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Last night Aaron and I both woke up at about 2 am. He had stomach cramps and was in the bathroom at first. When he came out he told me he had D. With some questions I found out he has been having D about 5 times a day, mostly late at night for almost 2 weeks. He said there was no blood, but he...

I know I initially did not get mania symptoms with pred, it came on over time. At first it was just a bad attitude with Steroids. Then the attitude got worse with each flare up and need to take pred. This last one with the really bad mania was actually from steroid shots in my back. Good Luck...

Oh you are in for a ROUGH Christmas week it seems.

Hi Joan! It sounds like you have your hands full as well. I think it all just adds up and makes moms go POP this time of year. I asked my doc about Amitriptyline. He did not like the idea gave me all sorts of reasons why it was a bad idea and put me on cymbalta. I am afraid to switch up my...

Hi! Try to stick with lower fiber fruits and veggies I know potatoes, Banannas and well cooked peas don't bother me to much when I am not in a huge flare. In a flare I switch to pastas mashed potatoes generally really mushy food. Try to get something into your system because if you don't you...

Hi! Welcome to the forums! Don't worry about poo talk around here, we all live around our next run to the loo!

They are talking about upping my Humira for the joints now since the crohn's dose isn't doing it. I hope remicade does it for you!

Gotta love it. Just makes it all better doesnt it knowing no matter what you do you will have a week of crohn's acting up every single month.

I get what you are saying, I don't have nearly the same amount of friends I used to. But the ones I have are great. I don't really have any advice on how to deal with the social issues of crohn's I start to think I have it down and bam no I don't. I wish I had a better answer for you.

LOL I like the lasso idea! I might ban them from all gaming systems, tv and computers that would get them moving! I can do something evil like hide all the power cords!!

Wow I knew something was very wrong going on by your symptoms. I hope you start to feel better soon. I know colonoscopies get my guts in knots, it never goes well for a few days afterwards. Keep an eye on yourself, a perforation is nothing to fool around with.

I am on humira and still smoke. Yes My GI comments on it whenever I see him generally a "you know thats not good for you" comment then we move on. Good Luck quitting! I need to do that... soon.. eh.

Good Luck with the doc change. I have found if I am not happy with a doctor to just get another one. We have too many issues to not feel comfortable with our docs.

Implants are my dream! When you think about it its not that much more than root canal/crown on each tooth. I am sure at some point I will get some implants. THe cost of dental treatment is so high even with dental insurance. I really wish it would just be covered by medical!

My doc is changing my depression meds from Zoloft to cymbalta. Its supposed to help with pain. I have the script filling it on the first so we are not playing with depression during the holidays. It's so hard to deal with all over pain, I understand. I have been trying to get away from opiates...

Its great to hear someone who has suffered with Crohn's for a LONG time and managed to stay working!

I am 37 and have bad bad teeth. I think its partially because of the prednisone for all those years, maybe partially because of not getting the vitamins your teeth need. Right now I need to have 2 crowns done, a BUNCH of cavities filled and some sort of periodontal cleaning. I had to have 2...

I get borderline manic with prednisone. Last time I had steroids of any kind I slept an hour a day for a week. Was screaming at people for minor annoyances, went from happy go lucky with lots of energy to crying in 2.5 seconds. I was scrubbing my house at 3 and 4 in the morning. I refuse to...

Hi Walsh, Welcome to the forums. I understand dealing with someone with CD can be pretty tough at times, I think its awesome you are coming here for a bit of help on it. As far as the herbs, I think many people would be interested in learning more on herbal therapies, I know I have tried...

hi! Welcome to the forums. Our stories are pretty similar, I was a few years behind you in DX 1998. I hope remicade does wonders for you. I personally had issues with it so moved to Humira. Humira has does wonders for my Crohns so there is hope out there! If you are dealing with lots of...