Some tablets shouldn't be cut though, especially if they're not scored; most PPIs have a special coating AFAIK. But I'm glad you've weaned off successfully. The H2 blocker is a good strategy. PPIs are seriously no joke. I am a pharmacist, and the general trend in the past decade in the profession has been to really reduce PPI use. A lot of bad effects with long-term use, as you mentioned. We definitely try to wean and switch to H2 blockers when we can.
Thank you for sharing your expertise! I did not know that most PPIs have a special coating/shouldn't be cut. I appreciate you educating me/anyone watching this video. I am really glad to hear that the general trend in the pharmaceutical profession has been to wean/replace PPIs with H2 blockers. I was SHOCKED to have osteopenia at 24/25, I can't imagine how my body would've continued to change if I stayed on them for 15-20 years. Thank you for this thoughtful comment! Wishing you health and safety during this uncertain time ❤️
@@PelvicEmpowerment I was using H2 blockers for while and found that you can't quit those cold turkey either. You have to wean yourself off of them. Nothing works to prevent backlash symptoms that occur when you quit cold turkey except smaller amounts of H2 blocker.
@@crand20033 Small bites of tiny sips of warm water, cold banana, tbsp of plain yogurt (vegan or dairy), aloe juice (if tolerated), marshmallow root (get the real dried root or powder) and or slippery elm tea (esp at night) all help with splash back and burning. If really bad try Gaviscon - Canada, UK and Europe have advanced version. Just half and only as last option. I’ve been weaning myself off PPIs after 25+ yrs. Found out from new GI physician was never the right drug for me but now caused serious issues with bones and microbiome. Slowly undoing the damage. Cheers.
Thank you for this video🙏🏻 I’m a 47 year old male. I don’t drink, don’t eat junk food, I exercise a lot, and still have chronic gastritis; it’s such a frustrating time. I’ve always had a sensitive stomach but for some reason right now it’s hell in there. Last night I couldn’t sleep and I said, “screw this, I’m taking a PPI” tomorrow. But your video has given me hope again. I want to beat this and its people like you that keep the rest of us motivated. I understand there are people dying of cancer or dealing with other serious diseases that are life threatening, but this stomach issue is so frustrating. And the most frustrating part is that doctors only give you PPI’s, as mine did, not once was I told about possible low stomach HCL, not once! And I’ve even had an endoscope but that’s the extent of the depth the docs went into. I’ve learned about what I’ve going through and why through TH-cam. What a shame! I pay thousands of dollars a year for health insurance and end up doing all the work my self 🤦🏻♂️ Thank you again for your testimony.
Couldn't agree more. It's so frustrating but I feel guilty for complaining. I also am at my wits end and considering taking my PPI for some relief... "...thousands of dollars a year on health insurance a year and end up doing all the work myself". YEP. 🤦🏻♀️same.
I've given up on doctors period! I don't trust them period! 2 failed awful surgeries no accountantability and NO knowledge of health benefits that are pills from big pharma!!
I am 49 and don't drink, don't smoke and seldom eat junk food, yet the doctor said I've got Gerd but I think it's more likely lpr because I don't get heartburn, but there is a sensation that something in my throat and I also burp. The doctor also give me ppi. Its getting worse recently and I wake up a lot in night sleep. It's really frustrating.
If you have gastritis problems, there is a large chalky pill I don't know the name of it unfortunately that you can take I think it's like a half an hour before you eat and it makes the symptoms go away and just a few doses but I take it for a few days.. That's what I do for my gastritis. And I only take it during a bout of it, unfortunately it's still prescription But my doctor knows me by now and he knows that I know my own body so he gives it to me as needed. You take it a half an hour before you eat and that way it coats everything from top to bottom before you eat your food.
I am into my 6th week of Omeprazole and will be slowly switching to H2 blockers as recommended. Thank you so much for this great video. I am not alone! Much love from Fiji.
Melons like cantaloupe, honeydew and watermelon are mildly acidic food with a pH of 6.1 which is suitable to alleviate acid reflux. Melons are also loaded with magnesium which aids to neutralise the acid secretion in the stomach and gives respite to acid reflux
Thank you, I truly appreciate how encouraging you have been for me about my GERD issue. I’ve been very discouraged working with a doctor, and have been seeking as much information that will help me get through this without drugs.
So happy you were able to find relief! Chronic issue can be so hard. I am an herbalist and I work with GI issues frequently. I've found in the majority of cases of GERD, acid levels are too low rather than too high. We always suggest testing this using a shot of ACV before meals. It gives people some insight about the cause, depending on if the reflux gets better or worse following the meal. Thank you for sharing your story! It's unfortunate that sometimes western medical systems don't have longevity/sustainability in mind but rather just the treatment of symptoms. Glad you found your healing
Thank you so much for the kind words and for watching 🤗 I love the idea of using ACV to get a pulse on the stomach’s acid production - simple, easy, and brilliant! It’s interesting to learn that lower acid production is the culprit in the majority of the cases that you see!
Since you're an herbalist, have you found the best herbs to help with gut issues? I take hormal birth control for cysts and often have constipation...what herbs work best?
Thank you for making the video, I have just managed to come off Nexium, which I had been on for 20 years. Because of your video I can link the start of my Gerd to HRT. It's taken me 3 months to slowly come of the PPI and i'm still getting a lot of acid, not to the extent of rebound, but still painful, i take gaviscon, which helps, but ive been 3 weeks without any nexium at all, and i'm seriously trying hard not to give in. The pharmaceutical companies have a lot to answer.😢
thanks for sharing your story. It would be helpful to have a 3 min condensed version of your answers for those who have been spending a lot of time already searching for their answers. Wishing everyone reading this the best of success!!
I know right. I'm exhausted and exasperated. I've been searching for weeks and weeks for answers as to what to do. So so much talk, lots of anatomical and physiological explanations. Zero clarity on how to actually heal. Many mentions of hcl but that's it. I mean is that a forever thing. I need food answers. Protocols, meal plans, herbal remedies. I'm struggling to understand what to actually do about it.
I'm 21 and im diagnosed with Gerd ,difficulty of breathing ,palpitation is the worst experience of me . My doctor prescribe me an PPI for 2 weeks , this video inspire me to become aware of my situation, and learning the process of the disease .
Hey, I'm so sorry to learn that you're struggling with GERD, difficulty breathing, and palpitations, but I'm SO happy that this video inspired you to become more aware of your situation and learn more about GERD! Every time I heal from a chronic condition (GERD being one of three, and I'm currently working on a fourth 🙃), it's because I relied radically on myself, embraced trial and error, and trusted my intuition. I hope you feel inspired to do just that 💛 Wishing you the best, and I hope you find your healing soon 🤗
I’m in this exact boat, 26 terrible GERD, difficultly breathing, palpitations, belching & regurgitation.. I am currently on omeprazole but don’t take it as I should since I’m such a naturalist & hate taking pills & medication .. it’s so frustrating
Like You, I had to do a lot of research into why I suddenlty had GERD. I'm 64 years old so the probability of having low stomach acid was high. I refused PPI's as I've already had a Dexa scan and have osteopenia. I had already had an endoscopy but had to pay to go privately to have my a PH test. This final test confirmed my thoughts... Hypochlorhydria (low stomach acid). I didn't have a bacteria problem. My problem was clearly age related and the fact that I was going through stressful times. I started taking betaine hydrochloride with enzyme pepsin and zinc and very quickly my indigestion stopped and so did my reflux. I've had hair loss and asthma for years, but for the first time in years, my hair is getting thicker and I'm not getting bouts of asthma. This video you have done is so important, especially for women over 50.
I know this is going to label me a crazy, but that’s all good I don’t mind. For me satan is here to steal, kill, and destroy. That being said that dude got his hands in every cookie jar! Big pharma, big Ag, Hollywood, music industry etc… Social media (almost forgot that one.
@@TheYellowrose21 saw my Dr this week and told her I had a few concerns I’ve noticed for that last few weeks, don’t you know she said without skipping a beat “well pick the most important ones cause we don’t have time for a few weeks!” And she told me that low stomach acid isn’t really A thing….. 😒 she a Netflix and chill Doc!
You are an amazing human being. Only listening your lovely, soft tone of voice calmed my anxiety over my acid reflux. I never wanted to take PPIs but i took it cause i had a flareup of acid reflux, and the Doctor kind of said, so why are you here for. I had only take it for a week but listening to you, I will reconsider it again. Thank you for sharing your story and help us to understand that every body gut is different and it could be different causes as to our own acid reflux. I love how relaxed you did a video of a very difficult subject. Keep the good work up!!
You are one thoughtful and mature young woman; I tried to reduce the PPI's I started taking a year ago and initially did it cold turkey resulting in severe rebound, I am now doing it gradually, like you did, but you have given me some very useful suggestions for the process, thank you so much. I also appreciate the emphasis you make on the fact that we are ultimately responsible for our bodies and that it is useful to consult doctors' and other practitioners but in the end our bodies hold their own wisdom in that they always strive for homeostasis.
I love how she explained how the acid blockers work so simply that I could understand and I am now trying to get off those and not understanding what was happening I actually threw up I went back on the blockers and feeling so frustrated but now I have hope thank you so much
People die because of lack of wisdom. Drugs can't heal and to be used temporarily. Hope we find the real cause and heal naturally. Really helpful info and true. Thanks❤️
La causa real ya la revelo el único doctor que habla con la verdad, Frank Suarez aqui en youtube. Tristemente fue silenciado (murder) y lo hicieron pasar como que él se habia matado pero no fue asi. Afortunadamente volvieron a resubir sus videos aqui en youtube pero el fue asesinado
I was on PPI's for probably twice as long as you. I tried many times over the years to stop, always rushing back to them. This time, after a good long stretch of going from 40 mg, to 20, then 10, and finally, I tried taking something called Peptiva, mastic gum, and digestive enzymes and Pepsid AC as you, when certain things just didn't set well. I have been one month without any Omeprazole at all, and have gone some days with no Pepsid at all. An occasional Rolaid, and of course, cutting out a lot of things from my diet. I hope one day soon I will feel just normal again. It is not fun, but over a ten year span of two major fractures, plus some compression fractures in my spine, just was the last straw. I am trying my best to improve my bone density, and have freedom from now on from PPI's.
I'm so sorry to learn about your history of fractures secondary to bone density issues/prolonged PPI use, but I am ECSTATIC that you've been able to piece together a weaning plan that works for you and your unique body! An occasional Rolaid?! That's such a HUGE victory, especially coming from 40mg/day for ~20 years!! I hope you're finding time to celebrate, and I trust that your body will only continue to heal ❤️ Thank you for sharing your experience so openly in this comment, I am hopeful that it will help others who quietly read the comments section 🤗
Oh how wonderful! I will follow suit and try to wean. I have taken 40mg for 14 yrs and just now at 52 I am dealing with back/spine issues and just went to doctor yesterday. I begged to get a bone density exam. I will get one of these in Nov. but wish it was today. I am convinced that I either have a fracture or pinched nerve it’s all new to me. How does a compression fracture feel? My doctor gave me muscle relaxers, phy therapy and ability to schedule for bone density. Not sure if she believed it a fracture, but says to come back in 2 mos if still in pain. Does that sound about right? I’ve been so worried.
That is awful. The lesson i learn is never treat symptoms long-term, treat the ROOT CAUSE! These pharmacy companies are fxcking us up, and they don't give a shit
Hello! I know it's been awhile since you posted but I was wondering how things have gone after the weaning? Any insights about definite things to do/ stay away from? I never had problems when I ate food but because I stupidly stuffed my face at night before bed and had reflux then, I put myself on Omeprazole! After a year decided to just stop eating around 530 and go off the pill( assuming I could go back to how it was). Have been having horrible symptoms ever since. Everything but water causes reflux and burning. I've been thinking of going back on Omeprazole just to wean myself off. Any suggestions? Helpful hints?
I am sure you did the right thing weaning yourself off the PPI's. I am now 80 years and startede having GERD about 15 years ago. But I had a history of GERD as a young person during my pregnancies! At first I took the PPI's that were prescribed to me, but finding out the metabolic mechanisms behind made me stop. So what do I do about the GERD? In my case, eating carbs - wheat especially - triggers it, so I don't eat bread contain wheat. If I occasionally should get an attack, I'll drink two spoonfuls of apple cider winegar mixed with some water. That helps! Drinking acid immediately makes my spfinxter close up! And Apple cider winegar is very healthy 😁 Lene from Elsinore
How do you know if you have a lot of acid or low acid I'm to scared to try apple cider vinegar that it will make my heartburn worse Ive been in so much pain in the middle of my chest I keep thinking I'm having. Heart attack .
@@crystaltorres7313Do the burp test. Research it on TH-cam. Btw, I had/have that same pain in the middle of the chest. With the burp test, I determined I had low stomach acid and apple cider vinegar tremendously helps! That pain in the center of my chest is gone. I still have a few issues but the ACV helps! Research the burp test with baking soda.
One teaspoon of apple cider vinegar eith water it won't hurt. This has helped me heaps . I'm not cured yet but I'm trying everything and seeing what works and definitely ACV helps
Holy - what a story. I just figured out that since birth my stomach acid has been low. This diagnosis explains all of my health issues that I have until today - age 51. I am feeling so positive about getting cured from IBS, LPR etc. etc.
@@20lounge I took baking soda test. When I wrote my last comment, I had inflammation in stomach which turned into ulcers. I took Mastic gum and I was cured. I couldn't take Betaine HCL while I had ulcers. I have just started taking Betaine HCL capsules with gentian root and enzymes. I think insufficient bile production may also be a cause of my issues. I am working on a new plan to address it.
I came here after watching your original UTI video. I'm very much your elder, (female). Took PPI's 30 years. After listening to your experience, I better understand my own. I was on HRT do to a total hysty @ 30. I take a PPI maybe once a month now. I decided in the last 2 years, I was taking control of my health. Thus far, I have eliminated 4 out of 6 RX's. I just wanted to encourage your viewers to patient with themselves and the process. It really is a personal plan, because 1 size doesn't fit all. Take notes, there many styles of trackers (PDF files) sold on Etsy to help. Thank you for this detailed video.
Thank you for sharing your story. I’m finally free of taking a proton pump inhibitor for almost 14 years. I take an apple cider vinegar capsule with every meal now to increase my stomach acid. I have also been able to introduce foods back into my diet that caused acid reflux while I was taking a ppi. It’s amazing how increased stomach acid not only helps to digest food better but also helps to prevent acid reflux.
Hello! I've thought about acv pills at meals but have been afraid of getting a burning situation that's even worse...any reactions when you first started? I stupidly put myself on Omeprazole for a year and then, without research, went cold turkey. Horrible! Been suffering a year. I would rather go thru breast cancer again or have my fibro flare up! Been thinking of going back on ppi and very slowly going off. Any insights? Suggestions? Can you share your successes and failures?
I have been on PPIs since 10 years now. Your story has brought a hope for me to get rid off PPIs. I left my high paying job due to these stomach issues. I almost cut social gatherings. Thanks a lot for sharing your story. May God bless you.
