Hi, poorlygirl.

Something doesn't sound right here, either your meds or the foods or both.

I'm no doctor, but I can say that when I feel lousy the first thing I do is go to the most conservative diet I possibly can and then see what happens.

I'm on Prevacid twice daily, plus carafate 4 times per day. Working well for me.

Hi jjstark my pain is very bad today after last nights being sick. Your right Im going to have to watch my diet as I did have chocolate yesterday. I can't understand why my meds don't work. It seems to be getting a lot worse lately. Im not on Carafate so I have nothing to line my stomach with. Carafate makes me sick. I got Silicol gel but its difficult to fit in around my meds. Anything herbal has to be taken 1 hour before or after meds. I take the Protonix 1 hour before I eat but can forget if Im out. I really need to get this under control. What times do you take your meds? Im suposed to take Gaviscon 4 times a day so I need to try to do it. Thanks. Is Prevacid the Omeprazole one? I didnfind that strong enough. Im not sure about the one Im on now. I was on Lansoprazole before which didnt work well. I have GERD so that doesnt help.

i dont know if Carafate does much or not for me but i only take it twice a day ......i am very strikt on my diet but i still flare up so i dont know whats goin on ....i will try this new stuff the doctor told me today and i will see ....

Hi dagmar68 what has the doctor put you on now? How are you in your day to day life? Im struggling more now. I don't know why mine has got worse but the past two months or so it has. My gastro registar said it was a mixture of gastritis and GERD symptoms. The actual gastro said that gastritis doesn't cause that much pain. He should have it. They don't experience it do they? Im going to try the Slippery elm as it sounds the safest to take with meds and it coats the stomach. Some people say low acid causes pain and the PPI

The PPI lowers acid so can cause heartburn symptoms. Gaviscon say that but people say take apple cider vinegar. How can you lower acid with a PPI and then add it with the vinegar? Its so confusing. I just wish I could find something that works. How long have you had problems now with your stomach? I rue the day I ever took an anti-inflammatory. Thats how my stomach problems started.

I was put on a low dose of anxiety pills for the pain and nausea cause the doctor thinks my nervs in the stomach are hypersensitive and thats where all this comes from .He also gave me something thats called a Gi cocktail for gerd when the symptoms get real bad....if this doesnt make me feel better in the next 4-5 week ,i have get another endoscopy done, where they wanna check how much reflux actually comes up even when im on the PPI .I think i picked the right doctor on this one cause he really took his time and he listend to me and what i had to say . He explained to me why he wanted me to try this kind of medicine and he also said if i do not like the way it makes me feel call him right away . So we will see .....

Thanks dagmar68 you have got told exactly the same thing as me. Im on Amitriptyline a low dose antidepressent. Its suposed to calm the stomach nerves down. Whats that GI cocktail? I have to double my tablets,the Pantoprazole and take Ranitidine also Gaviscon. Im not taking the Rianitidine again as I reacted to it. Some days Ive been ok on the one Pantoprazole but lately its flared up bad. It could be the GERD so Im having a ph test. I had that before but only stuck it for 12 hours,not overnight. It may have been before the hernia too, I don't know how long Ive had that. I will see. Ive had stool test for H pylori so Im waiting for that. I read somewhere that its an idea to take the antibiotics for that even if it tests negetive. Only if it tests positive will I get them though. I hope you have some success with your treatment. We get fed up of it don't we. I think mine is a lot worse because back in May when I had an endoscopy I drank coffee afterwards no problem. I seem to have more pain now though I have drank coffee sometimes.

i really dont know whats in the Gi cocktail ,i stopped reading about side effects and whats in medicine because it always makes me not wanna take it....but it will tell u if u google it :) , at first i wasnt to happy about the anxiety pills and i told him that i really dont wanna take anything like that...and after he explained to me, why he is giving me these pills and that i wont have to be on them for very long, i said i would give it a try ..

Hi the anxiety pills are suposed to help with the pain at a low dose. I don't find that they help though they just make me feel drowsy. Im on Amitriptyline 2 10mg. I used to take one then when it didn't work I was put on two. Im reluctant to come off them as you can have bad withdrawal effects. So I supose Im stuck with them,for now anyway. Ive been tried on allsorts of pills. I find Diazepam helps me to sleep. I have 2mg of them but break them in half and take 1mg unless the pains really bad. I hope the cocktail works for you. Im trying the slippery elm now. I still will take Gaviscon too.

I looked on the GERD forum and a DrDawn recommends something called gamma oryzanol for healing the stomach. I don't know what it is though. Also the DGL licorice or cabbage juice. I don't want to take too many different remedies though yet. It depends whether the body is sensitive or not to them.

i only get 2 times 5 mg ...i dont know if they help since i just started but i will tell u ....well the cocktail before i tske that i will call the pharmacy again since they put down it interacts with the anxiety pill and the pills for nausea ( which i never take ) i know he said it will make me sleepy ....i got slippery elm too but i will finsih the carafate first and then start that let me know if it helps u :)...

Ive been stopping up as Ive got a lot of discomfort. Im not sure if taking lots of things together is a good idea. Be careful as I had a reaction to Ranitidine. I have to take the Slippery elm an hour or more after the medicines. If I feel something is reacting I don't take it. Anti sick tablets never worked for me and there are horror stories about the side effects. I wouldn't take anything like Metacclopramide,Raglan again. Yes I wouldn't take the Slippery elm with Carafate. Check with the pharmacist or doctor too. I had better try to sleep. Im in the UK and stay up late if I have problems. I wish I could sleep better with it.

gladly i dont have sleeping problems ...i used to take the metoclopramide at the vey start and i didnt have no problems with it ...the second anxiety i took had me all drowsy for an hour but that should be going away after a few days.....some pills take a little getting used to for the body ....i wouldnt take to much stuff either .....im just going to switch from the carafate when im done with it ...:) hopefully sometime soon we wont need none of the meds nomore

My stomachs just being a right pest again,Ive been in agony again so I don't know if its the GERD from the hiatus hernia. I have took one slippery elm tonight and not had anyu relief. I wish I could sleep better with it. I used to and I don't think that the Diazepam helps as it can relax the lower oesophageal spincter. I read somewhere that you are suposed only to take Carafate for about 3 months. Its proberly the same with a lot of meds but if it doesn't get better what are we suposed to do? Im going to ask my doctor if I could take something else other than Gaviscon. Also I need to watch my diet better,no chocolate. I havent had coffee though and its no better. Its been worse lately I don't know why.

sorry to hear that u feeling bad again ... I really watch my diet i dont even look at chocolate and i still flare up and by now im not even sure if its the Gastritis ,or the Gerd or something way more serious cause i really dont feel better than i did 5 months ago. I still have the same stuff goin on. but as always after a few bad days there is a few good once to come....