So I'm trying to get off taking my medication of Pantoprazole 40 mg, 2x/day- in the morning and evening. My plan has been to leave the morning dose alone and just focusing on reducing the PM dose.
The last two weeks I've been taking my 40 mg in the morning and then alternating my PM dose between 40 mg and 20 mg each day. So far so good till Monday morning I accidentally took a 20 mg instead of the 40 mg. I'd taken a 20 mg for my PM dose Sunday night so I was a liiiiittle nervous but curious to see how my body would react.
Horrible. I woke up Tuesday morning at 5 AM with this horrible sore throat, the type I haven't had for about a year. I've seen an Ear, Nose, Throat doctor occasionally over the last year when I'd been having these sore throats- it's not like GERD/heartburn where you feel the burn in your chest, they call it LPR- Laryngopharyngeal reflux. It's horrible because that acid goes all the way up your throat and it's not a sore throat that gets soothed with a nice hot tea or whatnot. It hurts to talk and is just awful.
Sooo now my plan is to go back to the 40's hopefully for just a few days so I can start over and not make the mistake of messing with my AM dose yet! Along with starting to incorporate the 20 mg dosage into my PM regimen, I've also started eating gluten-free the last two weeks. It's actually gone really well. I've quickly lost a few lbs so I'm trying to make sure I'm getting enough calories in. I'm also real strict still about maintaining an acid reflux diet and avoiding alcohol, carbonated drinks, acidic foods like citrus fruits, and anything real heavy or fried. Veggies are my new best friend! I'm also taking a probiotic, multivitamin with iron, and vitamin d each day.
So hopefully I can have a better update once my throat heals up. Till then it's lots of soothing foods...like milkshakes! Thank the Lord dairy doesn't cause me reflux!!
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