@@karendillenbeck9990 I was also diagnosed with H.Pylori 6 months back and after successful treatment I am feeling much better with other issues like nusea and vomiting but still struggling with GERD. Now I am on the lowest dose of H2 blocker, famotidine 20 mg since 5 days. Most of the time I am fine with it but at times I feel burning sensation but I take alovera juice and feel relaxed. Not going to take PPIs again
I'm a healthy 35-year-old who thought I was having a heart attack last Saturday. Turns out all of my test and scans were clean. Now I'm thinking that I have severe acid reflux which I've never had before. Everyone keeps telling me to take PPIs (which I refuse) and then I find out that heartburn actually can be caused by lack of acid, it can also be caused by tension in the diaphragm not allowing the sphincter to close all the way. I'm currently doing diaphragm breathing and exercises, and I'm also going to try to eliminate citrus and coffee out of my diet, and go from there. The diaphragm exercises alone have produced really good results just in the last 12 hours. I also have a betaine hydrochloride supplement I'm going to try as well slowly. I'm also upping D3 dose and K2. I'm sure I get enough zinc from the matcha I drink lol
@@tukoshka well here's an update. It makes no sense but I'm pretty certain consuming to much matcha was causing my flare up. I had to cut back and start drinking it as a latte and it's not as bad.... Crazy because it's so good for me but something about it drinking it as straight tea was causing my acid to spike. It's possibly the caffeine which is loosening my lower esophageal sphincter too much. Not really sure yet
@@tukoshka another update. D-limonene has removed all my symptoms. But during a lunch and dinner I am supplementing with betaine hydrochloride and bile salts
My heartburn “origin” story was exactly what you experienced. Unfortunately, I was on 80mg Nexium for nearly 3 decades. I never got osteopenia (I’m lucky), but I began to have forceful and painful cramps every night. I just recently tried to go cold turkey too, but will wean myself slowly. I’m now on 40mg every other day. I just ordered the 20 mg tablets in anticipation of it getting better.
Happy you are having success weaning. I will try again after my UK trip. I have LPR and it effects my vocal cords/smothering sensation. Causes me great anxiety. I will try Tory's wean mid Oct and f/u with my throat doc too.
Hello! I noticed you said you tried cold turkey but then decided to wean. How long were you off? Here's what I did...decided I needed Omeprazole (in hindsight, because I shoved so much food in my face before bed that it had no choice but to try and come back up), after a year went cold turkey(didn't do research at all!). Massive reflux, now stopped eating after 530pm but now I have reflux after everything but water. I'm thinking of going back on ppi and weaning down thru h2 blockers and then down to nothing. Any suggestions? Insight? Would really appreciate. Thanks!
Honestly, I’m only at week 8 being (and weaning) off the Nexium. I find that when I eat nothing but meat, I don’t get any heartburn even if I eat after 7pm (which I rarely do). I did wean from 80mg to 40, then bought the OTC Nexium and went to 20, then, I finished by cutting those in half. I didn’t wait a full week on each step down. Now, I have been on Mounjaro since December 2022 and when I do eat carbs (apples, berries, or keto veg), I still get heartburn. I am fairly certain the heartburn is the Mounjaro. I had that when I tried to go up to 7.5mg (from 5mg). The heartburn was so bad this summer, I went back down to 5mg. I am weaning off of that and will be back to the 2.5 mg weekly dose through December and January. Then I will be at my goal weight. I can only recommend going carno to tame the heartburn once you’ve weaned down. @@cindyleastorch194
Maybe this will help someone. It’s a comment someone else made on another GERD video, but it makes more sense than anything else I’ve read! “The stomach acid backs up into the esophagus because it is too weak. Think of it as a partially clogged pipe backing up your sink. Stronger stomach acid acts to clear the clog so that nothing backs up. Medications that block stomach acid make the problem less noticeable by reducing the irritation of the esophagus but do nothing to fix the back-up itself. Stomach acid is typically in a pH range of 1.5 to 3.5. Fermentation occurs in somewhat acidic pH of down to 4.2 (optimal pH for fermentation is around 4.5) . So, if for whatever reason your stomach acid is either weak or simply insufficient and you consume any carbohydrates, they will ferment, building gas pressure. At some point, the esophageal sphincter will fatigue ("dysfunction") due to this pressure and act as a release valve. Now, open, stomach acid will back up into the esophagus, damaging both it and the sphincter. Now you have reflux. So, you now have two options. The first (bad one) is to take a medication that will further weaken the stomach acid to a pH of up to 6.0. At that pH, fermentation is either stopped or very minimal. So, no gas pressure from fermentation and the esophageal sphincter stays closed. No reflux. But, then your food passes thru the stomach, only partially digested and not sterilized. Plus, you will develop an overgrowth of H. Pylori bacteria and will end up having to take round after round of antibiotics. Also not good. However, as fermentation stops at a pH of around 4.2, if you restore the stomach acid to its initial low pH, you will prevent the fermentation issue and the lower esophageal sphincter will no longer "dysfunction". Now that the sphincter remains closed, no reflux. Now that the pH is back to normal range, food will be better digested and sterilized. And, H Pylori will remain in the stomach where it belongs.”
You know know how relieved I am to see this post and the comments knowing that I’m not alone and issueless doctor just recently told me I have anxiety. I’ve had this since 2014. I had all the symptoms, I woke up one morning gasping for air, later gastric pain, 2 weeks later, lumpy sensation in my throat. Thought asthma, put me on meds that didn’t work, then they said peptic ulcer, put me on the triple therapy for h pylori and coming off it was crazy even though I didn’t feel it helped much. It felt like I was reacting to evrything, like am I allergic to food? Tried to cut out food but when I saw I would even become bloated with just water I gave up. The burping was crazy and the bloating too. Now I’m in and out of hospital and they keep prescribing PPI and since that time I took it years ago and knowing the side effects and how coming off it won’t be easy I have never taken them again, the medications would literally expire in my cupboard. I have tried ACV I feel like it helped abit but I think I overdid it and it became worse, fhen I stopped ACV and reduced it and got better. Still breathless and I’m so tired. I’ve noticed even when I don’t eat some morning, I can suddenly have breathless ness in the afternoon and I haven’t even eaten. It’s just crazy my situation. What changed before this started. I don’t know what caused it but I remember eating bread and egg and being painfully full each night and went straight to sleeping. So did that stretch my splincter? also fasted for 7 days from morning till 6pm and was my first fast and had symptoms that I didn’t know know was not normal, I had stomach pain, breathlessness and was very irritable.
Yes this is an exactly what is happening to me now. I no idea when this will end I’m just sick myself. No clue what food is working I’m trying different things but some nights awake with excruciating pain
Wow!!!! This makes total sense especially cuz i got off my birth control cold turkey n shortly after i got gerd n more n more my heartburn got worse! I started drinking alkaline water 9.5 and it slowly started helping but after 2 wks really helped! Im off pepcid now. Thank God n i wish the best 4 others who suffer from this!
thanks a lot. praying for healing and this video appeared. It's like 2 months since I got gerd. thanks to God for you it won't take that much long for me to recover. God bless.
The only way to cure Gerd if you have it is to go 16 hours fasting and that would resolve the reflux now before you go back into consuming food, you can eat normally but do not drink water afterwards for at least an hour and strictly no water during a meal, you wouldn't get reflux afterwards with the premise that you do not drink water after meal and you do not lay down. Also, it helps if you avoid eating until your stomach is full, leave half of your stomach empty and don't drink water for an hour! if you drink after 10 minutes of a meal you will get reflux and when you have to eat a highly fatty, little bit spicy or sour food if you wanna eat something dangerous then take one tablespoon of apple cider vinegar diluted in water beforehand (ON EMPTY STOMACH) before you eat your large amount food but this is not recommended to take apple cider all the time since you don't want that to be a solution and too much unreasonable use of apc could damage your oesophagus sphincter so make sure to take a bit and dilute it in water, drink in empty stomach before a meal and strictly no water when eating and one hour after! That's the only way to not have acid backup, it's the only cure and relief! And your last resolve in the arsenal would be gargling on baking soda if the stomach acid went all the way back up which is better to be avoided altogether.
I used this method of adding acid for about 1-1,5 years four years ago when I first got more severe issues, this after suddenly getting hypersalivation one evening which caused very frequent swallowing due to saliva filling the mouth. I did that because when I had gotten medication (I forget what it was called now) prior, it didn't do anything for me, and because various youtube channels promoted this other method and warned about prolonged PPI use. I also thought it had to do with tension or nerve damage but no doctors I've seen have taken the hypersalivation part seriously at all. I felt it made things better slowly, but towards the end of that period it got much worse at night, more like slow motion puking which would start waking me up in the middle of the night. I think what did make things better was frequent exercise and a diet change (obviously avoiding commonly mentioned triggers too) rather than ACV and such but moreso with more explosive reflux and chest pain. Since all the doctors I've seen (6+ now) has said to use PPIs I eventually gave in and have tried a couple of cures for several months, but they haven't helped either. Recently I pretty much just use weaker stuff like novalucol, samarin and novaluzid which only helps briefly. I've had gastroscopies (also from the other end, I forget what it's called in english, didn't show anything) and two 24h ph meter tests but for the second one which was more recently, the doctor seemed to think I was pressing the button when I wasn't having reflux (they said to press it when noticing anything and you can see your ph value in the esophagus in real time so I did whenever it got to like 5 or lower, which is often when you're frequently burping or getting reflux or heartburn). During my last visit to my surgeon though, he admitted I have a small hiatal hernia (no idea why he didn't tell me that earlier but he explained it as different doctors defining it differently - others had just said I had inflammation or lighter wounds on the LES after the gastroscopies). But he adviced against surgery because of complications and because he doesn't think it's severe enough even though I lose like 2-3h of sleep per day and am often in pain from it. Anyway, the most recent thing I'm trying is iQoro, a small piece of plastic which you do some mouth training with (really it seems that what happens is you train muscles near the LES when you use it, as a side effect). I seems to help a little bit by day at least, having used it for 3+ months now - by that I mean I have pain around the LES instead of reflux or heartburn for some periods of the day. We'll see in 3 more as the company said you need to be using it for that long to see real effects. I'll probably suggest these h2 blockers next time I see a doctor, will probably have to explain the whole journey from the beginning to them again and not be taken seriously at first. That and how random this condition can feel at times are the most frustrating parts. Thanks for the video!
It seems like my own story.i was diagnosed with GERD secondary to hiatal harnia and loosening of LES.Been on ppi for 25 years.all attempts to get rid of them failed with serious counter effects of heart burn and acid reflux.however I have a self realisation through my own study and discovery that chronic suppression of stomach acid has lead to the development of bacterial overgrowth causing dihorrea and IBS.now re-experimenting with H2 blockers alongside prokientik and other acid suppresent liquids.do not know how much success I will meet with.But many thanks for posting this video and a positive message
Thank you so much, such an inspiring video! Your sweetness is soo healing by itself, i can tell you!! All my best wishes from Athens, Greece, stay blessed!!
AH! Thank you for this video! I finally understand what my GI doc was trying to tell me but I didn't understand. I am like you. I don't make enough acid, so the door never closes. I too got diagnosed with GERD at a very young age but never made the connection to going on birth control. Holy cow! It makes so much sense! I feel like I've been taking ranitidine since the dawn of time! LOL (Famotidine now) I've only been on PPI's for a year or two. I had to go on it because I developed this horrible thing called esophagitis which has never really healed due to break through acid. I think I'm going to talk to my doc and try this! THanks!
I am so glad this video helped you understand the low acidity/LES dysfunction and that you’ve been able to connect some potential dots related to BC and gut health! I was super hesitant to create this video, so I’m so happy that it’s helpful for you! And that sounds so painful 😔 I hope that you’re able to heal soon ❤️ Wishing you health and safety during this uncertain time 💕
I went through the same thing with getting off PPI's...I had my 1st bout with GERD in 2012, Doc put me on PPI's for 90 days...within 1 week my issues moved from my Upper GI to my Lower GI. The lower GI issues lasted on & off for a couple of years and like many people who have GERD, I also developed IBS but I never went back on PPI's. Fast forward to 2021...a lot of Stress & Activity in life over the last 2 years between having a baby, COVID, work, life I became worn down, got into some bad eating habits & that retriggered the GERD. The GERD symptoms started off lighter with Excessive Saliva, Tickle in the Throat with GERD Cough onto....Heartburn, Reflux, Nausea and then that also caused a chronic Back Ache on my spine between my upper middle back & shoulder blades. I went to see the Doc, she immediately prescribed PPI's again for 30 days and I just felt like I wanted to resolve the root issue....I saw a couple of videos in relation to GERD, curing GERD, GERD back discomfort & each Doctor & Patient said the same thing over & over & over....get yourself Betaine HCL with Pepsin!! As you mentioned about the loopback effect, and within a couple of days the difference was unreal! Obviously practicing better eating habits like chewing your food better, eating slower, not eating too late or too close to bedtime, being mindful when you have certain trigger foods to not overindulge, etc....but to me the biggest thing has been adding the Betaine HCL with Pepsin. Noticed a huge difference in my entire digestive process & it also helped with my IBS.
Wow, I am so, so sorry to learn about your struggle with PPIs, GERD, and IBS, and the resurgence of those symptoms following the last couple of years, but I thank you SO much for taking the time to share about your success with Betaine HCL & Pepsin! I'm so glad that you're feeling better, and I'm really hopeful that someone reading the comments will see yours and be led to the right healing path for them! Cheers to your recovery, and I hope that you and baby are healthy, happy, and safe 🧡
Oh my gosh, thank you for the kind words, sincerely 🧡 I'm so sorry that you're still struggling, but please don't ever give up on your body's ability to heal. I meant what I said in the final chapter of this video. I truly, to my core, believe that bodies are capable of immense healing, and I don't think yours is an exception.
Wow so happy you were able to get off the PPIs. I was also diagnosed with acid reflux when I was 16 yrs old. It was the first year they came out with a prescription medication for acid reflux. I never took birth control but I can pinpoint my trigger at a high stress situation. You might want to think back to see if you had a stress trigger when you were 16. I took the medication and my acid reflux went away. I am now 62 and I have been on and off of PPIs since I was 16, almost always after a stressful time in my life. No doctor has ever warned me that they could cause side effects. My big side effect from them is I got SIBO and had to be treated multiple times for that. I have now been on them straight for about 20 years and looking to get off of them once and for all. Wish me luck and best of luck with your other chronic condition although I just looked and see this video was 3 years ago so it is most likely over and done now. T
I really needed to hear this today thank you so much for sharing your story! I was getting discouraged and realized I usually need to heal like a turtle too and I have been trying to get off Pepcid too quickly
Thank you so much for sharing your PPI story. I too have been on them for some 40 years. Like you, I've tried to get off them and I tried cold turkey like you did and had the same experience. Through the years it got so bad with my heartburn before getting on ppi's daily that I had Barretts Esopogus and at one point the scar tissue in my esophagus had scarred so badly from GERD that If I tried to swallow to big of a bite, the food would get stuck in my esophagus and when I tried to force it down with water, the water would start flowing into my lungs and I would start drowning. This would lead immediately to violent vomiting and convulsing to expel the water and food from my lungs and my stomach. I then had to have my esophagus stretched with a balloon scope to break the scar tissue to allow the food to go down. Since that time, I've been on PPI's ever since to keep that from happening again. Now that I've changed my American diet which was causal to say the least...to a Pescatarian Diet recommended by Dr./Professor Valter Longo, after I finish my current 5-day Fasting Mimicking Diet, I'm going to try your program to try and wean myself off of these damn things for once and for all. I'm on 20mg daily, so I'll start from there moving forward in cutting them down. Incidentally, my doctor last week wanted me to try taking them every other day. I did once, and you can guess what my result was. "No Cigar"! I'm truly thankful in having your post come up on my TH-cam feed. GOD Bless you young lady for giving me your idea on how to get the hell off these damn things. I think you story will also work for me. Thank you so very very much for posting this.
