You have my sympathy and understanding.
I’ve been on lansoprazole 15mg for a few years now due to acid reflux which I think I’ve had for many years to a mild extent but it flared up really badly a year after I was dx (I put that down to steroids with no stomach protection and lots of painkillers over the course of the year).
I don’t have a good GP so my bloods aren’t checked by him but I do have routine FBC by the hospital as I’m on a DMD so hopefully anything amiss would be spotted by them.
I have now been told I have the symptoms of IBS too as I’m very often bloated and have had bouts of severe acid reflux causing vomiting (often at 3am ). I also suffer with diarrhoea if I eat acidic foods so I now keep a food diary and avoid foods which cause me problems. It’s under control now if I eat a fairly basic diet consisting of ‘old fashioned’ meat and two veg style meals and avoid tomato based sauces and anything rich. If I stick to that I can even get away with the occasional glass of wine as a treat. I can double up on my lansoprazole dose when I’m having a flare up of the acid reflux but was told to only do this for a few days at a time if possible.
I’m hoping it is MS related and it will calm down eventually as all of this has happened in the last year when I had already had two relapses and another course of steroids (this time with extra lansoprazole although they still irritated my stomach slightly).
It’s certainly miserable when you go out for a meal armed with Gaviscon and, on reading the menu, you’re thinking I daren’t risk that, or that, or that!!
Let us know how you get on with your GP and whether the medication eases your symptoms.
Tracey xx