guys, we are so far from being alone with all these symptoms and as GAD sufferer with panic attacks I can testify that stress is a major factor when it comes to my GERD attack. Relaxing...
I take Nexium 20mg twice a day and I also noticed some shortness of breath that I don't think I had on Losec four years ago but I also have eaten much in last weeks so that could be a reason for no...
Sometimes depending how irritated the esophagus or stomach is , a good solid week maybe two in your case, I'm in your shoes with Nexium and it's still a work in progress. Trying to let things fall...
Hello all, As stated in maybe one or two of my post, my GERD came back after four years, one year after being off of Losec. Not sure how or why it came back, maybe intense stress or a painkiller I...
One goes in hand with the other, if I'm really stressed, my anxiety kicks up and of course my stomach goes bananas, then my GERD and so on... pardon my language but it's a real beach!!!!...
Hey Flim, Have you taken anything but Protonix beforehand? Here's a trick I learned, maybe even two during two of the worse GERD episodes I've had in last 4 years. It's trial and error really, I ask...
Hi Daxter, I cant stress enough how anxiety makes GERD symptoms worse, I want this to be gone and fixed right away when essentially some damages need to heal. I know exactly what your going through...
Hey there Muggle, Quick recap of my stories although the veterans here will have much more experience with this and I'm still struggling but learning as well. Never had anxiety until 4 years after...
Hello Arck, I did exactly what you did, been taking Losec same as Prilosec for years and I started gambling a bit taking it same time as my coffee in the morning and all I have to say is, nope not a...