That is so awful to go through, I am sorry to hear this. In the hardest times, try to find pleasure in the smallest things (like sunrise, sunset, flowers, family, friends, old photos)
Love your spirit ❤️♥️♥️ your joy for life❤️❤️❤️love the video❤️❤️❤️very inspiring!!! My GI doctor told me I had chronic gastritis I have many of the symptoms you had but after seeing your video I know in due time I will completely heal myself. Thank you for a great video!
Thks so very much. I was 65 yrs old when I was prescribed omerprozole 4o mg. ..."" ppi"" I had my bone density checked very often. After taking omerprozole for over 3 years. ...my bone density results got worse...in other words the medication caused my bone density to be significantly low. I agree w you..the ppi. Meds. Omerprozole causes one to lose bone mass. Thank you for confirming and acknowledging such significant result. Thks again..such outstanding and very convincing presentation. Amy
I dealt with Hypercalcemia from Primary Hyperparathyroidism and used NSAIDs everyday for about 9-12 months. this racked my stomach lining and I started having stomach pains about 6 weeks ago. I was immediately prescribed a 40mg PPI and 20mg famotidine. After about 4 weeks I started to also have GERD symptoms and I think this is from the PPI weakening the LES. I am attempting to wean off the PPI and focus on natural remedies like slippery elm.
I really needed to hear this. I just tried to do a PPI wean after a year of therapy. It was a fail. I did 40 mg omeprazole alternating with 2o mg for 2 weeks and started with the breathing issue. Mine is LPR/laryngopharyngeal reflux. So I never had symptoms of GERD, it was affecting my vocal cords (edema and inflammation)/smothering sensation that occurs with this. Cough. I will try again after I get back from my UK vacation. I don't want to get into trouble with breathing etc while out of the country. I have started to eat clean, only fresh, gave up coffee, no ETOH. I will start again and see my throat specialist upon return and devise a plan. Your plan was excellent. I am a medical professional as well. Thanks for the encouragement. It does affect you mentally as well as physically. Very disheartening. But you positivity helped me. Thanks!
Have you considered surgery? Arent PPI's long term bad for you? How were you able to consume water regularly with the LPR? Even with the medicine reducing acid it still to a lesser degree of course does damage to the esophagus?
@@MAA-yt1tnPPIs are not good for you. They can cause esophageal cancer. That said... I've tried several times to get off it. I plan to give it a try with the schedule ahe talks about. I do have an appointment to consult with a surgeon, but I truly don't want to do that.
Rita K I went from 80mg to 40mg so far. I had a major set back getting gastritis in my stomach but hopefully I’ll continue cutting back in a few weeks.
Ash Wickens Good luck girl! I really hope you find a way to eventually get off it completely. I am currently on 40mg and I’m trying to figure out a way to quit it completely.
Thank you so much for this. I’m 20 currently and have been having constant burping and weird feeling in my throat like I can’t take deep breathes as well as chest pains for about 3 months now and honestly it’s really messed with my daily life, I haven’t gone to the doctors at all I’ve just been trying to ignore the symptoms
I'm so sorry to learn that you've been having upper GI symptoms over the last 3 months or so. I think that would start to interfere with my daily life, too. While I can understand not wanting to see a doctor/ignoring the symptoms, it might be helpful to see a physician just to make sure everything is okay! I hope you get to feeling better soon, and I'm glad this video was helpful for you 🧡
@@PelvicEmpowerment thank you for your reply! I appreciate it! I’m hoping I can solve this issue without medications or any sort of pills, only reason I haven’t gone to see a physician is due to the fact that I feel like all they will do is give me medications that won’t fix the root cause ): it sucks that it came out of nowhere too one day
@@joshuavera9974 I totally hear that. I hope that you're able to find a solution naturally! And I know the frustration associated with feeling like some dysfunction just popped up out of nowhere. I find when I'm navigating my own healing that it's helpful to envision the body like a cup, and dysfunction like water. I'd argue no body is functionally perfectly all the time, and that all bodies can handle a certain amount of dysfunction without becoming symptomatic... or our cups can hold a certain amount of water without overflowing. Then, some event happens, our cups overflow, and we have symptoms that can seem totally random even though their origin has been building slowly over time. I hope you're able to get your water level back down soon!
@ Joshua Vera DO THIS : when empty stomach, breathe out, put your hand where the sternum ends (Stomach) press down and pull the stomach down....Then grab your ribs and pull them out (be careful)... This Is what a chiropractor told me to do... It immediately solved the lump in the throat feeling, ... THIS IS NOT. MEDICAL ADVICE but a LIFE SAVING ADVICE..... Maintain a good diet and manage stress
I was on 30mg lansoprazole twice daily and I was on it for nearly 20 years prescribed by my doctor! 60mg a day is twice the amount listed on the patient leaflet inside the medication box! I decided to stop taking it due to all the symptoms of gerd I was experiencing even whilst I was still taking the ppi, I couldn't believe that I had heartburn, indigestion, acid burning my oesophagus and throat, trouble swallowing, burping and flatulence even though I was swallowing 60mg of lansoprazole on an empty stomach and not eating or drinking anything until at least one hour after I had taken the lansoprazole, I am so grateful that I saw your video and I also feel very blessed that I have not yet got anything worse than gerd, though I am not suggesting for a moment that gerd isnt bad it is!! but I could have developed even more serious health issues, thanks to you I now know why I have no energy, why I feel so tired and have all the other symptoms people get from low stomach acid, Many Many Thanks.
Thank you so much for the kind words 🤗 I'm really glad you're enjoying my content, I put a lot of love into it! Wishing you health and safety during this uncertain time ❤️
Wonderful you found your way. I am very health conscious so no drug options for me. I found my way to mudras (hand yoga). Did several digestion mudras daily and slowly I improved. No more gerd and digestion good. I still do them dailyvto keep all functioning well. For various other issues for example, low blood pressure I found a mudras for that and made such a difference. The power in our own hands is amazing. Good book "Healing Mudras by Yogi Nataraj" excellent starting point and so much help on youtube. ❤
Thank you so much for this video. I was told by my FM dr to get off PPI’s . She suggested taking one every other day and that didn’t work. I have been thinking I need a new strategy. You are very inspirational. Thanks again.
I just found your channel I have silent Gerd, I have no gallbladder and it is very scary sometimes. I take a Betaine HCL and a digestive enzyme with my meals. It helps a lot but sometimes it don't . I feel like choking and can't breathe high BP and because my food is not digesting properly high blood sugar. Good luck everyone suffering with this! Ps. Get checked for H PLYORI too!
In 2016 my doctor put me on Omeprazole for upper left stomach pain, which did not help it. I never experienced acid reflux until after about a year when I missed a dose. So in 2021 I decide to quit taking PPI's cold turkey after learning of possibly having low stomach acid and than I developed LPR symptoms. It was so bad I got chronic laryngitis. Now that I take the PPI's again all LPR symptoms are gone. If I miss one day dose the acid is right back. I am going to try and do your method of coming off. I am convinced I do not have enough stomach acid. My doctors are not taking me serious and wont even check the stomach acid levels. This should be done before prescribing anyone PPI's. Do not ever try to cold turkey like I did. It is a nightmare. My current doctor just keeps saying he doesn't want to prescribe my Omeprazole because of long term use effects but hey I already am a long term use patient. They are unwilling to help me get off of them. They know you cant just stop taking them and that is what he is suggesting. It scares me I am stuck like this forever.
My heart, I'm so sorry to learn about your struggles with PPIs and that your healthcare team isn't willing to help you wean. I understand the painful acid rebound effects from stopping cold turkey from my own experiences, and what you're describing about missing a dose also happened to me. I really hope that this or a similar weaning method does the trick for you, but I really meant what I said at this end of this video. "Chronic, mysterious" conditions are hard, but know that bodies are AMAZING and capable of SO much healing when we support them with the right environments, and yours is NO exception. It's just figuring out what those environments look like that can be so tricky, and that requires embracing trial and error. You got this 🧡
Even I was 16 when I had gerd now It's been 3-4 yrs I'm still suffering tried tons of different things still in vain.My life is heavily disturbed. For some reason when I do exercises/workout especially running it kind of relieves my acid reflux for some reason I don't why how it works but it does.The relief is just temporary.
I'm so sorry you're struggling. I understand, and I know how frustrating the disturbance can be. Don't give up on your body. Bodies are capable of so, SO much healing when we give them the right supportive environments, it's figuring out what those environments look like that can be so tricky. Interesting that running especially gives you relief... you know, running jump starts peristalsis, the intestinal contractions that propel food/stool through your digestive system. Those contractions happen from the esophagus all the way down to your rectum. Maybe your GERD is secondary to something to do with those contractions... it might be worth looking into! "Esophageal peristalsis" is the scientific term! Truly wishing you the best in your journey to health. You deserve peace in your body and your mind, keep going 🧡
Exercise makes you feel better because a. It increases your blood flow hence makes you feel better both mentally and physically. b. It improves your digestion which proves the theory of having a lower stomach acid causing gerd. That is why when you are physically active you digest better and reducing gerd symptoms.
Everyone is different, but I was sick all the time growing up. Weak immunity and tons of symptoms around my teens. When I was 24 I was diagnosed with celiac disease. Might not be your case, but highly recommend to consider this, because omg… my life improved so much after diagnosis and quitting gluten! I’m 28 and stunned that I have good health now, as long as I avoid gluten at all times and forever.
14:30 Hormonal Birth Control 🤯 that makes sense!! I was on it as well before I started dealing with GERD. I’m completely off of it now but have been on a PPI for a few years off and on. Thank you for this information!!
I have a Fatty Liver. I didn’t know that eating a lot of Carbs was the biggest reason I developed this. The American diet is generally bad for the liver. The liver is very, very important for many digestive enzymes, bile etc. Maybe you might make a video on this! Thanks! I enjoy your smile and positivity!
Thank you for sharing your story! I’ve had LPR/Silent Reflux for about a month with this throat tightness feeling. I just started taking 40 mg Omeprazole today; but I’m scared to continue due to horror stories I’ve heard from the drug. I feel like it already made me feel worse. I just don’t know what to do anymore and don’t know how to get rid of this silent reflux. I’m 26 years old and this came about randomly one month ago from today.
Thank you so much for watching! I'm so sorry to hear about your LPR. I know what I experienced and LPR are not the same, but I will share that doing my own research, running my own trials on myself, and trying to take my health into my own hands is ultimately, I think, what led to my healing. Bodies are capable of immense healing, I'm so certain of it. We just have to figure out what our individual body needs to heal, and that can be the hard part. Don't give up! You got this, and you're so deserving of feeling peace in your body ❤️
Justin, did you ever find anything that helped your silent reflux??? I was diagnosed with that as well & Dr. tried to put me on Omeprazole but I never got the prescription filled because I was already aware of how dangerous it can be. Had the throat tightening thing, too. Scary because it feels like your slowly being strangled. Hope you are doing better.
If anything I liked hearing to not give up. I have been on PPIs daily since 1994 and am forced to come off these. Im on day 5 and its brutal. Working hard to discontinue these. I miss my coffee so bad!!
I can understand how difficult the process can be, and I always miss coffee whenever I stop drinking it (I've cut it for a variety of health reasons in the past, and I'm always bitter about it!) Yes, don't give up! Bodies are capable of immense healing, and I'm sure yours isn't an exception 💛 Wishing you the best!
I'm replacing my PPI's with Betaine Hydrochloride. So far so good. I haven't been on PPI'S very long and had been resistant to staying on them as they made my gut feel tight and I was having some degree of success using ACV. I definitely have low stomach acid.
Have you started using betaine hcl and got any benefit? because i used some pills it caused pain in my stomach possibly because of the gastrit i had been diagnosed in 2018 through endoscopy. Eventually, I had to stop taking betaine hcl. İam suffering from constant mucus that tickle my throat and causes to clear my throat frequently. Right now since 15 day iam in HCV and the symptoms has been alleviated but i am not sure whether it can heal or not
@@mtaha4454 for me it's helped. I can see it helping me to handle food immediately but I think I suffer from low stomach acid. I never took the amount that Dr. Berg said to take though. I feel like he always suggests that people take large amounts of supplements. Amounts that seem kind of crazy to me. I just did one or two pills per meal and it seem to help a lot to me. I still take it but not as consistently but I always take zenwise probiotics which for me personally is one of the best pre and probiotic pills out there. Maybe try that if HCL didn't work for you. If you have a dry cough, you're probably suffering from reflux which is inflaming your throat and causing pockets of reflux to get stuck in the inflammation pockets. I want to see a ENT as well just to make sure it's not getting two infected because it can become cancerous after a certain point
@@preachergirl611 Sorry I mean apple cider vinegar. I stopped using that too. İ turned back to my physician medicine they were lansoprazol and gaviscon syrup really helped me in healing my complain i had explained . Note self experience: i used 1 pill almost per two days by chewing a bit of the pill i exposed directly my irritated throat to medicine. İt relaxed me and I got recovered for ten days
I have dealt with this for almost 4 years . Low quality of life and have bad inflammation. I m reluctant to do ppis , they keep pushing me to do this where I did them briefly at the start and it made me worse from one or two of them . I ve done ton of supplements ( all messing with acid levels) and it feels like no matter if you take it away or add it that it don't work . I have a hiatal hernia which could be a mechanical issue with the valve . I ve even done chiropractic , didnt work . Im seeing functional doctor doing supplements and changing diet . Dont matter what i eat or don't eat still feel awful . I m thinking the only thing for me to do at this point is surgery for hiatal hernia . Very frustrating process, makes you feel like you are dieing . I don't think the birth control thing would work for me , just saying lol
Does anyone else feel like they have the stomsch flu? Like genuinely feel feverish and Full body sick??? And it's so bad at night you can't sleep?? Been me for 4 months straight now and it keeps getting worse
I had reflux at a VERY VERY young age, like elementary school age. I would always say “my acid is raising!” And of course everyone would always think I said my a s s is raising.
Thank you for a very informative article, it's great to hear this, I don't feel alone in this journey, I feel your struggle, am going through the same thing.
Thank you for this video! I took PPIs for a couple weeks, but i will never take one ever again. Going to wean onto H2 blocker for a bit, and then try apple cider vinegar medication again. Wish everyone who has GERD luck, patience, wisdom, and HOPE! Keep finding innovative solutions to reduce symptoms without meds! And keep trying to find the root cause!
