Hi. A few years ago I went to the doctor about reflux and they put me on 30mg lansoprazole which settled it down. However I’ve recently been reading how long term use of PPIs can deplete nutrients and cause symptoms such as fatigue and muscle aches/twitches. So for the past week I’ve stopped taking lansoprazole and my fatigue symptoms have really improved. Before I wouldn’t have been able to walk a couple of km without feeling shattered. Just wondering if anyone else has had this experience with lansoprazole or other PPIs?
Dear Nokkerboff,
I am sorry that you’re struggling, but pleased that you’re able to share and confide in this forum. Hopefully, it will help.
I suffer from PPMS and previously other immune problems. I found partial remedy through diet. The essential thing is to stop consuming cow’s milk in any form; cheese, butter, cream, etc. Cow’s milk is not digestible in humans and therefore causes reflux.
Since there is no medical cure or even treatment for MS, I looked further afield and began to research diet as a cause and treatment. The first thing that I read was that it is unnatural for humans to consume cow’s milk. Consequently, it provokes the immune system. Since MS is an auto immune condition, I stopped consuming milk.
I felt better in all respects within 72 hours: my MS calmed down, my arthritis went and my hay fever also stopped and has not returned for 18 years. I had three young children who all suffered from eczema and that also cleared up once I stopped them having milk.
Perceived medical wisdom seems to be that MS is caused by lack of vitamin D, due to low levels of sunshine. There does not seem to be any medical analysis in this theory, it appears to be statistical supposition because MS is most prevalent in Canada, Scotland and Scandinavia where sunlight levels are lower. However, another interesting statistic is that milk consumption is higher in these areas, probably because arable farming is more difficult in a shorter glowing season, whereas cows can be be farmed in barns.
This seems pertinent for me personally because I was born in Jersey and spent my early life on the beach receiving frequent exposure to the sun. Furthermore, for the few years preceding my diagnosis, I was based in Cyprus and Iraq. However, my mum put milk in all our food because she grew up on a farm in Yorkshire and protein was expensive. Moreover, I played a lot of rugby in my teens and twenties at my father’s behest and he used to insist on me consuming a ‘special energy drink’ that he’d concocted from milk and raw eggs.
I hope my perspective is useful and that you might be able to use my ideas. I could elaborate if it were helpful. To put this in perspective, I used to be an army officer, a ski instructor and a very happy family man but now I live alone because my wife left, I was medically discharged in 2016, can’t walk and have watched my children growing up with another man in a house that I pay for, all because I drank too much milk.
Kind regards,
Jonny Cox