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Omeprazole Side Effects? Light headed? Anxiety Attacks

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Sue12fm
Sue12fm

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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  • susan556
    susan556 Sue12fm

    Posted

    Hi back again, to make things even more complicated, how do we know what catergory we fall into, to much or to little stomach acid?

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    • Galatea
      Galatea susan556

      Posted

      Well you can do the test with bicarbonate of soda as I detailed above, or you can look at the  list of problems you get with too little acid and see if you think you fit.     Or just try taking betaine hcl instead of antacid and see if it helps.     My husband was still bloated and miserable after eating, despite all the ppi's he was given.     So he took betaine instead and has never looked back.
  • JOSETILE
    JOSETILE Sue12fm

    Posted

    My problem start same like you i star geting a lot pain my ribs on the left side doctor say is and ulcer so i m taking omeprazole  but i m geting same side effects let me now if if you get beter after stop taking omeprazole
  • LES76
    LES76 Sue12fm

    Posted

    Hi I was on omeprazole 20mg - 1 a day and after the 2nd day starting getting intermittent headaches so after 7 days I decided  to come off them altogether, that was 4 days ago and still getting slight headaches.  Does anyone know how long this lasts for ?   
    • JOSETILE
      JOSETILE LES76

      Posted

      I WAS TAKING OMEORAZOL FOR 3WEEKS I STOP LIKE 2 WEEKS AND STILL GETING SLIGHT HEADACHES MYBE THIS WILL TAKE MORE TIME TO DESAPPEAR GOOD LOOK
    • LES76
      LES76 JOSETILE

      Posted

      Thanks hope they disappear soon as it doesn't help the stress levels.
  • nicola03145
    nicola03145 Sue12fm

    Posted

    Hi I was put on omezaprol over two months ago I took I a day for 7 days to protect my stomach whilst on a course of antibiotics for diverticulitis I have just been through the worst two months of my life I have been admitted to hospital twice with heart symptoms and all tests were normal I have now developed multiple allergies I itch all over react badly to most foods and now have to carry epipen for allergies I never had before taking this awful drug I honestly thought I was going to die racing and slow alternating heart rhythms a deep sense of foreboding panic attacks about being alone all of which I had never experienced before I took the last 1 over 2 months ago and still have not returned to normal please how much longer must I feel like this 
  • Emmapoop
    Emmapoop Sue12fm

    Posted

    Hi! Oh goodness!

    i was prescribed it very recently & had a few side effects that started, then fizzled out. So I persevered with it.Then I was out running & hallucinated! I got such a fright but as it was an isolated incident kept taking them. About a week later (3 weeks into pills) I started experiencing very sudden weird anxiety. I felt like I was going to be attacked & got extremely paranoid. I only took the pills for about a few days after this as I also started experiencing sudden bursts of anger, like really bad pmt & started getting really dark moods (depression) so I have stopped the pills. Been off them for about a week but still a bit strange & angrier than normal. I just hope these symptoms will disappear! Hopefully because I only took them for a very short time they'll go! Does anyone know if these effects have any lasting implications? 

  • susan556
    susan556 Sue12fm

    Posted

    Oh crikey Sue, not another one with these dreadfull side affects, i am meant to be taking them but after coming on hear a few weeks ago and read all about the terrible side affects i decided not to take them, im scared too! on the other hand my mum is taking them and with no problems at all, seems to be more against then for  and its appauling that they are even giving these out, should be banned i think.
    • kevin72232
      kevin72232 susan556

      Posted

      I am not sure they should be banned, but on reading all these comments I think doctors on knowing you take these drugs should really listen to people problems, which are no doubt side effects.

      I have been taking omeprazole for nearly 3 years and initially thought this was a wonder drug. Having been diagnosed with a very painful hiatus hernia and complicated by barrets oesophagus. I was told I would to take omep for life. Early side effects were nausea which may still have been the hernia effect as it settled down. But for the last year or so things have got more serious with on going feelings of being unwell almost like flu and fevers coming on, unable to concentrate, headaches, no motavation and bouts of anxiety and mild depression and every day is a battle. I have run my own business for over 10 years and never felt like this and only now just got to linking all these feelings with taking omeprazole. I am going to stop taking these as a trial and consult with my doctor, who frustratingly knows how I have been feeling in conjunction with omeprazole and never mentioned the link once.