5 weeks ago I stopped cold turkey my PPI. I've been on this for more than 15years. I've done research online a lot before stopping on GERD and how it works and oh boy that was hard to go cold turkey lol!! After 18-19days I couldn't handle it anymore. Not just the reflux itself, but I had bloating, abdominal pain, like a lot. I was feeling full after eating only small meals. I tried many things at the same thing and that was too much. I also tried 2 meals a day intermittent fasting. I went back to my PPIs for a couple of days and now I'm on a weaning off schedule. After 18-19days I took back my (Dexilant) 60mg, then next day, opened up the capsule to cut in half a 30mg, then a 15mg. Now every other day I take 15mg and it's not perfect yet but I see improvements. I still have abdominal pain late in the day, but I noticed I don't have reflux. But I take notes of what I do everyday. I now take zinc-l-carnosine, L-glutamine, I add liccorice every meal and I started betaine HCL, I take a daily dose of chlorophyl. Again it's not perfect but it's a journey :) Same as you, for another reason I got a xray in my knees and my doctor told me I have a tiny bit of osteoporosis in one knee (I'm 37). After research I found out also the PPI was probably the culprit. That motivates me to eliminate completely my PPIs in the next few weeks. Hopefully I don't have other things like h.pilory or SIBO as I read it could happen also. Thanks for sharing your story :)
@@RelentlessBoater Hey! It's a journey I would say. It has been 9-10months since I stopped my PPIs. Like I said above, I went cold turkey and it did not work for me. That was so hard on my system and I also was trying a lot of things at the same time and taking many other things, chlorophyl, zinc, l-glutamine, liccorice, betaine hcl, apple cider vinegar.. that was a lot. If I would do it again I would just wean off first like I did, that worked perfectly. I cut my dose in half for like 7-10days, then halve again 7-10days, halve again and so on. Mine had little pellets inside so I counted them and really split them. After weaning off, I still had reflux but that was manageable.. mostly reflux couple hours after meals. Specially at night before going to bed. But then I added betaine hcl and it helped reduce my pain quite a bit afterwards. For some reason I added a multivitamin, for a lack of research I went directly with AG1.. it's promoted everywhere online and I just bought it. Coincidence maybe but 2-3weeks after taking this vitamin my symptoms were gone haha. I've been on AG1 for 4months now and I would say 95% of my symptoms are gone. The thing that I will do next is have proper analysis of my vitamins level.. because I think it's not because I don't have symptoms that my acid levels are fully back to normal and that I absorb nutriments properly. Hope it helps!
@@RelentlessBoater I need to buy some more, it's been a couple days since I ran out but I noticed taking a couple every meals helps me. Like I can take 3 for a small normal breakfast and 4-5 for a full meal and I have no side effects. HCL is sometimes tricky as if you eat a little less of less proteins, one capsule more and you feel the burn. You need to dose it accordingly!
I have been on a PPI for 28 years, once a day. It scares me that every time i try to wean myself from it i get so sick! I am going to try again!!! Thanks for this video. 💖
This is an incredible video. I'm trying to wean off 20mg of omeprazole that I've been on for 5 years. It's crazy how I also get reflux from bananas and water just as you did when we skip a day. Ive tried to wean off once but couldn't stand it. This video is encouraging me to try again but even slower, also with the addition of an h2 blocker. Thanks for the video! This gives me hope!!
Thank you for sharing your story. I’m taking PPI for 6 months now and I had to research because the doctors are not listening well and cannot empathize to the challenges of getting off PPI. I cannot switch to H2 blockers bec my body doesn’t like it. I had elevated heart rate and more dizziness when I use H2 blocker. So u researched more and found Soothe Naturals and Khelp which I just tried and currently helps me with my heartburn symptoms while I’m weaning off PPIs.
Thank you so much for an excellent video 🥰 I’m having a hard time to stop Omeprazole 20 mg. I have a question for the Zantac, when you mentioned Zantac, is this the original strength or maximum strength ?? I quit cold turkey and it didn’t work, so I’m to use your program to be free of PPI. All the best for you.
I was diagnosed with NERD... I know it's not exactly the same as Gerd apparently. Dr put me on PPI meds but had really bad side effects so had to be put on Ranitidine which went on for 2 years then they discontinued Ranitidine so my Dr put me back on PPI but yet again really bad side effects. So, I took myself off the PPIs and try to manage the disease through diet and lifestyle, sometimes it works but mostly it doesn't. I am so reluctant to go back on PPI as my mum has had Osteopinia since her 40s. What triggered me to come off all meds was that a blood test I had revealed that my body wasn't absorbing iron properly. Anyways, rewind to how this all started, I ate chicken in a restaurant and got food poisoning which resulted in Helicobacter Pylori which I had to get rid of twice to follow. Since then the NERD or what I like to say GERD has been making life hell. Endoscopy revealed gastritis and hiatal hernia. Its a mess, honestly, I've always eaten really well, been health conscious, never really drank alcohol or smoked. It has completely changed my life for the worst and I am always tired as sleeping is a nightmare with acid reflux even with wedged bed. Really wish I could go back in time and not eat that chicken 😭
I'm so, so sorry to learn that you've been struggling with N/GERD (I hadn't heard of NERD before!) secondary to an H. Pylori infection. I wish you could go back in time and not eat that chicken, too; however, please don't ever give up on your body's ability to heal. Bodies are such incredible organisms, and they're capable of such immense healing. I love learning that you took yourself off of medication after a blood test revealed you weren't absorbing iron properly, that sounds like the sign of someone who is trying to treat themselves holistically! You deserve to feel peace in your body. Healing can be so, so difficult, but you're worthy of a full recovery 🧡 I have a lot of thoughts about healing, if you want to learn more about how I approach all healing (GERD is one of four "chronic" conditions I've had, and I've healed three of them! Currently working on the fourth), you can check out this community post: th-cam.com/users/postUgzvPs77Q8D3zg6joNJ4AaABCQ You got this.
Wow! I’m sorry for all you’ve gone through. Let us know how you’ve been. ~ I too have a hiatal hernia, on PPIs for 14 yrs, I keep having low iron stores and take ferrous sulfate to regain reserves. I get routine upper endoscopies but, I’ve finally had it with these pills and so glad to find this video. I hope the pain in my back is not a compression fracture but I will be getting a nine density test soon. So so glad I found this video. I hope everyone finds their way to health.
Loved your positive note at end and your soft tone is so soothing. Mine is low stomach acid from severe stress and long term ppi's. Saw gi drz many tests except for ph balance which i recommended everyone should get that done first if thats possible i dont know to save time and pain for this chronic plem. I take HCL tablets and apple cider vinegar i alternate them. I weaned off ppi's. Im very unhappy w our drs they arent trained in low stomach acid my gi never heard of it. Ty again ❤
Thank you for putting this on TH-cam. I've tried many times to get free of the PPIs. I haven't been able to do it, to date. You are motivating me to give it another try. I have a Hiatal Hernia & it's treated with PPIs. The esophageal sphincter also doesn't close up with it.
My Gerd symptoms started with my first pregnancy. I had heart burn so bad I lost my voice during the last month of pregnancy. It was discovered that my LES is not closing and is loose and allows acid to escape which causes severe heart burn. I have tried to wean myself off only to end up in the ER with gastritis, rebound reflux and severe pain. I hate relying on a pill everyday and worry about the side effects. So I watch videos like this and hope I could be brave enough to one day try it again or maybe get surgery…ugh!
Thanks for this video! How involved was your doctor in your weaning process? Did they prescribe you the various PPI’s and H2 blockers you used to wean off, or did you make your own decisions based on research, what was available, etc?
I can share my experience weaning off PPIs, if you like. I was on them for 25 years until I wised up and took control of my own health. The doctors I went to didn't know anything about weaning off of them. They just said I would be better off taking the meds the rest of my life. The poster of this video weaned off them much slower than I did. She probably did it the best way possible. I went from 2 Nexium per day to 1 per day for a couple weeks. Then went to 2 Zantac per day, and eventually 1 per day. Had trouble getting off of it completely until I stopped eating so many carbs. I used to eat a fair amount of pasta but now I am entirely grain free. Western medicine sucks. They have no interest in finding root cause for anything.
I am a physiotherapist in Uk - and have Gurds, and am presently trying to come off the H2 tablets I was on , so your video resonates to me so much , thank you for a great message
I am so glad this video was helpful for you! I am excited that you are going to try and come off of the H2 blockers and heal your GERD -- wishing you the absolute best 💛
I try to stay away from pills as much as I can. Diet helps enormously. I have Gerd, don’t take pills (unless I need to), eat the “right” foods and have learned what works etc. A nutritionist can help, but so far I’m okay on my own.
Hi tori thanks for sharing your healing journey... Even i am facing GERD from past few years and having continuously PPI's from last 3-4 years: Morning Dosage : Esmoperazole Magnesium Trihydrate 40 mg + Domperidone 30 mg Evening Dosage: Domperidone 20 mg Alongwith GERD, I am also suffering from IBS and sinusitis after watching your video i feel like might be due to these PPIs my IBS and sinusitis are not getting cured and i am not able to gain weight as well ... I am definitely going to try this way of reducing the PPI usage slowly ... thanks for sharing this👍😄...
I'm so sorry to learn about your struggles with GERD, IBS, and sinitus, but I'm so happy that you feel this video was helpful for you! I wish you all of the best as you wean from PPIs and hopefully get that much closer to your healing 😊
Thank you for sharing your awesome story. I’m in the same boat. Everyone is telling me I should take HCL and apple cider vinegar but it burns my throat did did you try these?
I only took Pantoprazole for about 6 weeks for an h.pylori infection, stopped taking the PPI medication last week and oh boy was it a struggle... The breathlessness, the burning feeling in my stomach, chest/throat tightness, lump in throat. It's gotten a little better but it's still bothersome...
You aren't the first to mention struggling with GERD post PPIs prescribed secondary to an H. pylori infection - I really hope that you only continue to improve. Don't give up!
I am now on that period of stopping pentrazole, it's been a weak now .I am struggling with hurt burn but .I take Probiotic, ginger for stomach pain and Chamolile tea for better sleeping .As for sever hurt burn I use Gavascon .I don't wanna go back to Pentrazole. I pray everyday for God to heal me. I don't smoke & drink .I do exercises.
I’ll also say I’ve only been taking them for four days but I don’t know if they will have me take them for a long time or if my stomach is supposed to get better when I stop taking them?
First of all, congratulations on your baby! I hope that you two are healthy and happy 💛 Secondly, I'm really glad this video was helpful for you! I appreciate you feeling comfortable asking me questions about the PPIs you've been taking over the last few days; however, I cannot give individualized medical advice. I'm not sure what the next move is/if your stomach is supposed to get better once you stop, but I definitely encourage you to ask your prescribing provider these questions! You deserve to have an understanding of your plan of care! I wish I could be more helpful, and I wish you and your baby the best 🤗
Hello - an interesting discussion of your personal experience. I am wondering however if when there is a mechanical cause of GERD ie. a hiatus hernia if an approach like yours could ever work. I have the hernia and will resist an ops - which sounds to me like lots of potential future alternate probs and 'treat' with lifestyle approaches as much as possible but from that pov doubt if I can ever delete the PPIs even if bone density is an issue ...
About a year ago, heartburn came every night no matter what I ate. I ate less or I ate "healthy" foods, but when evening comes, I would get heartburn. I did think about taking antacid to rid of it and then I found the info that it's because of low acid instead of too much. I thought it strange because I have never heard of that associated with heartburn. I also found in another video that I need to drink less water an hr or more before meal and to resume half an hr with water. In between , just some water is fine. I have always been a heavy water drinker with my meals. It is supposed to fill you up so not eat too much..maybe aid digestion too. In thw past, I have always burped with a little bit of acid coming back up after a meal and have beginning of a heartburn feelimg and I didn't know it wasn't good cus it didn't hurt and it goes away. It's been like for at least a decade. And raw vegetables and some breads gives me heartburn now . Hope your osteopenia stops and reverse some . I found that rebounding exercise ( or impact esp through the heels ..as in walking.. can reverse it ..though not sure how much it reverses). Good luck
Dr Tory, so glad I found your channel, I have constipation and now I have a polyp in-my pelvis, im bleeding. Is that related to constipation? You are so easy to understand. Thank you.
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Some tablets shouldn't be cut though, especially if they're not scored; most PPIs have a special coating AFAIK. But I'm glad you've weaned off successfully. The H2 blocker is a good strategy. PPIs are seriously no joke. I am a pharmacist, and the general trend in the past decade in the profession has been to really reduce PPI use. A lot of bad effects with long-term use, as you mentioned. We definitely try to wean and switch to H2 blockers when we can.
Thank you for sharing your expertise! I did not know that most PPIs have a special coating/shouldn't be cut. I appreciate you educating me/anyone watching this video.
I am really glad to hear that the general trend in the pharmaceutical profession has been to wean/replace PPIs with H2 blockers. I was SHOCKED to have osteopenia at 24/25, I can't imagine how my body would've continued to change if I stayed on them for 15-20 years.
Thank you for this thoughtful comment! Wishing you health and safety during this uncertain time ❤️
Do you have any ideas on reducing the acid in the mouth which is constant?
@@PelvicEmpowerment I was using H2 blockers for while and found that you can't quit those cold turkey either. You have to wean yourself off of them. Nothing works to prevent backlash symptoms that occur when you quit cold turkey except smaller amounts of H2 blocker.
@@crand20033 I had a similar experience with the H2 weaning, but found them easier to wean than the PPIs!
@@crand20033
Small bites of tiny sips of warm water, cold banana, tbsp of plain yogurt (vegan or dairy), aloe juice (if tolerated), marshmallow root (get the real dried root or powder) and or slippery elm tea (esp at night) all help with splash back and burning. If really bad try Gaviscon - Canada, UK and Europe have advanced version. Just half and only as last option. I’ve been weaning myself off PPIs after 25+ yrs. Found out from new GI physician was never the right drug for me but now caused serious issues with bones and microbiome. Slowly undoing the damage. Cheers.
Thank you for this video🙏🏻
I’m a 47 year old male. I don’t drink, don’t eat junk food, I exercise a lot, and still have chronic gastritis; it’s such a frustrating time. I’ve always had a sensitive stomach but for some reason right now it’s hell in there.
Last night I couldn’t sleep and I said, “screw this, I’m taking a PPI” tomorrow.
But your video has given me hope again. I want to beat this and its people like you that keep the rest of us motivated. I understand there are people dying of cancer or dealing with other serious diseases that are life threatening, but this stomach issue is so frustrating.
And the most frustrating part is that doctors only give you PPI’s, as mine did, not once was I told about possible low stomach HCL, not once! And I’ve even had an endoscope but that’s the extent of the depth the docs went into. I’ve learned about what I’ve going through and why through TH-cam. What a shame! I pay thousands of dollars a year for health insurance and end up doing all the work my self 🤦🏻♂️
Thank you again for your testimony.
Couldn't agree more. It's so frustrating but I feel guilty for complaining. I also am at my wits end and considering taking my PPI for some relief...
"...thousands of dollars a year on health insurance a year and end up doing all the work myself".
YEP. 🤦🏻♀️same.
I've given up on doctors period! I don't trust them period! 2 failed awful surgeries no accountantability and NO knowledge of health benefits that are pills from big pharma!!
I am 49 and don't drink, don't smoke and seldom eat junk food, yet the doctor said I've got Gerd but I think it's more likely lpr because I don't get heartburn, but there is a sensation that something in my throat and I also burp. The doctor also give me ppi.
Its getting worse recently and I wake up a lot in night sleep. It's really frustrating.
If you have gastritis problems, there is a large chalky pill I don't know the name of it unfortunately that you can take I think it's like a half an hour before you eat and it makes the symptoms go away and just a few doses but I take it for a few days.. That's what I do for my gastritis. And I only take it during a bout of it, unfortunately it's still prescription But my doctor knows me by now and he knows that I know my own body so he gives it to me as needed. You take it a half an hour before you eat and that way it coats everything from top to bottom before you eat your food.
