Does omeprazole cause anxiety and panic attacks?

Hi I been taking Lansoprazole for years (I think they are the same as omeprazole) they can cause a lot of side effects. Have you read the leaflet that comes with the medication, it should say on there if they cause panic attacks. Or look online for a list of side effects.

Hi Diane

So sorry your daughter is suffering like this.

I think some people can react very badly to certain drugs. I took sertraline (which is an SSRI anti-depressant) and within 24 hours of taking the first one I had my first ever panic attack. It was horrible. There followed several huge waves of anxiety over the next 3 days - and then, just spent the next 3 weeks in a state of very heightened anxiety - something I hadn't experienced since having PND 10 years ago.

Within 4 days of stopping taking them, I was back to normal.

I suspect that acid reflex problems has something to do with panic attacks also. If her reflex is severe,

I suggest you ask for more investigations to check if she has a Hiatus Hernia.

It could just part of her growing up, many teenagers do get severe anxiety issues.

Also I do suspect that these class of drugs may be responsible for Panic attacks or a combination of it.

If Panic attacks are bad she can get help to over come them, but please do this quickly because

panic attacks can lead to severe depression also.

That is not good in young people.

Hi Diane,

My Husband has taken them for years also a friend but no side effects,but everybody is different so you should tell the GP.

Hi Diane

I've been taking Omeprazole for about six months now. Originally I was prescribed them due to one of the side effects of taking sertraline (50 mg a day for anxiety), and now having been prescribed sertraline for the second time, I'm back to 20mg Omeprazole a day again (having dropped to 10mg as and when needed).

I'm not sure if there is a link between Omeprazole and anxiety attacks, but my anxiety is sometimes through the roof, to the point that I also need to take up to 80mg propranolol a day in addition. I hadn't considered that Omeprazole might have something to do with it, but perhaps I will speak to my doctor.

I hope your daughter is ok and has got to the bottom of her anxiety/panic attacks, and thank you for highlighting this.

There are a lot of side-effects mentioned in the leaflet inside the box, see if it corresponds to it.

I have taken omeprazole before but havent suffered any side-effects (i also find it is better than lansoprazole). Anyway they are both medicinal drugs but I just want to point out for the reason of long-term possible effects I started taking Peppermint tea and it gets rid of any gastro problems whether it is bloating, gas, acid or reflux. Whenever any of these things happen to me I drink a cup of peppermint tea (without milk) and im so relieved, now i always keep a box at home.

The best thing is,...no side-effects.

Hi Diane. I was just wandering whether your daughter found out if omeprezole was causing anxiety or was it the reflux? I am so up and down with it at the moment and dnt know which it could be?

Hi!

I know this thread is old... but about a year ago I was prescribed 40 Mg of omeprazole. Shortly after starting it my heartburn was gone BUT I started having panic attacks. At first I thought it was stress at work and life and whatever but did some research and found a lot of other people having the same issues. The drug plays with the chemicals in your brain to stop producing stomach acid. So I'm convinced that is why they started. I stop the meds and went back to tums. It's been a while now and anxiety has gotten much better!

Hope this helps!

Ryan

yes i believe they do about two year ago i was put on them yes started to work but then i started to wake up with nervousness stomach only having 2 hours sleep. then all day was light headed crying all the time and on top if that i had seizure i stop them two years all ok then before xmas i had some more but different one first day was ok then over three days had two seizures crying could not sleep and nervousness in stomach again and blood pressure was over 221/136. they kept me in hospital for three days i am off it but still at the monument. just burping all the time now so do not know what to do. i hope she get better soon

I think so. I was taking another Proton Pump Inhibitor with bad racing heart and shaking 😦

I asked my Psychatrist today about these PPI - and he said it is a rare side effect but it can, and it does increase heartbeat. i have also had a bad experience with it.

just letting anyone out there know who takes omeprazole or lansoprazole they need to keep an eye on vitamin B12 levels, intrinsic factor depletion is one of the main causes of this deficiency brought on by long term use of proton pump inhibitor drugs such as the above mentioned. Ann

Hi just wanted to share my story. Around July/August I was prescribed Omeprazole 15 mg i think, due to some indigestion symptoms. I wasn't sure why I was experiencing these symptoms. I wasn't sure if it was because I was stressed as I had been isolating and had deadlines for university or my diet. I found that having the indigestion symptoms made me a bit anxious and I would just pace a lot at home. So I started the ppi and they definitely helped my heartburn however 2 weeks after starting them me and my boyfriend went to the beach and this is honestly one of my favourite days out to do and as we were approaching the beach in the car I had my first ever panic attack. It was horrible. I felt really nauseous (I normally fear being sick for some reason so this was scary in itself), tingling in my hand, my thoughts were racing, I couldn't sit still. I was completely restless. It was a horrible feeling. When we got to the beach I told my boyfriend I didn't feel comfortable getting out the car so we drove back home. I was gutted. Ever since this experience I have developed anxiety, nervous about going out in fear it will happen again, nervous about being left alone even if I'm at home, nervous about getting in the car. Everything has become so much more of a struggle like things I would've done so easily before. To this day I'm still on a ppi but now Lansoprazole 15mg but I still have no clue why the panic attack happened and not knowing has just made me excessively worry. I've recently been prescribed Sertraline 50mg and working my way up by starting on 25mg. I told my local GP about my suspicions about the ppi triggering that panic attack/anxiety and they said it wasn't a common side effect so they thought it was maybe because I had anxiety before and just didn't notice and potentially that all my indigestion symptoms could've been due to developing anxiety. Which did kind of make sense to me but honestly who knows. I haven't had the exact same panic attack feeling since but on Christmas day I felt slightly similar so this scared me hence why I'm starting an anti-depressant. Sorry this is so lengthy but I personally think these forums are so helpful and they're really good at making people feel less alone so if I've helped someone feel less alone I'll be happy 😃