  • pamela16344
    pamela16344 Sue12fm

    Posted

    Hello Sue I too have nausea and headaches/lightheadedness, I have been off these tablets for a week now ,but havent noticed any change in me yet. I have been on these tablets for I think over 15 years ....so I am hoping its just a little more time , maybe a few weeks to notice any improvement . My doctor has never mentioned any side effects of these tablets, I have spent hundreds of pounds with all tests to find out whats wrong with me. Doctors always say its anxiety.Hope we all find a solution soon. Maybe the newspapers should run an article on this.
    • susan556
      susan556 pamela16344

      Posted

      Hello Pamela you say you are or were taking omeprazole for 15 years, how long after starting these did you experience the symptoms? you havnt been suffering all these years have you!

      Im glad this subject has come up as i want to update on my message  two months ago saying my mum was on them with no problems, how wrong i was, to cut  along story short i found out on the net  last week that these tablets should NOT be taken with Clopidogrel which my mum was on. she did adventually have the dizziness and light headedness, also couldnt walk properly and got so bad she couldnt go

      out or cook food.  i told her what id seen and she stopped taking them, slowly she got better and this weekend she is back to normal. turns out the Omeprazole were stopping her Clopidogrel from working, i think the way she was going she would have ended up having another TIA  WEnt to thr dr. with her yesterday, told her what id seen and mum said she is better now since stopping them, dr. checked this out for herselfe and said yes your right this is what it says.

      Pamela if the Omeprazole were to affect you i think you would have noticed within the first month, i have read of others on hear stopping them and its taken a while to get them out of their system. i hate to think what might have happened to my mum if i hadnt made my discovery, how many people are taking both the Clopidogrel and the Omeprazole out there andhave no access to the internet and dont know, its dreadfull.

  • pamela16344
    pamela16344 Sue12fm

    Posted

    Hello Sue, Although I have been on Omeprazol for 15yrs ,I have only experienced Lightheaded/headaches for nearly 3 yrs now, Its been a living nightmare & now I cant go walking as the lightheaded feeling makes me feel nausea & its just uncomfortable. Ive had all tests done at Hospital & Hypnotherapy.I just hope it may just take longer for me than others on this website.I dont see any other readers who have been on it as long as me, If there is  how long does it take to get this out of my system ?Im so pleased about your Mother.
  • hanna2490
    hanna2490 Sue12fm

    Posted

    First day yesterday on the omeprazole 20mg 2week supply.. Pain /discomfort is not there well kinda but no but I been feeling loopy somewhat tight chesteted short on breath feeling like the gas is on my chest. I woke up this morning with more frequent bowel movement and more of it then normal not diarrhea tho light headed lil headache drowsey.. I do suffer from ADD and panick attacks so the chest tightness shortness of breath could be from that . Although the slight headache tender is not normal feeling loopy drowsey like this is not normal. I feel better now in regards to chest and breathing. Oh and tired sleepy. I slept good took this med last night at around 9pm have not token it agin.. I'm a call the ER cuz that's who prescribed it to me and let them know my symptoms. I had blood work everything is good had X-ray and ultrasound done everything is good no gallstones etc. although I do need further testing for ulcers and gastritis which I'm getting treated like if I were to have ulcers even tho it's not dignosed is this right to do? I have a doctors appointment with a new doctor Monday so I dk if to just dc this med up till I see my doctor?? My story I been having off on pain discomfort since July got more prEsisitant 2weeks ago or so going on 3. Been having a lot of gas in my stomach burping acid reflex..I'm a big time drinker have not drank for lil over a week fatty food haven't really cut off spicy foods my favorite I have cut off. Anyone know if this is an ulcer or gastritis or just stress ?? Or of a medication u can refer
    • trev96621
      trev96621 hanna2490

      Posted

      Hi Hanna 

      you need to have a endoscope to see if you have ulcers /hiatus hernia

      this is a camra down the throat ! you can have local (throat spay ) walk away after or a general ( knocked out ) 4hours to recover ! 

      Im going for my 2nd today with throat spray  it's a little uncomfortable but over in minuits ! Hopefully my duodenal ulcer has gone now .

      hope this helps it's the only sure way of finding out if you have a ulcer the rest is guessing by your gp

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