@@jellybear35 hi, may i know what is your symptoms?
I am into my 6th week of Omeprazole and will be slowly switching to H2 blockers as recommended. Thank you so much for this great video. I am not alone! Much love from Fiji.
Melons like cantaloupe, honeydew and watermelon are mildly acidic food with a pH of 6.1 which is suitable to alleviate acid reflux. Melons are also loaded with magnesium which aids to neutralise the acid secretion in the stomach and gives respite to acid reflux
Again, thank you so much for sharing what has helped you! I hope someone reading the comments will see yours and get some new ideas to trial 🧡
This is about too little acid, maybe listen?
Thank you, I truly appreciate how encouraging you have been for me about my GERD issue. I’ve been very discouraged working with a doctor, and have been seeking as much information that will help me get through this without drugs.
Me too !
I pray for you for your healing.
Hi, may I know what were your symptoms? Currently I am facing GERD as well..
So happy you were able to find relief! Chronic issue can be so hard. I am an herbalist and I work with GI issues frequently. I've found in the majority of cases of GERD, acid levels are too low rather than too high. We always suggest testing this using a shot of ACV before meals. It gives people some insight about the cause, depending on if the reflux gets better or worse following the meal. Thank you for sharing your story! It's unfortunate that sometimes western medical systems don't have longevity/sustainability in mind but rather just the treatment of symptoms. Glad you found your healing
Thank you so much for the kind words and for watching 🤗 I love the idea of using ACV to get a pulse on the stomach’s acid production - simple, easy, and brilliant! It’s interesting to learn that lower acid production is the culprit in the majority of the cases that you see!
Since you're an herbalist, have you found the best herbs to help with gut issues? I take hormal birth control for cysts and often have constipation...what herbs work best?
@@LaLavender25 ginger, betaine hcl. Watch dr eric berg
Guys I am taking ppi I have hyperacidity.tell me something that I can stop ppi
@@dipalijagadale8097the first m'ont is extremely hard
Thank you for making the video, I have just managed to come off Nexium, which I had been on for 20 years. Because of your video I can link the start of my Gerd to HRT. It's taken me 3 months to slowly come of the PPI and i'm still getting a lot of acid, not to the extent of rebound, but still painful, i take gaviscon, which helps, but ive been 3 weeks without any nexium at all, and i'm seriously trying hard not to give in. The pharmaceutical companies have a lot to answer.😢
@cindy how are you holding up?
hi, may i know what were your symptoms?
How many years u sick
thanks for sharing your story. It would be helpful to have a 3 min condensed version of your answers for those who have been spending a lot of time already searching for their answers. Wishing everyone reading this the best of success!!
I know right. I'm exhausted and exasperated. I've been searching for weeks and weeks for answers as to what to do. So so much talk, lots of anatomical and physiological explanations. Zero clarity on how to actually heal. Many mentions of hcl but that's it. I mean is that a forever thing. I need food answers. Protocols, meal plans, herbal remedies. I'm struggling to understand what to actually do about it.
I'm 21 and im diagnosed with Gerd ,difficulty of breathing ,palpitation is the worst experience of me . My doctor prescribe me an PPI for 2 weeks , this video inspire me to become aware of my situation, and learning the process of the disease .
Hey, I'm so sorry to learn that you're struggling with GERD, difficulty breathing, and palpitations, but I'm SO happy that this video inspired you to become more aware of your situation and learn more about GERD!
Every time I heal from a chronic condition (GERD being one of three, and I'm currently working on a fourth 🙃), it's because I relied radically on myself, embraced trial and error, and trusted my intuition. I hope you feel inspired to do just that 💛
Wishing you the best, and I hope you find your healing soon 🤗
I’m in this exact boat, 26 terrible GERD, difficultly breathing, palpitations, belching & regurgitation.. I am currently on omeprazole but don’t take it as I should since I’m such a naturalist & hate taking pills & medication .. it’s so frustrating
@@AshleyMadalyn same here am sooooo hopeless
Yeeessssss the breathing part for me is annoying. I feel like my throat is tight and someone is sitting on my chest with a mild burning sensation.
are you feeling any better?
Like You, I had to do a lot of research into why I suddenlty had GERD. I'm 64 years old so the probability of having low stomach acid was high. I refused PPI's as I've already had a Dexa scan and have osteopenia. I had already had an endoscopy but had to pay to go privately to have my a PH test. This final test confirmed my thoughts... Hypochlorhydria (low stomach acid). I didn't have a bacteria problem. My problem was clearly age related and the fact that I was going through stressful times. I started taking betaine hydrochloride with enzyme pepsin and zinc and very quickly my indigestion stopped and so did my reflux.
I've had hair loss and asthma for years, but for the first time in years, my hair is getting thicker and I'm not getting bouts of asthma.
This video you have done is so important, especially for women over 50.
Hi, may I know what is the name of the PH test that you took?
@@20lounge The Heidelberg pH test is what I had. There are other tests, but that's the one I was offered.
That makes me question our health care and our doctors (the agents of pharmaceutical industry).
I know this is going to label me a crazy, but that’s all good I don’t mind. For me satan is here to steal, kill, and destroy. That being said that dude got his hands in every cookie jar! Big pharma, big Ag, Hollywood, music industry etc… Social media (almost forgot that one.
I’ve been questioning them for years!
@@TheYellowrose21 saw my Dr this week and told her I had a few concerns I’ve noticed for that last few weeks, don’t you know she said without skipping a beat “well pick the most important ones cause we don’t have time for a few weeks!” And she told me that low stomach acid isn’t really A thing….. 😒 she a Netflix and chill Doc!
@@thelthrythquezada8397 that’s crazy! But I’m certainly not surprised.
@@TheYellowrose21 VA Hospital at thay
You are an amazing human being. Only listening your lovely, soft tone of voice calmed my anxiety over my acid reflux. I never wanted to take PPIs but i took it cause i had a flareup of acid reflux, and the Doctor kind of said, so why are you here for. I had only take it for a week but listening to you, I will reconsider it again. Thank you for sharing your story and help us to understand that every body gut is different and it could be different causes as to our own acid reflux. I love how relaxed you did a video of a very difficult subject. Keep the good work up!!
You are one thoughtful and mature young woman; I tried to reduce the PPI's I started taking a year ago and initially did it cold turkey resulting in severe rebound, I am now doing it gradually, like you did, but you have given me some very useful suggestions for the process, thank you so much. I also appreciate the emphasis you make on the fact that we are ultimately responsible for our bodies and that it is useful to consult doctors' and other practitioners but in the end our bodies hold their own wisdom in that they always strive for homeostasis.
I love how she explained how the acid blockers work so simply that I could understand and I am now trying to get off those and not understanding what was happening I actually threw up I went back on the blockers and feeling so frustrated but now I have hope thank you so much
People die because of lack of wisdom. Drugs can't heal and to be used temporarily. Hope we find the real cause and heal naturally. Really helpful info and true. Thanks❤️
La causa real ya la revelo el único doctor que habla con la verdad, Frank Suarez aqui en youtube. Tristemente fue silenciado (murder) y lo hicieron pasar como que él se habia matado pero no fue asi. Afortunadamente volvieron a resubir sus videos aqui en youtube pero el fue asesinado
What a story. I can SO relate. You are so right. We are capable of healing. The human body is amazing.
I was on PPI's for probably twice as long as you. I tried many times over the years to stop, always rushing back to them. This time, after a good long stretch of going from 40 mg, to 20, then 10, and finally, I tried taking something called Peptiva, mastic gum, and digestive enzymes and Pepsid AC as you, when certain things just didn't set well. I have been one month without any Omeprazole at all, and have gone some days with no Pepsid at all. An occasional Rolaid, and of course, cutting out a lot of things from my diet. I hope one day soon I will feel just normal again. It is not fun, but over a ten year span of two major fractures, plus some compression fractures in my spine, just was the last straw. I am trying my best to improve my bone density, and have freedom from now on from PPI's.
I'm so sorry to learn about your history of fractures secondary to bone density issues/prolonged PPI use, but I am ECSTATIC that you've been able to piece together a weaning plan that works for you and your unique body! An occasional Rolaid?! That's such a HUGE victory, especially coming from 40mg/day for ~20 years!! I hope you're finding time to celebrate, and I trust that your body will only continue to heal ❤️
Thank you for sharing your experience so openly in this comment, I am hopeful that it will help others who quietly read the comments section 🤗
Oh how wonderful! I will follow suit and try to wean. I have taken 40mg for 14 yrs and just now at 52 I am dealing with back/spine issues and just went to doctor yesterday. I begged to get a bone density exam. I will get one of these in Nov. but wish it was today. I am convinced that I either have a fracture or pinched nerve it’s all new to me. How does a compression fracture feel? My doctor gave me muscle relaxers, phy therapy and ability to schedule for bone density. Not sure if she believed it a fracture, but says to come back in 2 mos if still in pain. Does that sound about right? I’ve been so worried.
That is awful. The lesson i learn is never treat symptoms long-term, treat the ROOT CAUSE! These pharmacy companies are fxcking us up, and they don't give a shit
Hello! I know it's been awhile since you posted but I was wondering how things have gone after the weaning? Any insights about definite things to do/ stay away from? I never had problems when I ate food but because I stupidly stuffed my face at night before bed and had reflux then, I put myself on Omeprazole! After a year decided to just stop eating around 530 and go off the pill( assuming I could go back to how it was). Have been having horrible symptoms ever since. Everything but water causes reflux and burning. I've been thinking of going back on Omeprazole just to wean myself off. Any suggestions? Helpful hints?
I am sure you did the right thing weaning yourself off the PPI's. I am now 80 years and startede having GERD about 15 years ago. But I had a history of GERD as a young person during my pregnancies! At first I took the PPI's that were prescribed to me, but finding out the metabolic mechanisms behind made me stop. So what do I do about the GERD? In my case, eating carbs - wheat especially - triggers it, so I don't eat bread contain wheat. If I occasionally should get an attack, I'll drink two spoonfuls of apple cider winegar mixed with some water. That helps! Drinking acid immediately makes my spfinxter close up! And Apple cider winegar is very healthy 😁 Lene from Elsinore
How do you know if you have a lot of acid or low acid I'm to scared to try apple cider vinegar that it will make my heartburn worse Ive been in so much pain in the middle of my chest I keep thinking I'm having. Heart attack .
@@crystaltorres7313 Nothing to be scared of, I use it and it's the only thing that works for me, it's really good and works well.
@@crystaltorres7313Do the burp test. Research it on TH-cam. Btw, I had/have that same pain in the middle of the chest. With the burp test, I determined I had low stomach acid and apple cider vinegar tremendously helps! That pain in the center of my chest is gone. I still have a few issues but the ACV helps! Research the burp test with baking soda.
One teaspoon of apple cider vinegar eith water it won't hurt. This has helped me heaps . I'm not cured yet but I'm trying everything and seeing what works and definitely ACV helps
Holy - what a story. I just figured out that since birth my stomach acid has been low. This diagnosis explains all of my health issues that I have until today - age 51. I am feeling so positive about getting cured from IBS, LPR etc. etc.
How did you figure out that you have low stomach acid if you don't mind me asking?
@@aidaljuca5318 Based on my symptoms and taking baking soda test.
Hi, what treatment do you currently try to fix your gut's health?
@@20lounge I took baking soda test. When I wrote my last comment, I had inflammation in stomach which turned into ulcers. I took Mastic gum and I was cured. I couldn't take Betaine HCL while I had ulcers. I have just started taking Betaine HCL capsules with gentian root and enzymes. I think insufficient bile production may also be a cause of my issues. I am working on a new plan to address it.
I came here after watching your original UTI video. I'm very much your elder, (female). Took PPI's 30 years. After listening to your experience, I better understand my own. I was on HRT do to a total hysty @ 30. I take a PPI maybe once a month now. I decided in the last 2 years, I was taking control of my health. Thus far, I have eliminated 4 out of 6 RX's. I just wanted to encourage your viewers to patient with themselves and the process. It really is a personal plan, because 1 size doesn't fit all. Take notes, there many styles of trackers (PDF files) sold on Etsy to help. Thank you for this detailed video.
how are you feeling now
Thank you for sharing your story. I’m finally free of taking a proton pump inhibitor for almost 14 years. I take an apple cider vinegar capsule with every meal now to increase my stomach acid. I have also been able to introduce foods back into my diet that caused acid reflux while I was taking a ppi. It’s amazing how increased stomach acid not only helps to digest food better but also helps to prevent acid reflux.
Hello! I've thought about acv pills at meals but have been afraid of getting a burning situation that's even worse...any reactions when you first started? I stupidly put myself on Omeprazole for a year and then, without research, went cold turkey. Horrible! Been suffering a year. I would rather go thru breast cancer again or have my fibro flare up! Been thinking of going back on ppi and very slowly going off. Any insights? Suggestions? Can you share your successes and failures?
Wow
Hi, do you still currently consume ACV? I want to know if it could get rid of acid reflux permanently..
I have been on PPIs since 10 years now. Your story has brought a hope for me to get rid off PPIs. I left my high paying job due to these stomach issues. I almost cut social gatherings. Thanks a lot for sharing your story. May God bless you.
I have the exact same story..10+ years and I want to get off PPI's as well.
@@karendillenbeck9990 I was also diagnosed with H.Pylori 6 months back and after successful treatment I am feeling much better with other issues like nusea and vomiting but still struggling with GERD. Now I am on the lowest dose of H2 blocker, famotidine 20 mg since 5 days. Most of the time I am fine with it but at times I feel burning sensation but I take alovera juice and feel relaxed. Not going to take PPIs again
Have you considered surgery? Arent PPI's long term bad for you?
@@karendillenbeck9990 Have you considered surgery? Arent PPI's long term bad for you?
@@MAA-yt1tn can you suggest me the name of surgery. I am not aware about it. I am really suffering bad.
I'm a healthy 35-year-old who thought I was having a heart attack last Saturday. Turns out all of my test and scans were clean. Now I'm thinking that I have severe acid reflux which I've never had before.
Everyone keeps telling me to take PPIs (which I refuse) and then I find out that heartburn actually can be caused by lack of acid, it can also be caused by tension in the diaphragm not allowing the sphincter to close all the way. I'm currently doing diaphragm breathing and exercises, and I'm also going to try to eliminate citrus and coffee out of my diet, and go from there. The diaphragm exercises alone have produced really good results just in the last 12 hours. I also have a betaine hydrochloride supplement I'm going to try as well slowly. I'm also upping D3 dose and K2. I'm sure I get enough zinc from the matcha I drink lol
Thank you for sharing 💐! Same condition 🙌
@@tukoshka well here's an update. It makes no sense but I'm pretty certain consuming to much matcha was causing my flare up. I had to cut back and start drinking it as a latte and it's not as bad.... Crazy because it's so good for me but something about it drinking it as straight tea was causing my acid to spike. It's possibly the caffeine which is loosening my lower esophageal sphincter too much. Not really sure yet
@@tukoshka another update. D-limonene has removed all my symptoms.
But during a lunch and dinner I am supplementing with betaine hydrochloride and bile salts
@@CoryHobbs2178 OMG! Thank you for an update! 💐I think it's because of too much coffee. Where did you buy D limonene? Which brand is the best?
