Hunger vs. acid

[amytug 996]

Why are members here so against people saying they are hungry? It does happen. Not ALL sleevers come out on the other side free of hunger pangs.

I know the difference between Hunger and head hunger. I don't so much know the difference between acid and hunger though. I can be walking with my daughter and not even thinking about food in the least, and feeling hungry. Wanna scarf down a whole turkey hungry.

I'm on Dexilant, have been for almost a month now. Maybe I need a new ppi? Actually, I have to becaise that stuff is $40/ month with no generic.

Or maybe, just maybe, it's actual hunger!?

Wwyd?

[johnlatte 1,232]

Amy you might want to try a different PPI. I was on nexium for a about 2 months and it really did help. It was about $30 a month for that time period. My Dr. doesn't want his patients going past 3 months on a PPI so that might be something to talk to your Dr. about. I still get something like hunger. It's not really hunger, but I know when I need to eat. That's why I eat 5-6 small meals a day, which is difficult at times to manage, but it keeps that hunger feeling down.

[DrmBig4Evr 152]

That was my problem presurgery. Now my hunger is more of an empty feeling, but I can tell the difference with the acid. I stopped taking my PPI the other day and I can definitely tell, I do feel "hungry", but I know its because of the meds and not the hunger feeling I was having before I came off which is more of an empty.

[amytug 996]

I could stop it for a few days and see what happens. Maybe. That way I could closely monitor hunger vs. acid. I don't know of I'm that brave. This feeling I have is empty, a little bit of a burn and a lot of times it's burpy/bubbly. Does that sound like hunger? I've recently started working out and I'm almost 6 weeks. I didn't notice this at all during my liquids phase, I was so amazed that I had NO hunger. Started the Dexilant a week and a Half out. I'll try nexium next John.