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Need help getting off Omeprazole (PPI)

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vibezzz
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So the current situation as is: I'd been on Lansoprazole 60mg for several years due to complaints of acid reflux, probably when I first started taking SSRI's for the depression. This year, I'd been on Trazadone 100-150mg up until June, and was on a Keto diet, and around June started suffering from Nausea, indigestion, feeling full too quickly. I came off the diet and the doc put me on Esomeprazole -- started feeling incredibly sick, stomach burning, I couldn't sleep (I got 1-2 hours sleep in a week), nor could I lie down in bed without feeling sick. Went to A+E but I wasn't bleeding.

Anyway, I was put on Omeprazole 20mg, twice a day, and I started to feel a little better. I was able to sleep, but I'd still get indigestion and the stomach burning. I managed to withdraw from the Trazadone as that was making me feel sick as well, and I was told by the doctor not to start an anti-depressant as it will make my stomach worse.

So it's been 4 months and I want to come off Omeprazole. I suspect I have gastritis caused by an ulcer or general inflammation, and I feel like it could be caused by a bacterial infection. I don't know how I'd cope off the PPI's, because the few days I was off, I've never felt so ill in my life. I couldn't even sleep.

So currently, I've gone from 20mg twice a day to 20mg twice a day every other day for 2 weeks; gone down to 20mg once a day for 2 weeks; now I'm doing 20mg once a day every other day for 2 weeks. Now I'm at a stage where I don't know what to do next. I'm scared what will happen if I just stop, but I don't know how much more I can taper.

With all this said I've also been taking DGL and Slippery Elm Bark to assist with the taper. I honestly don't know how I can get better without somehow coming off this medication because I will need an official diagnosis. I'm so scared because I'm emetophobic and the though of feeling sick to stomach all the time and barely being able to get sleep scares me.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

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