@@CoryHobbs2178 Which brand of D limonene are you consuming Swanson or Jarrow?
My heartburn “origin” story was exactly what you experienced. Unfortunately, I was on 80mg Nexium for nearly 3 decades. I never got osteopenia (I’m lucky), but I began to have forceful and painful cramps every night. I just recently tried to go cold turkey too, but will wean myself slowly. I’m now on 40mg every other day. I just ordered the 20 mg tablets in anticipation of it getting better.
Happy you are having success weaning. I will try again after my UK trip. I have LPR and it effects my vocal cords/smothering sensation. Causes me great anxiety. I will try Tory's wean mid Oct and f/u with my throat doc too.
Hello! I noticed you said you tried cold turkey but then decided to wean. How long were you off? Here's what I did...decided I needed Omeprazole (in hindsight, because I shoved so much food in my face before bed that it had no choice but to try and come back up), after a year went cold turkey(didn't do research at all!). Massive reflux, now stopped eating after 530pm but now I have reflux after everything but water. I'm thinking of going back on ppi and weaning down thru h2 blockers and then down to nothing. Any suggestions? Insight? Would really appreciate. Thanks!
Honestly, I’m only at week 8 being (and weaning) off the Nexium. I find that when I eat nothing but meat, I don’t get any heartburn even if I eat after 7pm (which I rarely do). I did wean from 80mg to 40, then bought the OTC Nexium and went to 20, then, I finished by cutting those in half. I didn’t wait a full week on each step down. Now, I have been on Mounjaro since December 2022 and when I do eat carbs (apples, berries, or keto veg), I still get heartburn. I am fairly certain the heartburn is the Mounjaro. I had that when I tried to go up to 7.5mg (from 5mg). The heartburn was so bad this summer, I went back down to 5mg. I am weaning off of that and will be back to the 2.5 mg weekly dose through December and January. Then I will be at my goal weight. I can only recommend going carno to tame the heartburn once you’ve weaned down. @@cindyleastorch194
Maybe this will help someone. It’s a comment someone else made on another GERD video, but it makes more sense than anything else I’ve read!
“The stomach acid backs up into the esophagus because it is too weak. Think of it as a partially clogged pipe backing up your sink. Stronger stomach acid acts to clear the clog so that nothing backs up. Medications that block stomach acid make the problem less noticeable by reducing the irritation of the esophagus but do nothing to fix the back-up itself.
Stomach acid is typically in a pH range of 1.5 to 3.5. Fermentation occurs in somewhat acidic pH of down to 4.2 (optimal pH for fermentation is around 4.5) . So, if for whatever reason your stomach acid is either weak or simply insufficient and you consume any carbohydrates, they will ferment, building gas pressure. At some point, the esophageal sphincter will fatigue ("dysfunction") due to this pressure and act as a release valve. Now, open, stomach acid will back up into the esophagus, damaging both it and the sphincter. Now you have reflux.
So, you now have two options. The first (bad one) is to take a medication that will further weaken the stomach acid to a pH of up to 6.0. At that pH,
fermentation is either stopped or very minimal. So, no gas pressure from fermentation and the esophageal sphincter stays closed. No reflux. But, then your food passes thru the stomach, only partially digested and not sterilized. Plus, you will develop an overgrowth of H. Pylori bacteria and will end up having to take round after round of antibiotics. Also not good. However, as fermentation stops at a pH of around 4.2, if you restore the stomach acid to its initial low pH, you will prevent the fermentation issue and the lower esophageal sphincter will no longer "dysfunction". Now that the sphincter remains closed, no reflux. Now that the pH is back to normal range, food will be better digested and sterilized. And, H Pylori will remain in the stomach where it belongs.”
@candacerushing6882 How do we restore the PH of around 4.2?
So, how do you restore it back to that level
Betaine hydrochloride 😊
@@beckyhudson7126yep ! Dr Eric Berg has amazing videos saying this same
Thing.
You know know how relieved I am to see this post and the comments knowing that I’m not alone and issueless doctor just recently told me I have anxiety. I’ve had this since 2014. I had all the symptoms, I woke up one morning gasping for air, later gastric pain, 2 weeks later, lumpy sensation in my throat. Thought asthma, put me on meds that didn’t work, then they said peptic ulcer, put me on the triple therapy for h pylori and coming off it was crazy even though I didn’t feel it helped much. It felt like I was reacting to evrything, like am I allergic to food? Tried to cut out food but when I saw I would even become bloated with just water I gave up. The burping was crazy and the bloating too.
Now I’m in and out of hospital and they keep prescribing PPI and since that time I took it years ago and knowing the side effects and how coming off it won’t be easy I have never taken them again, the medications would literally expire in my cupboard. I have tried ACV I feel like it helped abit but I think I overdid it and it became worse, fhen I stopped ACV and reduced it and got better. Still breathless and I’m so tired.
I’ve noticed even when I don’t eat some morning, I can suddenly have breathless ness in the afternoon and I haven’t even eaten. It’s just crazy my situation.
What changed before this started.
I don’t know what caused it but I remember eating bread and egg and being painfully full each night and went straight to sleeping. So did that stretch my splincter? also fasted for 7 days from morning till 6pm and was my first fast and had symptoms that I didn’t know know was not normal, I had stomach pain, breathlessness and was very irritable.
Yes this is an exactly what is happening to me now. I no idea when this will end I’m just sick myself. No clue what food is working I’m trying different things but some nights awake with excruciating pain
Amazingly, if you take apple cider vinegar to increase your stomach acid, along with cutting out the ppi’s, it work’s incredibly well.
Wow!!!! This makes total sense especially cuz i got off my birth control cold turkey n shortly after i got gerd n more n more my heartburn got worse! I started drinking alkaline water 9.5 and it slowly started helping but after 2 wks really helped! Im off pepcid now. Thank God n i wish the best 4 others who suffer from this!
So your saying just drinking a alkaline water your acid reflux went away and don't have to take anything for heartburn anymore ?
thanks a lot. praying for healing and this video appeared. It's like 2 months since I got gerd. thanks to God for you it won't take that much long for me to recover. God bless.
I'm so glad this video was helpful! Wishing you the best in your healing ❤️
how are you feeling buddy?
The only way to cure Gerd if you have it is to go 16 hours fasting and that would resolve the reflux now before you go back into consuming food, you can eat normally but do not drink water afterwards for at least an hour and strictly no water during a meal, you wouldn't get reflux afterwards with the premise that you do not drink water after meal and you do not lay down.
Also, it helps if you avoid eating until your stomach is full, leave half of your stomach empty and don't drink water for an hour! if you drink after 10 minutes of a meal you will get reflux and when you have to eat a highly fatty, little bit spicy or sour food if you wanna eat something dangerous then take one tablespoon of apple cider vinegar diluted in water beforehand (ON EMPTY STOMACH) before you eat your large amount food but this is not recommended to take apple cider all the time since you don't want that to be a solution and too much unreasonable use of apc could damage your oesophagus sphincter so make sure to take a bit and dilute it in water, drink in empty stomach before a meal and strictly no water when eating and one hour after! That's the only way to not have acid backup, it's the only cure and relief! And your last resolve in the arsenal would be gargling on baking soda if the stomach acid went all the way back up which is better to be avoided altogether.
I did 36hr dry fasting and 72hrs water fasting.... None helped... Heartburn the whole time.
I’ve been on ppi for 12 years and can’t seem to get off. Thank u for this video as it gives me hope!
I used this method of adding acid for about 1-1,5 years four years ago when I first got more severe issues, this after suddenly getting hypersalivation one evening which caused very frequent swallowing due to saliva filling the mouth. I did that because when I had gotten medication (I forget what it was called now) prior, it didn't do anything for me, and because various youtube channels promoted this other method and warned about prolonged PPI use. I also thought it had to do with tension or nerve damage but no doctors I've seen have taken the hypersalivation part seriously at all. I felt it made things better slowly, but towards the end of that period it got much worse at night, more like slow motion puking which would start waking me up in the middle of the night. I think what did make things better was frequent exercise and a diet change (obviously avoiding commonly mentioned triggers too) rather than ACV and such but moreso with more explosive reflux and chest pain.
Since all the doctors I've seen (6+ now) has said to use PPIs I eventually gave in and have tried a couple of cures for several months, but they haven't helped either. Recently I pretty much just use weaker stuff like novalucol, samarin and novaluzid which only helps briefly.
I've had gastroscopies (also from the other end, I forget what it's called in english, didn't show anything) and two 24h ph meter tests but for the second one which was more recently, the doctor seemed to think I was pressing the button when I wasn't having reflux (they said to press it when noticing anything and you can see your ph value in the esophagus in real time so I did whenever it got to like 5 or lower, which is often when you're frequently burping or getting reflux or heartburn). During my last visit to my surgeon though, he admitted I have a small hiatal hernia (no idea why he didn't tell me that earlier but he explained it as different doctors defining it differently - others had just said I had inflammation or lighter wounds on the LES after the gastroscopies). But he adviced against surgery because of complications and because he doesn't think it's severe enough even though I lose like 2-3h of sleep per day and am often in pain from it.
Anyway, the most recent thing I'm trying is iQoro, a small piece of plastic which you do some mouth training with (really it seems that what happens is you train muscles near the LES when you use it, as a side effect). I seems to help a little bit by day at least, having used it for 3+ months now - by that I mean I have pain around the LES instead of reflux or heartburn for some periods of the day. We'll see in 3 more as the company said you need to be using it for that long to see real effects. I'll probably suggest these h2 blockers next time I see a doctor, will probably have to explain the whole journey from the beginning to them again and not be taken seriously at first. That and how random this condition can feel at times are the most frustrating parts.
Thanks for the video!
Great to hear you are healed. GERD is very frustrating. I am struggling. It looks like doctors like PPIs, and do not know why they help us stop PPI.
It seems like my own story.i was diagnosed with GERD secondary to hiatal harnia and loosening of LES.Been on ppi for 25 years.all attempts to get rid of them failed with serious counter effects of heart burn and acid reflux.however I have a self realisation through my own study and discovery that chronic suppression of stomach acid has lead to the development of bacterial overgrowth causing dihorrea and IBS.now re-experimenting with H2 blockers alongside prokientik and other acid suppresent liquids.do not know how much success I will meet with.But many thanks for posting this video and a positive message
Thank you so much, such an inspiring video! Your sweetness is soo healing by itself, i can tell you!! All my best wishes from Athens, Greece, stay blessed!!
AH! Thank you for this video! I finally understand what my GI doc was trying to tell me but I didn't understand. I am like you. I don't make enough acid, so the door never closes. I too got diagnosed with GERD at a very young age but never made the connection to going on birth control. Holy cow! It makes so much sense! I feel like I've been taking ranitidine since the dawn of time! LOL (Famotidine now) I've only been on PPI's for a year or two. I had to go on it because I developed this horrible thing called esophagitis which has never really healed due to break through acid. I think I'm going to talk to my doc and try this! THanks!
I am so glad this video helped you understand the low acidity/LES dysfunction and that you’ve been able to connect some potential dots related to BC and gut health! I was super hesitant to create this video, so I’m so happy that it’s helpful for you!
And that sounds so painful 😔 I hope that you’re able to heal soon ❤️
Wishing you health and safety during this uncertain time 💕
I went through the same thing with getting off PPI's...I had my 1st bout with GERD in 2012, Doc put me on PPI's for 90 days...within 1 week my issues moved from my Upper GI to my Lower GI. The lower GI issues lasted on & off for a couple of years and like many people who have GERD, I also developed IBS but I never went back on PPI's. Fast forward to 2021...a lot of Stress & Activity in life over the last 2 years between having a baby, COVID, work, life I became worn down, got into some bad eating habits & that retriggered the GERD. The GERD symptoms started off lighter with Excessive Saliva, Tickle in the Throat with GERD Cough onto....Heartburn, Reflux, Nausea and then that also caused a chronic Back Ache on my spine between my upper middle back & shoulder blades. I went to see the Doc, she immediately prescribed PPI's again for 30 days and I just felt like I wanted to resolve the root issue....I saw a couple of videos in relation to GERD, curing GERD, GERD back discomfort & each Doctor & Patient said the same thing over & over & over....get yourself Betaine HCL with Pepsin!! As you mentioned about the loopback effect, and within a couple of days the difference was unreal! Obviously practicing better eating habits like chewing your food better, eating slower, not eating too late or too close to bedtime, being mindful when you have certain trigger foods to not overindulge, etc....but to me the biggest thing has been adding the Betaine HCL with Pepsin. Noticed a huge difference in my entire digestive process & it also helped with my IBS.
Wow, I am so, so sorry to learn about your struggle with PPIs, GERD, and IBS, and the resurgence of those symptoms following the last couple of years, but I thank you SO much for taking the time to share about your success with Betaine HCL & Pepsin! I'm so glad that you're feeling better, and I'm really hopeful that someone reading the comments will see yours and be led to the right healing path for them!
Cheers to your recovery, and I hope that you and baby are healthy, happy, and safe 🧡
I can't understand English much tell me in simple language what to do for hyperacidity gerd .I want to stop ppi plz reply
@@dipalijagadale8097 if u dont have hpylori/ulcer/gastritis or esophagitis try to take HCL+PEPSIN CAPSULE BEFORE MEALS thats what they mean
Have you considered surgery? Arent PPI's long term bad for you?
You are so inspiring. I’m so happy you got to resolve your issues with GERD. I’m still waiting to be able to do the same.
Oh my gosh, thank you for the kind words, sincerely 🧡 I'm so sorry that you're still struggling, but please don't ever give up on your body's ability to heal. I meant what I said in the final chapter of this video. I truly, to my core, believe that bodies are capable of immense healing, and I don't think yours is an exception.
Wow so happy you were able to get off the PPIs. I was also diagnosed with acid reflux when I was 16 yrs old. It was the first year they came out with a prescription medication for acid reflux. I never took birth control but I can pinpoint my trigger at a high stress situation. You might want to think back to see if you had a stress trigger when you were 16. I took the medication and my acid reflux went away. I am now 62 and I have been on and off of PPIs since I was 16, almost always after a stressful time in my life. No doctor has ever warned me that they could cause side effects. My big side effect from them is I got SIBO and had to be treated multiple times for that. I have now been on them straight for about 20 years and looking to get off of them once and for all. Wish me luck and best of luck with your other chronic condition although I just looked and see this video was 3 years ago so it is most likely over and done now. T
I really needed to hear this today thank you so much for sharing your story! I was getting discouraged and realized I usually need to heal like a turtle too and I have been trying to get off Pepcid too quickly
Thank you so much for sharing your PPI story. I too have been on them for some 40 years. Like you, I've tried to get off them and I tried cold turkey like you did and had the same experience. Through the years it got so bad with my heartburn before getting on ppi's daily that I had Barretts Esopogus and at one point the scar tissue in my esophagus had scarred so badly from GERD that If I tried to swallow to big of a bite, the food would get stuck in my esophagus and when I tried to force it down with water, the water would start flowing into my lungs and I would start drowning. This would lead immediately to violent vomiting and convulsing to expel the water and food from my lungs and my stomach. I then had to have my esophagus stretched with a balloon scope to break the scar tissue to allow the food to go down. Since that time, I've been on PPI's ever since to keep that from happening again. Now that I've changed my American diet which was causal to say the least...to a Pescatarian Diet recommended by Dr./Professor Valter Longo, after I finish my current 5-day Fasting Mimicking Diet, I'm going to try your program to try and wean myself off of these damn things for once and for all. I'm on 20mg daily, so I'll start from there moving forward in cutting them down. Incidentally, my doctor last week wanted me to try taking them every other day. I did once, and you can guess what my result was. "No Cigar"! I'm truly thankful in having your post come up on my TH-cam feed. GOD Bless you young lady for giving me your idea on how to get the hell off these damn things. I think you story will also work for me. Thank you so very very much for posting this.
