Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Question for Aunt Debs318

Hi! Sweet

Well first of all it only took the 3rd gastro I saw this year to get me on prilosec. The 2nd one gave an endoscopy and saw a small inflamation in my stomach lining gave me achiphex but I had severe abdominal pain, yellow loose stools and a headache. So they stopped that and gave me nothing else no follow up appt?I swear it was like a factory in there. so then when I tried to get off the zoloft(hubby and why want to have a baby!) is when my heartburn flared and i couldnt get it under control. They said the zoloft helped anxiety which is what makes more stomach acid. So after making it to the ER w/mom for chest pains and doing EKG ect the doc said I should try a PPI. He gave me mylanta and told me to take pepcid until finding another gastro. Then I did some research and found a female GI whom specializes in IBS. She gave me 40mg of nexium at first and said that helps normalize stomach acid which is produced higher in woman with IBS and nervous stomach. I am NOW back on zoloft which why it is helping plus prilosec 20 mg since nexium gave me side effects too. Now I am taking 20mg appose to 40mg which is why she thought it was giving me issues. Thanks to heathers diet the last 2months and acadia I started to feel better. I am not nearly close to being stabilized..LOL but able to function ALOT better. I lived on gas ex and tums. But some days i might just take 1 or 2 gas ex depending on what I have ate. Still working out the quirks. Good luck.. So yes, I have been told by primary and GI that PPI help with a nervous stomach. Hope this helps..But I think the zoloft also helps control the anxiety which goes to show when I was almost off my stomach freaked out. The ER doc said it needs that to calm your GI down.

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IBS-C gas, bloating and acid reflux

Babies is the plan for 2008!!Hope this IBS cooperates.

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