Hi, I hope someone can suggest something else to try!
I am only 12 weeks and already on 20mg omeprazole for heartburn. I have been told I can up my dose to 40mg but I'm not sure I want to or even that it will work.
THe burning acid sensation has gone, but all the other symptoms remain. As soon as I eat or drink(anything from a meal to a cracker to an apple or even just water) the food sits at the bottom of my throat for hours, i feel like I have an undigested meal in my gullet. I burp these hideous, wet, loud belching burps that are not only very uncomfortable but taste awful and I am left with a constant, lingering after taste in my mouth of whatever it is I ate. Because of this I am craving strong tasting foods eg pickles, but then the taste of those linger too. I burp all day long and sometimes they are sicky burps. They actually hurt sometimes!
The only way to get over this sensation is to eat more as the feeling goes away temporarily as I swallow food, which obviously perpetuates the problem. So I don't eat much, but am consequently hungry all the time. Which in turn also causes tummy pains and trapped wind.
At the moment my only way of semi-managing it is by taking huge gulps of gaviscon as soon as I eat anything which takes the edge off, and sucking mints to help with the after taste.
Has anyone taken 40mg omeprazole in pregnancy? Will it even work? Anything else I can try? I have tried peppermint, ginger, cutting out various foods etc - nothing works I get these symptoms 24/7 whatever food I eat.
Its making me utterly miserable.
Thanks