That is so awful to go through, I am sorry to hear this. In the hardest times, try to find pleasure in the smallest things (like sunrise, sunset, flowers, family, friends, old photos)
sorry to hear this! looking back would you have done surgery?
Love your spirit ❤️♥️♥️ your joy for life❤️❤️❤️love the video❤️❤️❤️very inspiring!!! My GI doctor told me I had chronic gastritis I have many of the symptoms you had but after seeing your video I know in due time I will completely heal myself. Thank you for a great video!
Hmmm me too . Chronic gastritis with GERD . Been living in hell for 2 years
Thks so very much. I was 65 yrs old when I was prescribed omerprozole 4o mg. ..."" ppi"" I had my bone density checked very often. After taking omerprozole for over 3 years. ...my bone density results got worse...in other words the medication caused my bone density to be significantly low. I agree w you..the ppi. Meds. Omerprozole causes one to lose bone mass. Thank you for confirming and acknowledging such significant result. Thks again..such outstanding and very convincing presentation. Amy
I dealt with Hypercalcemia from Primary Hyperparathyroidism and used NSAIDs everyday for about 9-12 months. this racked my stomach lining and I started having stomach pains about 6 weeks ago. I was immediately prescribed a 40mg PPI and 20mg famotidine. After about 4 weeks I started to also have GERD symptoms and I think this is from the PPI weakening the LES. I am attempting to wean off the PPI and focus on natural remedies like slippery elm.
You can also try red apple delicious or Fuji apples.
I really needed to hear this. I just tried to do a PPI wean after a year of therapy. It was a fail. I did 40 mg omeprazole alternating with 2o mg for 2 weeks and started with the breathing issue. Mine is LPR/laryngopharyngeal reflux. So I never had symptoms of GERD, it was affecting my vocal cords (edema and inflammation)/smothering sensation that occurs with this. Cough. I will try again after I get back from my UK vacation. I don't want to get into trouble with breathing etc while out of the country. I have started to eat clean, only fresh, gave up coffee, no ETOH. I will start again and see my throat specialist upon return and devise a plan. Your plan was excellent. I am a medical professional as well. Thanks for the encouragement. It does affect you mentally as well as physically. Very disheartening. But you positivity helped me. Thanks!
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Have you considered surgery? Arent PPI's long term bad for you? How were you able to consume water regularly with the LPR? Even with the medicine reducing acid it still to a lesser degree of course does damage to the esophagus?
@@MAA-yt1tnPPIs are not good for you. They can cause esophageal cancer.
That said... I've tried
several times to get off it. I plan to give it a try with the schedule ahe talks about.
I do have an appointment to consult with a surgeon, but I truly don't want to do that.
Very informative. You hit the high points well. Peeps watching this will learn what they need to know. Cheers.
I’m so glad you think so-thanks so much for watching and commenting 💛
Omg thank you sooo much for this video! I am going to start coming off my pills and I couldn’t find anything as detailed at this! You’re a life saver.
Yay! I am so glad this was helpful for you, and I am really excited for you to start weaning off of your pills ❤️
Ash, how is it going off the PPI so far?
Rita K I went from 80mg to 40mg so far. I had a major set back getting gastritis in my stomach but hopefully I’ll continue cutting back in a few weeks.
Ash Wickens Good luck girl! I really hope you find a way to eventually get off it completely. I am currently on 40mg and I’m trying to figure out a way to quit it completely.
Down to 20mg a day and I honestly feel like I won the lottery! Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for this. I’m 20 currently and have been having constant burping and weird feeling in my throat like I can’t take deep breathes as well as chest pains for about 3 months now and honestly it’s really messed with my daily life, I haven’t gone to the doctors at all I’ve just been trying to ignore the symptoms
I'm so sorry to learn that you've been having upper GI symptoms over the last 3 months or so. I think that would start to interfere with my daily life, too. While I can understand not wanting to see a doctor/ignoring the symptoms, it might be helpful to see a physician just to make sure everything is okay! I hope you get to feeling better soon, and I'm glad this video was helpful for you 🧡
Same here, how are you doing?
@@PelvicEmpowerment thank you for your reply! I appreciate it! I’m hoping I can solve this issue without medications or any sort of pills, only reason I haven’t gone to see a physician is due to the fact that I feel like all they will do is give me medications that won’t fix the root cause ): it sucks that it came out of nowhere too one day
@@joshuavera9974 I totally hear that. I hope that you're able to find a solution naturally! And I know the frustration associated with feeling like some dysfunction just popped up out of nowhere. I find when I'm navigating my own healing that it's helpful to envision the body like a cup, and dysfunction like water. I'd argue no body is functionally perfectly all the time, and that all bodies can handle a certain amount of dysfunction without becoming symptomatic... or our cups can hold a certain amount of water without overflowing. Then, some event happens, our cups overflow, and we have symptoms that can seem totally random even though their origin has been building slowly over time. I hope you're able to get your water level back down soon!
@ Joshua Vera DO THIS : when empty stomach, breathe out, put your hand where the sternum ends (Stomach) press down and pull the stomach down....Then grab your ribs and pull them out (be careful)... This Is what a chiropractor told me to do... It immediately solved the lump in the throat feeling, ... THIS IS NOT. MEDICAL ADVICE but a LIFE SAVING ADVICE.....
Maintain a good diet and manage stress
I was on 30mg lansoprazole twice daily and I was on it for nearly 20 years prescribed by my doctor! 60mg a day is twice the amount listed on the patient leaflet inside the medication box! I decided to stop taking it due to all the symptoms of gerd I was experiencing even whilst I was still taking the ppi, I couldn't believe that I had heartburn, indigestion, acid burning my oesophagus and throat, trouble swallowing, burping and flatulence even though I was swallowing 60mg of lansoprazole on an empty stomach and not eating or drinking anything until at least one hour after I had taken the lansoprazole, I am so grateful that I saw your video and I also feel very blessed that I have not yet got anything worse than gerd, though I am not suggesting for a moment that gerd isnt bad it is!! but I could have developed even more serious health issues, thanks to you I now know why I have no energy, why I feel so tired and have all the other symptoms people get from low stomach acid, Many Many Thanks.
Are you better now for giving up the lansoprazole
I'm really enjoying your videos and all the wonderful knowledge. You are a true light!
Thank you so much for the kind words 🤗 I'm really glad you're enjoying my content, I put a lot of love into it!
Wishing you health and safety during this uncertain time ❤️
Wonderful you found your way. I am very health conscious so no drug options for me. I found my way to mudras (hand yoga). Did several digestion mudras daily and slowly I improved. No more gerd and digestion good. I still do them dailyvto keep all functioning well. For various other issues for example, low blood pressure I found a mudras for that and made such a difference. The power in our own hands is amazing. Good book "Healing Mudras by Yogi Nataraj" excellent starting point and so much help on youtube. ❤
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Thank you so much for this video. I was told by my FM dr to get off PPI’s . She suggested taking one every other day and that didn’t work. I have been thinking I need a new strategy. You are very inspirational. Thanks again.
I just found your channel I have silent Gerd, I have no gallbladder and it is very scary sometimes. I take a Betaine HCL and a digestive enzyme with my meals. It helps a lot but sometimes it don't . I feel like choking and can't breathe high BP and because my food is not digesting properly high blood sugar. Good luck everyone suffering with this!
Ps. Get checked for H PLYORI too!
In 2016 my doctor put me on Omeprazole for upper left stomach pain, which did not help it. I never experienced acid reflux until after about a year when I missed a dose. So in 2021 I decide to quit taking PPI's cold turkey after learning of possibly having low stomach acid and than I developed LPR symptoms. It was so bad I got chronic laryngitis. Now that I take the PPI's again all LPR symptoms are gone. If I miss one day dose the acid is right back. I am going to try and do your method of coming off. I am convinced I do not have enough stomach acid. My doctors are not taking me serious and wont even check the stomach acid levels. This should be done before prescribing anyone PPI's. Do not ever try to cold turkey like I did. It is a nightmare. My current doctor just keeps saying he doesn't want to prescribe my Omeprazole because of long term use effects but hey I already am a long term use patient. They are unwilling to help me get off of them. They know you cant just stop taking them and that is what he is suggesting. It scares me I am stuck like this forever.
My heart, I'm so sorry to learn about your struggles with PPIs and that your healthcare team isn't willing to help you wean. I understand the painful acid rebound effects from stopping cold turkey from my own experiences, and what you're describing about missing a dose also happened to me. I really hope that this or a similar weaning method does the trick for you, but I really meant what I said at this end of this video. "Chronic, mysterious" conditions are hard, but know that bodies are AMAZING and capable of SO much healing when we support them with the right environments, and yours is NO exception. It's just figuring out what those environments look like that can be so tricky, and that requires embracing trial and error. You got this 🧡
Surgery? Is this not something you have considered? If not why so? Thanks
Even I was 16 when I had gerd now It's been 3-4 yrs I'm still suffering tried tons of different things still in vain.My life is heavily disturbed. For some reason when I do exercises/workout especially running it kind of relieves my acid reflux for some reason I don't why how it works but it does.The relief is just temporary.
I'm so sorry you're struggling. I understand, and I know how frustrating the disturbance can be. Don't give up on your body. Bodies are capable of so, SO much healing when we give them the right supportive environments, it's figuring out what those environments look like that can be so tricky.
Interesting that running especially gives you relief... you know, running jump starts peristalsis, the intestinal contractions that propel food/stool through your digestive system. Those contractions happen from the esophagus all the way down to your rectum. Maybe your GERD is secondary to something to do with those contractions... it might be worth looking into! "Esophageal peristalsis" is the scientific term!
Truly wishing you the best in your journey to health. You deserve peace in your body and your mind, keep going 🧡
Exercise makes you feel better because a. It increases your blood flow hence makes you feel better both mentally and physically.
b. It improves your digestion which proves the theory of having a lower stomach acid causing gerd. That is why when you are physically active you digest better and reducing gerd symptoms.
Everyone is different, but I was sick all the time growing up. Weak immunity and tons of symptoms around my teens. When I was 24 I was diagnosed with celiac disease. Might not be your case, but highly recommend to consider this, because omg… my life improved so much after diagnosis and quitting gluten! I’m 28 and stunned that I have good health now, as long as I avoid gluten at all times and forever.
14:30 Hormonal Birth Control 🤯 that makes sense!! I was on it as well before I started dealing with GERD. I’m completely off of it now but have been on a PPI for a few years off and on.
Thank you for this information!!
I have a Fatty Liver. I didn’t know that eating a lot of Carbs was the biggest reason I developed this. The American diet is generally bad for the liver. The liver is very, very important for many digestive enzymes, bile etc. Maybe you might make a video on this! Thanks! I enjoy your smile and positivity!
Thank you for sharing your story! I’ve had LPR/Silent Reflux for about a month with this throat tightness feeling. I just started taking 40 mg Omeprazole today; but I’m scared to continue due to horror stories I’ve heard from the drug. I feel like it already made me feel worse. I just don’t know what to do anymore and don’t know how to get rid of this silent reflux. I’m 26 years old and this came about randomly one month ago from today.
Thank you so much for watching!
I'm so sorry to hear about your LPR. I know what I experienced and LPR are not the same, but I will share that doing my own research, running my own trials on myself, and trying to take my health into my own hands is ultimately, I think, what led to my healing.
Bodies are capable of immense healing, I'm so certain of it. We just have to figure out what our individual body needs to heal, and that can be the hard part.
Don't give up! You got this, and you're so deserving of feeling peace in your body ❤️
What is silent reflux
But my thoat & nose junction introat continus mucus secretion then I have very problem in theoat
@@jagdishprasadprajapat5213 how r u now
Justin, did you ever find anything that helped your silent reflux??? I was diagnosed with that as well & Dr. tried to put me on Omeprazole but I never got the prescription filled because I was already aware of how dangerous it can be. Had the throat tightening thing, too. Scary because it feels like your slowly being strangled. Hope you are doing better.
Justin
Did you get any side effect so far after taking
If anything I liked hearing to not give up. I have been on PPIs daily since 1994 and am forced to come off these. Im on day 5 and its brutal. Working hard to discontinue these. I miss my coffee so bad!!
I can understand how difficult the process can be, and I always miss coffee whenever I stop drinking it (I've cut it for a variety of health reasons in the past, and I'm always bitter about it!)
Yes, don't give up! Bodies are capable of immense healing, and I'm sure yours isn't an exception 💛
Wishing you the best!
How are you in the weaning process ? Let us know. ❤️
Do you have a hiatal hernia?
How are you now?
@@debbiecalzada2019
Sounds like a good plan. Thanks for your thoughtful rendition. I think I"ll give it a try.
Thanks for the video. I've had gerd for the last few years and I hate taking pills every day.
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I'm replacing my PPI's with Betaine Hydrochloride. So far so good. I haven't been on PPI'S very long and had been resistant to staying on them as they made my gut feel tight and I was having some degree of success using ACV. I definitely have low stomach acid.
Have you started using betaine hcl and got any benefit? because i used some pills it caused pain in my stomach possibly because of the gastrit i had been diagnosed in 2018 through endoscopy. Eventually, I had to stop taking betaine hcl. İam suffering from constant mucus that tickle my throat and causes to clear my throat frequently. Right now since 15 day iam in HCV and the symptoms has been alleviated but i am not sure whether it can heal or not
@@mtaha4454 for me it's helped. I can see it helping me to handle food immediately but I think I suffer from low stomach acid. I never took the amount that Dr. Berg said to take though. I feel like he always suggests that people take large amounts of supplements. Amounts that seem kind of crazy to me. I just did one or two pills per meal and it seem to help a lot to me. I still take it but not as consistently but I always take zenwise probiotics which for me personally is one of the best pre and probiotic pills out there. Maybe try that if HCL didn't work for you. If you have a dry cough, you're probably suffering from reflux which is inflaming your throat and causing pockets of reflux to get stuck in the inflammation pockets. I want to see a ENT as well just to make sure it's not getting two infected because it can become cancerous after a certain point
@@mtaha4454 what is HCV?
@@preachergirl611
Sorry I mean apple cider vinegar.
I stopped using that too.
İ turned back to my physician medicine they were lansoprazol and gaviscon syrup really helped me in healing my complain i had explained .
Note self experience: i used 1 pill almost per two days by chewing a bit of the pill i exposed directly my irritated throat to medicine. İt relaxed me and I got recovered for ten days
I have dealt with this for almost 4 years . Low quality of life and have bad inflammation. I m reluctant to do ppis , they keep pushing me to do this where I did them briefly at the start and it made me worse from one or two of them . I ve done ton of supplements ( all messing with acid levels) and it feels like no matter if you take it away or add it that it don't work . I have a hiatal hernia which could be a mechanical issue with the valve . I ve even done chiropractic , didnt work . Im seeing functional doctor doing supplements and changing diet . Dont matter what i eat or don't eat still feel awful . I m thinking the only thing for me to do at this point is surgery for hiatal hernia . Very frustrating process, makes you feel like you are dieing . I don't think the birth control thing would work for me , just saying lol
Does anyone else feel like they have the stomsch flu? Like genuinely feel feverish and Full body sick??? And it's so bad at night you can't sleep?? Been me for 4 months straight now and it keeps getting worse
I had reflux at a VERY VERY young age, like elementary school age. I would always say “my acid is raising!” And of course everyone would always think I said my a s s is raising.
