Great to hear that! Yes, GABA and Ashwagandha are both great for helping improve the stress response and reduce anxiety. Both are best taken away from meals (although they can still work with meals) and can be taken at anytime during the day to help reduce tension, racing mind, anxiety, fear, etc. and create a more balanced and calm mind.

Hello Annelie, yes I go through some much better options in this article: https://drjockers.com/heartburn-medications/

Hi Annelie.

I was told by an alternative: PPIs only treat the issues not the cause.
The cause is probably Low stomach acid.

I have just remembered a trick from the alternative that helped me.
Steam inhalation Your throat, esophagus needs moisture as well. If it gets dry it can cause issues (spasms, dryness etc). There is a valve that should close to stop gas gong back up. If there isn’t enough gas/stomach acid, the valve may not close enough, which may cause esophagus issues as the acid may rise (but from undigested food in the gut causing the issue).

In relation to your eosinophil count, this does seem very low, but unfortunately I cannot give you any answers for this only guess from my own research from personal issues. However, the gut is also related to Cortisol (stress, and the immune system).
It sound as if your immunity, white blood cells is very low.

If the gut is weakened it won’t digest nutrition: vitamins, minerals which could mean a deficiency and issues related, or internal issues relating to the gut not acting as a first line of defence so that undigested foods, inflammation, bacteria are causing the rise in esophagus issues, causing inflammation as the bodys natural defence causes inflammation so that it can try to repair the issue, but excess inflammation in this case is the issue, ie: allergic reaction or a disease, bacterial etc issue.
The Schatzi ring issue. I presume that this means that it is narrowing via inflammation.

Many things start in the gut. There is a connection between the gut, brain, stress/Cortisol and the Vagus Nerve). If the PPI or another medication is hard on your gut, it will weaken it and not cure the underlining issue.
When I was having severe issues, I had a weakened gut, low stomach acid and a Vagus nerve that was not functioning correctly, as the Vagus Nerve Connects to the gut, Brain.

It could also be from allergy related to something else: medicine ingredient, food allergy.

For other ideas, please read my other post. However, I was taught to breath properly for calming and destressing myself which does help. (5 Finger Breathing Techneque, and Pranayama:Yoga Technique).

I am no expert, but hope this helps. See if you can get help from a qualified person who will get to the route, source of the issue.

Hi Annelie

Sorry to hear about your situation.

I was put on PPIs about 3 years ago for high stomach acid, which made me worse in the first 3 days of taking them, so I stopped.
I ended up going to a well known alternative health shop. They then gave contact details of alternative health people in my area, but told me to try aloevera juice, and fennel (tea or the vegetable). I tried these and was better in under a week.

However, I was given about 60 patches on my back a year later to check allergies for many ingredients, and my symptoms came back worse than ever, and I was finding tightness in my chest when trying to breath, and tingling sometimes, as well as severe wind, stomach cramps etc. which worried me. I went back to the hospital (no idea, told me to see my Dr), and the Dr and he wanted me to go back on Omeprazole again, as well as depression, Migraine tablets. I asked if there was an alternative and was told that these were the best for my problem, (I left, but didn’t get them). I wasn’t even asked to go back for a follow up to the Dr months later. But was told my another Dr prior to this that I had IBS, (another tablet to take).

Thankfully I still had the contact details and the qualified alternative informed me I had a bacterial imbalance, and a possible leaky gut.
I went on an extended Mediterranean diet, cut out all sugar, refined, fake food, and ate healthily with various food combinations to aid digestion, and avoided other combinations relating to bad digestion: Avoiding fat, protein with starchy, sugary food (lasagne, shepherds pie, hotdog, shop bought cakes, bread, wheat, icecream etc.
I also took ACV, digestive enzymes, pectin and HCL (Coconut oil) as well as a thin slice of lemon in warm water on a morning and natural “Live bacteria” as well as Goat milk instead or cows milk. it worked for me.

I realised that I had low stomach acid, not high. (took spearmint for low stomach acid). Ginger, peppermint when I had indigestion to help digestion and calm down my stomach issues.
When I queried low stomach acid with the Dr I was told low stomach acid doesn’t exist. Yet I have found out by my own issues and from a qualified alternative it does.

Many of our Drs are taught to treat the symptom not the root cause, and that there is no low stomach acid, only high.

My advice is see a well known health shop to see if they can help (many are well qualified). Do your own research, or get a well known, qualified and recommended health specialist, or a Dr who knows alternative cures and is well qualified.

The rash sounds like a reaction to an ingredient in the tablets, or the body trying to expel toxicity building up inside.

Good luck.

He is mad that I stopped taking the PPI
Any other suggestions better than PPI. ??