My primary care doctor prescribed me Prevalite Powder to see how that does for me. In my endoscopy pics it showed as if I had some yellow bile showing up (possibly bile reflux). Maybe I should try that Prevalite Powder for a few days and see how that helps before I call my GI doctor. Thoughts?

how do you taper down?

Were you on prescription strength Nexium? There are different ways to taper down...reduce the dosage gradually over weeks as opposed to days....I've heard of opening the capsules and mixing the contents with apple sauce...take out a little bit each time etc... I don't know anything about the powder but I would definitely talk to the doctor to let him know you don't want to wreck your gut by quitting the PPI cold turkey. My gastro told me....ahhh you be okay just take some Zantac but I was like heck no....I was afraid of regressing to the early stages

Just stay the disciplined road until you have a month of no symptoms and them you can treat yourself very carefully. Stick to the same foods that you know work for you. Dont worry about the nutrition yet. You will be able to expand your diet again. Just do what it takes to heal the lining of the stomach. I am not sure about tumeric and paprika. That is something I avoided to get myself healed. Salmon is iffy too. For a month I ate only cooked spinach sweet potatoes, banana, whole wheat bread, plain chicken and oatmeal. That was all and I was healed by the end of that month. That is what it takes. Short term pain for long term gain. Keep your diet very limited. That is the key with gastritis. plain plain plain..

This gets way better the more disciplined you are. Then your anxiety starts to slow as you take control of this issue.

Try doing a lot of relaxation stuff. Anxiety can make symptoms worse.

There is hope. You will get back to exercising etc but maybe never having a few beers! Some things you have to try to never have again.

Once you have inflammation of the stomach and it seems healed for a long time it can slowly come back if you treat yourself too much. But it can be close to normal with a lot of hard work.

This is a practice in patience!

I sent my doctor a message in their portal. I will see what he says. I brought up the cold turkey thing in the past and he said I should not have to wean off.

If I am experiencing a lil slight burn should I pop a Zantac 150 now?
He told me in the past to take Zantac when I have flare up but I was assuming he meant flare ups with regards to my stomach and not the acid reflux/esophagus stuff since that was not really happening at all. It had always been mainly my stomach.

When you say Plain chicken do you mean nothing at all not even salt? :) just wondering....the turmeric and parika do not seem to bother me much...I read that turmeric is anti-inflammatory....

Yeah I think the GI doctors assume that you have a "normal" stomach like the rest of the people in which case quitting the PPI cold turkey may give you a bit of rebound but then all will go back to normal....as you very well know, that is not the case with gastritis, we have to be really careful not to damage the stomach lining (hence the strict diet etc...) that's why I am telling you to be careful with your gut....

Should I take that zantac now? I probably wont hear from him until tomorrow.

Yes no salt and I would be suspicious of tumeric and especially paprika. Never have black pepper..ever again.. A natural chicken broth would be ok. I would use that too for the chicken. No onion or garlic for a long time either. The 3 things I avoidin order to never have any issues again are black pepper, onion. garlic and Indian type spices. Now I can get away with chocolate and fatty foods but I dont have too much.

I had plain oatmeal.. used soy milk in it and never used butter etc..

A HH makes this all more challenging but it can be done. I remember you have a small one too. It makes you prone to heartburn which then can turn into gastritis.

blh for sure take Zantac now!!

You will go backwards if you dont. then wean off Zantac

how do you suggest I wean off zantac? I had been taking Omeprazole for over a year. What do you suggest for weaning off? how please? I am desperate.

FYI.... I took a zantac just now.

Am not having any pain/nausea lately...I was on a really bland diet in the beginning of the bad days....I've introduced some spices since then but nothing really spicy or garlicky.


Blh I would take the Zantac it couldn't hurt until you hear back from the doctor....I didn't mean to freak you out and we all respond/heal differently to the same situation....I just wanted to give you a heads up in case you start to have a lot of acid issues after quitting the PPI

My experience has taught me to taper only when I have been free of symptoms for at least a week a few weeks is better.

Your stomach is prone to inflammation for a while even after the symptoms are gone.

You have to be really careful when tapering off.

Dexilant is a good med. Very effective but the big challenge is when you stop taking it. You have to be even more careful with the diet and take Zantac twice a day and then reduce the amount of zantac.

Just try to not go backward again but it happens a lot. You get better at this over time.

I am a pro on reflux and only had gastritis twice and got rid of it quickly. That is the key with gastritis. It has to be eliminated fast.

Karadura.. do you prop up at night? Once you stop taking anything you will have to prop up all the time. Or acid will come up all night long. You have to stop eating by around 5 pm also to be acid free overnight. It is a challenge. I just eat a lot in the morning and eat less as the day goes on and stop around 5 pm.

A HH can get smaller as well. I am pretty sure mine is but stress makes the stomach move up more. You have to manage stress as best as you can.

I went to a chiro and I was skeptical totally that he could do anything for the HH but I am pretty sure it helped now.

Hang in there it will get a lot better!

Yes I have a wedge pillow but I think it may be giving me lower back pain ...who knows....sometimes I feel like little old dude full of health issues....lol I used to play 3 volleyball matches a week and eat pretty good too...I may have been Heavy set 50 pounds ago (am pretty tall) ...I do get hungry late in the day and that is a problem for me....eat too much too late....but that is how it is at the moment I eat dinner and then get really hungry afterwards.....