Thank you for a very informative article, it's great to hear this, I don't feel alone in this journey, I feel your struggle, am going through the same thing.
Thank you for this video! I took PPIs for a couple weeks, but i will never take one ever again. Going to wean onto H2 blocker for a bit, and then try apple cider vinegar medication again. Wish everyone who has GERD luck, patience, wisdom, and HOPE! Keep finding innovative solutions to reduce symptoms without meds! And keep trying to find the root cause!
How's the ACV going? I'm on day 3, but its making my reflux flare up. Wondering if it's too early to see a change.
5 weeks ago I stopped cold turkey my PPI. I've been on this for more than 15years. I've done research online a lot before stopping on GERD and how it works and oh boy that was hard to go cold turkey lol!! After 18-19days I couldn't handle it anymore. Not just the reflux itself, but I had bloating, abdominal pain, like a lot. I was feeling full after eating only small meals. I tried many things at the same thing and that was too much. I also tried 2 meals a day intermittent fasting. I went back to my PPIs for a couple of days and now I'm on a weaning off schedule. After 18-19days I took back my (Dexilant) 60mg, then next day, opened up the capsule to cut in half a 30mg, then a 15mg. Now every other day I take 15mg and it's not perfect yet but I see improvements. I still have abdominal pain late in the day, but I noticed I don't have reflux. But I take notes of what I do everyday. I now take zinc-l-carnosine, L-glutamine, I add liccorice every meal and I started betaine HCL, I take a daily dose of chlorophyl. Again it's not perfect but it's a journey :) Same as you, for another reason I got a xray in my knees and my doctor told me I have a tiny bit of osteoporosis in one knee (I'm 37). After research I found out also the PPI was probably the culprit. That motivates me to eliminate completely my PPIs in the next few weeks. Hopefully I don't have other things like h.pilory or SIBO as I read it could happen also.
Thanks for sharing your story :)
Try carnivore, Dr Ken Berry is a good place to start. It helps many.
This shit work for you or what?
@@RelentlessBoater Hey! It's a journey I would say. It has been 9-10months since I stopped my PPIs. Like I said above, I went cold turkey and it did not work for me. That was so hard on my system and I also was trying a lot of things at the same time and taking many other things, chlorophyl, zinc, l-glutamine, liccorice, betaine hcl, apple cider vinegar.. that was a lot. If I would do it again I would just wean off first like I did, that worked perfectly. I cut my dose in half for like 7-10days, then halve again 7-10days, halve again and so on. Mine had little pellets inside so I counted them and really split them.
After weaning off, I still had reflux but that was manageable.. mostly reflux couple hours after meals. Specially at night before going to bed. But then I added betaine hcl and it helped reduce my pain quite a bit afterwards.
For some reason I added a multivitamin, for a lack of research I went directly with AG1.. it's promoted everywhere online and I just bought it. Coincidence maybe but 2-3weeks after taking this vitamin my symptoms were gone haha. I've been on AG1 for 4months now and I would say 95% of my symptoms are gone. The thing that I will do next is have proper analysis of my vitamins level.. because I think it's not because I don't have symptoms that my acid levels are fully back to normal and that I absorb nutriments properly.
Hope it helps!
@@marc-andreduchesne8022 nice. Thank you. Still taking the HCL too?
@@RelentlessBoater I need to buy some more, it's been a couple days since I ran out but I noticed taking a couple every meals helps me. Like I can take 3 for a small normal breakfast and 4-5 for a full meal and I have no side effects. HCL is sometimes tricky as if you eat a little less of less proteins, one capsule more and you feel the burn. You need to dose it accordingly!
You are so articulate in the way you speak. You remind me of myself. 😊
Aww, thank you so much 🧡
I also have GERD. I appreciate your story. I hate using drugs and only take a PPI when necessary.
I have been on a PPI for 28 years, once a day. It scares me that every time i try to wean myself from it i get so sick! I am going to try again!!! Thanks for this video. 💖
This is an incredible video. I'm trying to wean off 20mg of omeprazole that I've been on for 5 years. It's crazy how I also get reflux from bananas and water just as you did when we skip a day. Ive tried to wean off once but couldn't stand it. This video is encouraging me to try again but even slower, also with the addition of an h2 blocker. Thanks for the video! This gives me hope!!
Thank you for sharing your story. I’m taking PPI for 6 months now and I had to research because the doctors are not listening well and cannot empathize to the challenges of getting off PPI. I cannot switch to H2 blockers bec my body doesn’t like it. I had elevated heart rate and more dizziness when I use H2 blocker. So u researched more and found Soothe Naturals and Khelp which I just tried and currently helps me with my heartburn symptoms while I’m weaning off PPIs.
Thank you so much for an excellent video 🥰
I’m having a hard time to stop Omeprazole 20 mg.
I have a question for the Zantac, when you mentioned Zantac, is this the original strength or maximum strength ??
I quit cold turkey and it didn’t work, so I’m to use your program to be free of PPI.
All the best for you.
I was diagnosed with NERD... I know it's not exactly the same as Gerd apparently. Dr put me on PPI meds but had really bad side effects so had to be put on Ranitidine which went on for 2 years then they discontinued Ranitidine so my Dr put me back on PPI but yet again really bad side effects. So, I took myself off the PPIs and try to manage the disease through diet and lifestyle, sometimes it works but mostly it doesn't. I am so reluctant to go back on PPI as my mum has had Osteopinia since her 40s. What triggered me to come off all meds was that a blood test I had revealed that my body wasn't absorbing iron properly. Anyways, rewind to how this all started, I ate chicken in a restaurant and got food poisoning which resulted in Helicobacter Pylori which I had to get rid of twice to follow. Since then the NERD or what I like to say GERD has been making life hell. Endoscopy revealed gastritis and hiatal hernia. Its a mess, honestly, I've always eaten really well, been health conscious, never really drank alcohol or smoked. It has completely changed my life for the worst and I am always tired as sleeping is a nightmare with acid reflux even with wedged bed. Really wish I could go back in time and not eat that chicken 😭
I'm so, so sorry to learn that you've been struggling with N/GERD (I hadn't heard of NERD before!) secondary to an H. Pylori infection. I wish you could go back in time and not eat that chicken, too; however, please don't ever give up on your body's ability to heal. Bodies are such incredible organisms, and they're capable of such immense healing. I love learning that you took yourself off of medication after a blood test revealed you weren't absorbing iron properly, that sounds like the sign of someone who is trying to treat themselves holistically!
You deserve to feel peace in your body. Healing can be so, so difficult, but you're worthy of a full recovery 🧡
I have a lot of thoughts about healing, if you want to learn more about how I approach all healing (GERD is one of four "chronic" conditions I've had, and I've healed three of them! Currently working on the fourth), you can check out this community post: th-cam.com/users/postUgzvPs77Q8D3zg6joNJ4AaABCQ
You got this.
Wow! I’m sorry for all you’ve gone through. Let us know how you’ve been. ~ I too have a hiatal hernia, on PPIs for 14 yrs, I keep having low iron stores and take ferrous sulfate to regain reserves. I get routine upper endoscopies but, I’ve finally had it with these pills and so glad to find this video. I hope the pain in my back is not a compression fracture but I will be getting a nine density test soon. So so glad I found this video. I hope everyone finds their way to health.
Loved your positive note at end and your soft tone is so soothing. Mine is low stomach acid from severe stress and long term ppi's. Saw gi drz many tests except for ph balance which i recommended everyone should get that done first if thats possible i dont know to save time and pain for this chronic plem. I take HCL tablets and apple cider vinegar i alternate them. I weaned off ppi's. Im very unhappy w our drs they arent trained in low stomach acid my gi never heard of it. Ty again ❤
Amazing. I’ll try it as I too have the same problem ie on PPIs for a long time. Thanks for a good video.
Thank you for putting this on TH-cam. I've tried many times to get free of the PPIs. I haven't been able to
do it, to date.
You are motivating me to give it another try.
I have a Hiatal Hernia & it's treated with PPIs. The esophageal sphincter also doesn't close up with it.
Try kratom 3 times a day and always sleep on left side. Takes time but worked.
@@alienhybrid51 Hmmm..is that a supplement?
I already sleep on my left side. That alone doesn't do much for me.
I think you are brilliant in this approach! I am a now retired social worker and learned similar things only in my fifties...
My Gerd symptoms started with my first pregnancy. I had heart burn so bad I lost my voice during the last month of pregnancy. It was discovered that my LES is not closing and is loose and allows acid to escape which causes severe heart burn. I have tried to wean myself off only to end up in the ER with gastritis, rebound reflux and severe pain. I hate relying on a pill everyday and worry about the side effects. So I watch videos like this and hope I could be brave enough to one day try it again or maybe get surgery…ugh!
Just what I needed to hear❤❤❤Thank you so much!!!!!
Congratulations on your taking charge of your health 🌱 great story ❤ good luck with your pelvic stuff ☀️🏡
Thank you for sharing your story, it gives me hope.
Thanks for this video! How involved was your doctor in your weaning process? Did they prescribe you the various PPI’s and H2 blockers you used to wean off, or did you make your own decisions based on research, what was available, etc?
I can share my experience weaning off PPIs, if you like. I was on them for 25 years until I wised up and took control of my own health. The doctors I went to didn't know anything about weaning off of them. They just said I would be better off taking the meds the rest of my life. The poster of this video weaned off them much slower than I did. She probably did it the best way possible. I went from 2 Nexium per day to 1 per day for a couple weeks. Then went to 2 Zantac per day, and eventually 1 per day. Had trouble getting off of it completely until I stopped eating so many carbs. I used to eat a fair amount of pasta but now I am entirely grain free. Western medicine sucks. They have no interest in finding root cause for anything.
I am a physiotherapist in Uk - and have Gurds, and am presently trying to come off the H2 tablets I was on , so your video resonates to me so much , thank you for a great message
I am so glad this video was helpful for you! I am excited that you are going to try and come off of the H2 blockers and heal your GERD -- wishing you the absolute best 💛
I try to stay away from pills as much as I can. Diet helps enormously. I have Gerd, don’t take pills (unless I need to), eat the “right” foods and have learned what works etc. A nutritionist can help, but so far I’m okay on my own.
I havent seen any of your other videos yet. Thank you for this though. You are wonderful and smart!
Could you make a Video about hiatal hernias? That the reason for my reflux. I wish I knew the root cause of it. Thank you for your nice video
Really happy to find you
Hi tori thanks for sharing your healing journey... Even i am facing GERD from past few years and having continuously PPI's from last 3-4 years:
Morning Dosage : Esmoperazole Magnesium Trihydrate 40 mg + Domperidone 30 mg
Evening Dosage: Domperidone 20 mg
Alongwith GERD, I am also suffering from IBS and sinusitis after watching your video i feel like might be due to these PPIs my IBS and sinusitis are not getting cured and i am not able to gain weight as well ... I am definitely going to try this way of reducing the PPI usage slowly ... thanks for sharing this👍😄...
I'm so sorry to learn about your struggles with GERD, IBS, and sinitus, but I'm so happy that you feel this video was helpful for you! I wish you all of the best as you wean from PPIs and hopefully get that much closer to your healing 😊
Kya Krna hai wo boli mujhe samjha nhi aya .plz mujhe btao .me bhi ppi le Rahi hu aur anemic ho chuki hu
Hey how are you feeling now? Did anything help?
Yah dear we r in same boat
@@dipalijagadale8097 abb kaise ho please help
Thank you for sharing your awesome story. I’m in the same boat. Everyone is telling me I should take HCL and apple cider vinegar but it burns my throat did did you try these?
I only took Pantoprazole for about 6 weeks for an h.pylori infection, stopped taking the PPI medication last week and oh boy was it a struggle... The breathlessness, the burning feeling in my stomach, chest/throat tightness, lump in throat. It's gotten a little better but it's still bothersome...
You aren't the first to mention struggling with GERD post PPIs prescribed secondary to an H. pylori infection - I really hope that you only continue to improve. Don't give up!
What u did then I'm also suffering from same plz help me
@@poonamsuryawanshi134how r u now
Same problem 😢😢😢😢😢😢 I'm also suffering with that symptoms I hate pantaprazole
I am now on that period of stopping pentrazole, it's been a weak now .I am struggling with hurt burn but .I take Probiotic, ginger for stomach pain and Chamolile tea for better sleeping .As for sever hurt burn I use Gavascon .I don't wanna go back to Pentrazole. I pray everyday for God to heal me. I don't smoke & drink .I do exercises.
This is so informative! I got GERD after giving birth and I started using PPI’s and I’m not sure what my next move is...
I’ll also say I’ve only been taking them for four days but I don’t know if they will have me take them for a long time or if my stomach is supposed to get better when I stop taking them?
First of all, congratulations on your baby! I hope that you two are healthy and happy 💛
Secondly, I'm really glad this video was helpful for you! I appreciate you feeling comfortable asking me questions about the PPIs you've been taking over the last few days; however, I cannot give individualized medical advice. I'm not sure what the next move is/if your stomach is supposed to get better once you stop, but I definitely encourage you to ask your prescribing provider these questions! You deserve to have an understanding of your plan of care!
I wish I could be more helpful, and I wish you and your baby the best 🤗
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Hello - an interesting discussion of your personal experience. I am wondering however if when there is a mechanical cause of GERD ie. a hiatus hernia if an approach like yours could ever work. I have the hernia and will resist an ops - which sounds to me like lots of potential future alternate probs and 'treat' with lifestyle approaches as much as possible but from that pov doubt if I can ever delete the PPIs even if bone density is an issue ...
Hey, you’re are the who speak the truth. It really worked for me too.
I wish I could message you. Your content is the best. So informative, so real, so true.
One day at a time. I hope you are well!
About a year ago, heartburn came every night no matter what I ate. I ate less or I ate "healthy" foods, but when evening comes, I would get heartburn. I did think about taking antacid to rid of it and then I found the info that it's because of low acid instead of too much. I thought it strange because I have never heard of that associated with heartburn. I also found in another video that I need to drink less water an hr or more before meal and to resume half an hr with water. In between , just some water is fine. I have always been a heavy water drinker with my meals. It is supposed to fill you up so not eat too much..maybe aid digestion too. In thw past, I have always burped with a little bit of acid coming back up after a meal and have beginning of a heartburn feelimg and I didn't know it wasn't good cus it didn't hurt and it goes away. It's been like for at least a decade. And raw vegetables and some breads gives me heartburn now . Hope your osteopenia stops and reverse some . I found that rebounding exercise ( or impact esp through the heels ..as in walking.. can reverse it ..though not sure how much it reverses). Good luck
Don’t drink more than a few sips of water with meals 6:40
So positive and a wonderful smile, thank you.
Dr Tory, so glad I found your channel, I have constipation and now I have a polyp in-my pelvis, im bleeding. Is that related to constipation? You are so easy to understand. Thank you.