So lindy you managed to control acid completely with the apple vinegar? I have heard it’s wonderful, but when I tried it could not keep up taking it on a daily basis. It seemed to make my symptoms worse at the time, but maybe I was so damaged because I was drinking regularly that it wasn’t a good move then.
In my case completely stopping drinking alcohol and fizzy drinks has really helped. Not taking omeprazole has made me feel a whole lot better after the initial withdrawal symptoms. It’s nice to be clean of medication and let your body take over. It’s tough to not be able to drink booze though.
Mups thats interesting. Things always get worse when you’re healing I guess. Which page was the book mentioned as I would like to have a look?
So I might give it another go as I think I was just doing all the wrong things for my health last year - new leaf now! There was a lady on holiday with us a few years ago who swore by Apple cider vinegar and coconut oil. She’d had leaky gut cured by it. Kefir is meant to be really good. I was looking for kefir seeds on the web to ferment my own, but hard to find a trusted source.
They say your gut is your second brain so I wonder how much of the problem is also emotional. I know I’ve had more reflux when stressed or upset.
I took the apple cider vinegar with the omeprazole for a while until I could reduce the omeprazole, then eventually stopped that altogether. I started making a very weak version of the apple cider vinegar - perhaps less of that and more of the bicarb.
I’ve been mostly clear of acid for years, just a bit from time to time, so carry some omeprazole with me in case of emergencies but haven’t had a prescription for more than six years.
Lindyloo, Thank You so, so much for your tip about taking apple cider vinegar!
After reading your post yesterday, l went straight out to Holland and Barrett and bought some cider vinegar. I took it in water and last night l slept soundly without the discomfort l have been suffering lately. My symptoms were so bad, they even tested me for Ovarian Cancer.
I have to say, l didn’t know that there are different types of ACV and now after reading up about it, l wonder if l might have been better buying Organic ‘mother’ apple cider vinegar and not just the cider vinegar?
If you or anyone could advise, l would be most grateful.
I can’t remember which brand of vinegar I used first, but that year I went on holiday to France - Normandy - and bought half a dozen bottles from there. They were just ordinary standard supermarket brand, but yes, I’d suggest you buy the best you can find. Staying calm and anxiety free is also important…so lots of rest too.
All the very best of luck to you.
Ranitidine really helped me and I was very disappointed. But I’ve totally stopped taking anything and used anti histamines which have strangely enough worked. I haven’t had IBS type symptoms since stopping gluten ten years ago. But my acid caused a chronic cough which went away with the allergy tablets. It’s funny how you have try different things that you don’t expect to work.
They do have different iterations of the ranitidine family still available as these did not get tarred with the same brush - cimetidine and famotidine. Not easy to find in the UK. I gave up. I hated omeprazole which also got rid of a cough another year. But I guess if you have a runny tummy they must be good as they created gridlock in my system!
I think a yeast free diet may be a good move. I also tried that and it was so tough at the time. Yeast is in everything we like to eat. But it’s good to give the body a break from the stuff to see if it helps.
I am regular Lansoprazole patient. 15mg prolonged release capsule every morning 1hr before breakfast. I was diagnosed with a very restrictive hiatus hernia at around 28ish combined with over active acid production, and at first I was prescribed Asilone which was eventually withdrawn after concerns over its aluminium content. I was then prescribed Neutradona which was again withdrawn for me due to its high alkaloid content. Next was Cimetidine due to duodenal ulcer and later Ranitidine which gave me full relief and a full life back again. That was replaced by maintenance dose Lansoprazole by a new gastro specialist when she reassessed my inoperable condition (would include severing some of the vagus nerves). The lansoprazole is my life saver as I’m like a bear with a sore head without the med.
Just a thought, and perhaps a natural cure…
I had been suffering with acid reflux and indigestion most nights. I stopped taking my daily aspirin dose in favour of clopidogrel but found no relief.
In the past, pastry has been the cause of so much discomfort but an apple settled my stomach and relieved the acid problem.
So I wondered if an apple could help now. So after my main evening meal and before going to bed I eat an apple…It has cured the problem instantly, no more acid reflux. Something to do with the enzymes breaking down the fats. Sometimes as we age, it’s because our acid is not strong enough to digest some foods that causes the problems, and the acid remains in the stomach far longer than it should causing it to bubble up into the throat. Taking antacid medication only aggravates the situation.
Give an apple a try, what could possibly go wrong!
I take omeprazole for gastritis. I used to take them for reflux but don’t seem to have that much any more, but the gastritis was really bothering me before I started taking omeprazole again. I did take Ranitidine for a few years but then they banned it. I had a gastroscopy last year and they couldn’t see any evidence of reflux, just the gastritis.
I prefer not to take any medication and this is the only med I take. But I just feel unwell when not taking it. That’s not because of withdrawal because I had years of not using omeprazole. But over time of no meds I had years of symptoms. It was such a relief when I started taking it again. All my symptoms disappeared.
A friend stopped using it thinking she didn’t have reflux. After a couple of years of no symptoms she has recently had problems and now has suspected oesophageal cancer. I also have a friend who has barrett’s oesophagus and has to take it even though he hates being reliant on it.
Just low dose LongDriver, 75mg dispersible…However, the first thing the medics did on both of my heart attacks is administer two 300mg Aspirin tablets. My friend who has also suffered a heart attack, actually carries two 300mg Aspirin around with him, just in case…
I don’t care for fruit either Annie, but I can just about manage an apple every day. I buy enough to last me for a week. I strongly recommend one if you are suffering with acid or digestion problems…
