Side effects with omeprazole/Prilosec use

I drink probably 10 bottles of water a day. I stop eating 3-4 hrs before bedtime. I cut out all fried fatty foods. I don't eat out. I eat a lot of chicken breast, boiled potatoes or baked, steamed broccoli, Brussels sprouts, spinach. Breakfast is cheerios with unsweetened almond milk. I eat no spicey foods.I only use 3 tablespoons of healthwise coffee in my bunn drip coffee maker. That's all you need.

@riflemanz64 I really cannot take credit for doing much. I drink coffee, I do prefer dark roast so that’s generally what I drink, and I eat chocolate. The biggest things I gave up were citrus and carbonated beverages. I do eat an occasional clementine though.

Is alcohol bad for Barrett’s? I had to give up wine after a liver transplant but I generally only drank one glass with dinner. Strangely, my diabetes is also in remission!
JK

Soda and alcohol are very bad for Barretts. My wife has been eating my low acid diet and she has diabetes and her last A1C wa 5.9

@lacy2 and others about water.. I have gastroparesis and often have diarrhea..I have a difficult time drinking a lot of water. A biochemist friend suggested I drink more Pedialyte or the generic Drug store Electrolyte Solution as often diarrhea is caused by poor hydration .. I also take a probiotic most days.. but the Hydration of my body seems so much better and easier now than when I was relying on tap water. (I live in a city with very good water according to Dept. of health standards. we even have a new water treatment plant...)

Ahhh, @riflemanz64 Perhaps those are things that have contributed to my low A1c. It's interesting that it is so low (often under 5) because as my prior PCP put down on my exam sheet, I was non-compliant! I may not have been compliant in his eyes, but something was working.
JK

With me I find is the hardest on my stomach. I run my bottled water thru the brita. It works for me.

@carnet I suggest you speak to your pharmacist and get his/her advice. I have found pharmacists are more knowledgeable about drugs than physicians - even specialists.

Kool aid has a lot of sugar

I started having G.I. issues about 15 Mos ago. Meds regularly taken: metformin, citalopram, simvistatin and loratidine. I started taking omeprazole 40 mg 2x/day because I have sinus issues and chronic postnasal drip which led to GERD and then stomatitis. I only drank decaffeinated coffee and I do consume dark chocolate daily (a vice). I elevated the head of my bed and followed all instructions for a GERD and also started drinking papaya juice in the morning for about a month or two however I consistently have no sugar ginger juice every morning and mix it with hot water creating my own ginger tea with no sweetener. About a year after this, I was still taking omeprazole 40 mg twice a day, a started having significant loose bowel movements and diarrhea, started a BRAT diet, no milk, no alcohol, no sweeteners or sugary foods, no carbonated drinks or raw veggies and no coffee/caffeine/chocolate. Following a colonoscopy with biopsies, I was diagnosed with microscopic colitis. I have discontinued omeprazole and started using Zantac and started taking a probiotic and using a fiber supplement mixed with water twice daily. About a month following the diagnosis my bowel movements are now about 1-2 daily and a decent consistency (previously loose and up to 10 daily).

Any other suggestions? I am going to start re-introducing foods into my diet, I previously ate a salad every day and this is killing me!

Ty!

Did they do a upper endoscopy? (EGD)