Omeprazole Side Effects? Light headed? Anxiety Attacks
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My Mother was experiencing severe pain across her ribs and back which the doctors say is indigestion but only now and again. She was put on Omeprazole about a month ago and after taking one in the morning she starts to feel light headed, dizzy and generally unwell. She then seems to panic about it and feels she cant breathe which makes her panic more. Her chest and heart are perfectly fine. She stopped taking the tablets yesterday in case they are causing these problems and she is having tests done next week to check for ulcers etc. Has anyone else had these problems? How long do the side effects take to go away when you have stopped taking them?
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Gillian433545 Sue12fm
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Neoison555 Gillian433545
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robert15432 Sue12fm
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TheGenie robert15432
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hi im not a health care provider not a professional . however i do study a lot due to these horrible anxiety attacks i was not really aware of where these symptoms were coming from. i know a lot of women have anemia already and some males . however please do your self a favor go get labs done for your mineral and vitamin levels. i dont go to the hospital much. but i did hour and hours of research believe it or not omeprazole kills your iron levels who knows what else . but iron and many other things control your Neurotransmitters . im feeling a lot better hope this helps . please let me know if this helped. i figured i would share because the anxiety attacks constantly made me think and feel if i was dying. prayers and blessings
adam48540 Sue12fm
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I am 28 years old and have been taking omeprazole off and on since I was in my early teens for acid reflux never for too long since I don't care to take pills untill the last five months I've been on it regularly and started noticing more frequent urination and anxiety at work not terrible but enough to be in comfortable but I kept talking this med because it couldn't be that right? Now I'm not sure lately I have had weak muscles starting with my back heavyness in my legs and sore neck and shoulder then anxiety and depression i even lost weight witch is scary as im not a heavy guy already been to the doctor a bunch of times have had a bunch of tests and scans that show nothing everything always looks good very healthy I'm told but I don't feel that way I didn't know what was going on then I stumbled across this and read what everyone else has said then when back and read the side effects of this medication and it is exactly what I've been feeling so I've stopped taking this med 40mg omeprazole today 12/6/17 and hope to start feeling better will try to keep posting as weeks go on . Ps. Sorry about my terribly long rant and loss of punctuation English was never my strongest.
TheGenie adam48540
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hi im not a health care provider not a professional . however i do study a lot due to these horrible anxiety attacks i was not really aware of where these symptoms were coming from. i know a lot of women have anemia already and some males . however please do your self a favor go get labs done for your mineral and vitamin levels. i dont go to the hospital much. but i did hour and hours of research believe it or not omeprazole kills your iron levels who knows what else . but iron and many other things control your Neurotransmitters . im feeling a lot better hope this helps . please let me know if this helped. i figured i would share because the anxiety attacks constantly made me think and feel if i was dying. prayers and blessings
michelle68507 Sue12fm
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TheGenie michelle68507
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hi im not a health care provider not a professional . however i do study a lot due to these horrible anxiety attacks i was not really aware of where these symptoms were coming from. i know a lot of women have anemia already and some males . however please do your self a favor go get labs done for your mineral and vitamin levels. i dont go to the hospital much. but i did hour and hours of research believe it or not omeprazole kills your iron levels who knows what else . but iron and many other things control your Neurotransmitters . im feeling a lot better hope this helps . please let me know if this helped. i figured i would share because the anxiety attacks constantly made me think and feel if i was dying. prayers and blessings
daniel20389 Sue12fm
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I was taking a 2-week run of Omeprazole OTC 20mg once a day for heartburn. On my 13th day of taking it, I became lightheaded, foggy-minded like I couldn't concentrate well or follow conversations well, had what felt like anxiety/anxiety attacks, and just had an overall feeling of being "off" like I'm not myself. I immediately stopped taking the Omeprazole after finding this forum. I stopped taking it on 2/14. It's now 2/21, and I have slowly been starting to feel better. I still have some occasional light-headedness, but it seems to be improving. I will never take Omeprazole again! Dealing with these side-effects has been a horrible experience.
marc37940 Sue12fm
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TheGenie marc37940
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hi im not a health care provider not a professional . however i do study a lot due to these horrible anxiety attacks i was not really aware of where these symptoms were coming from. i know a lot of women have anemia already and some males . however please do your self a favor go get labs done for your mineral and vitamin levels. i dont go to the hospital much. but i did hour and hours of research believe it or not omeprazole kills your iron levels who knows what else . but iron and many other things control your Neurotransmitters . im feeling a lot better hope this helps . please let me know if this helped. i figured i would share because the anxiety attacks constantly made me think and feel if i was dying. prayers and blessings
jane47175 Sue12fm
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Sorry to hear your mum was bad on it.
I’m so glad I just read this post! Have been feeling increasing giddy with headaches and noticed today my vision was ‘off’. Also, my muscles have been aching and today I even felt as if my hands were shaking slightly. Had an anxiety attack and had to sit down quicky; felt as though I was going to pass out in the street! I thought I must have a chest infection or something - Been getting awful chest pains, too at night. Have been taking the Omeprazole now for 18 days, 20 mg in the morning. Don’t know why the doctor put me on it as my endoscopy and colonoscopy were fine, but I have been having some acid reflux whatever I eat! Can I just stop taking Emoprazole straight away and use Zantac 150 instead?
derek75531 Sue12fm
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I'd like to thank everyone on this post for putting my mind at rest a little.
I have problems with indigestion and acid reflux. For a while I was self medicating with Peptac and felt fine. I recently visited my GP and was prescribed Omeprozol. My first week on the drug was fine. I didn't really feel any different but on the Monday of the second week I started feeling awful. Light headedness, Numbness and generally feeling off, this is piled on top of my current Anxiety disorder making the last week or so hell for me.
Checking this website and finding so many people struggle with the same symptoms convinced me to stop taking omeprozol. I have been off the drug for 3 days now iv spoken to both my GP and a Pharmacist. My Pharmacist said that I must be very unlucky to be facing these effects as they are rare and my GP seems unwilling to help me in any way at all.
The symptoms seem to be slowing down now hopefully within the next few days I will be back to myself.
TheGenie derek75531
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hi im not a health care provider not a professional . however i do study a lot due to these horrible anxiety attacks i was not really aware of where these symptoms were coming from. i know a lot of women have anemia already and some males . however please do your self a favor go get labs done for your mineral and vitamin levels. i dont go to the hospital much. but i did hour and hours of research believe it or not omeprazole kills your iron levels who knows what else . but iron and many other things control your Neurotransmitters . im feeling a lot better hope this helps . please let me know if this helped. i figured i would share because the anxiety attacks constantly made me think and feel if i was dying. prayers and blessings
TheGenie derek75531
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hi im not a health care provider not a professional . however i do study a lot due to these horrible anxiety attacks i was not really aware of where these symptoms were coming from. i know a lot of women have anemia already and some males . however please do your self a favor go get labs done for your mineral and vitamin levels. i dont go to the hospital much. but i did hour and hours of research believe it or not omeprazole kills your iron levels who knows what else . but iron and many other things control your Neurotransmitters . im feeling a lot better hope this helps . please let me know if this helped. i figured i would share because the anxiety attacks constantly made me think and feel if i was dying. prayers and blessings