I was very cautious to eat very little food, made bland food choices, and made sure the head of my bed was raised. If you aren’t quite sure what to say in your comment – below are some questions to address.Hello, My doctor decided to just discontinue refilling my Omeprazole prescription one day. My Uncle has barrett's Syndrome and the Dr's watch him like a hawk. I used them when I needed them when I was first off but I could feel a difference like I was not getting the most out of the food I ate and my digestion was not near as good as before I went back on them. I'm glad it has helped you to stop it, but I bet the weight loss has more to so with what you are eating than with the Prilosec. Ginger and lemon tea is good too.I also take an acidophilus each morning with a glass of lukewarm lemon water. Finally Mom took me to a different dr/place and she has been wonderful so far, but again, not finding anything wrong and I started getting a tight feeling my throat for about an hour after taking my prevacid, so she switched me to nexium and pepcid if I needed it for break through the second evening after my second dose of the day I got a swollen tonugue with large red bumps (no pain to them, felt solid), almost went to the ER, I called the on call gastro who had me take a clariton and promise to go if it got any worse, thankfully it didn't. Having a few acid rebound problems, but fairly mild and using Gaviscon to cope.Also trying probiotics and kefir.

The biggest things for me were cutting out all coffee and soda pop. Discuss any decisions about your medical care with a knowledgeable medical practitioner.No other meds. I believe i have destroyed all the good flora in my stomach with antiobiotics, and then shut down my acids with prilosec, leading a massive uncontrolled growth of bacteria and fungus in my intestinal tract. My Uncle has barrett's Syndrome and the Dr's watch him like a hawk. I started PPI's for a hiatus hernia that was made worse by thepain and psych meds. "Circa 1995 put on Paxil; Tried various meds over the years in an effort to get away from Paxil's side effects02/27/15 300mg Neurontin twice daily, .25mg to .50mg Xanax as neededMay 2015: 600mg Neurontin twice daily, .25mg to .50mg Xanax as needed08/05/15: 600mg Neurontin twice daily, 30mg Paxil daily, .25mg to .50mg Xanax as neededThanks for sharing the details of your tapering off omeprazole; I'm glad it's going well for you.For the past few years withdrawing from benzo's has ruined my life. I am seeking successful scenario's by the valued participants on this board and will do a fair amount of research / experimentation on my own of what works for me.

(1998) suggests that proton-pump inhibitors might induce similar physiologic adaptations as histamine (H2) receptor antagonists (another class of drugs prescribed to reduce gastric acid production). Healing for all sorts of health issues have been coming, little by little, and I’m SOOO grateful that I’m no longer on that drug!

(Common reflux is caused by gas after eating certain foods.)

I think it will solve all of my medical problems. 2005-2008: Effexor; 1/2008 Tapered 3 months, then quit.

So maybe I’ll just wait for 3 months for the acid rebound to subside?Did the withdrawal symptoms go away or are you still experiencing them? If you're taking this kind of prescription Prilosec: study involved healthy individuals, it’s fair to hypothesize that heartburn might be more severe in withdrawal among persons with preexisting gastroesophageal conditions.Data from a study by Reimer et al. So I had to stop PPIs cold turkey and can't taper off of them.

Omeprazole, also referred to as “Prilosec” and “Losec” (brand names), is a proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) prescribed for the treatment of medical conditions such as: gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), peptic ulcer disease, Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, erosive esophagitis, and eosinophilic esophagitis. I find there use seems to increase the pain I have in my foot the one I keep breaking... seems this way to me. Despite the fact that omeprazole is a low-cost and effective medication for reducing stomach acid, not all users find it tolerable or useful.
weeks, months, years) – it’s likely that the body adapts to its ongoing administration and presence such that enzyme expression, signaling cascades, etc.

I have heard it can be done and tried to do so but was met with resistance and poor results when I attempted to do so.
every type of drug + ECT.