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    Losing appetite but feeling healthy, flare incoming?

    So for the past 6 months, I've been eating literally everything, I would even eat snacks after the food and that was a-lot of food. I'm feeling healthy right now with Humira treatment and going to the bathroom 2 times a day on average. However, my appetite has gone down and it reminds me of how...
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    Rinvoq Crohn's Disease Trials

    There are ongoing trials for Abbvie's Rinvoq (approved for Rheumatoid Arthritis by FDA in 2019) for Crohn's Disease in Brooklyn, New York. Unfortunately I can't participate in them because I haven't taken or failed a biologic yet, I'll be starting Humira soon and if it fails it I'll join the trial.
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    Feeling lonely, depressed, anxious, and hopeless, let’s make a zoom group call.

    Let’s make a zoom group for about 3-10 people in this forum to talk on weekdays or weekends depending on how we decide, sounds like a good idea? You might be asking why not just ask for help from this forum and why I want a video call instead, I feel like I need to feel a stronger connection.
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    Prednisone 40mg, all at once or spread? Reason for question in thread

    The reason I’m asking why I should spread is because : When I take all at once in the morning, I end up waking in the middle of the night and pooping 5 times. Then waking up tired and weak before my next dose kicks in. Yesterday I tried splitting. 50% at morning and 50% at late afternoon. And 0...
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    5 and half weeks delzicol, 10mg prednisone atm, bowel movements increased from 3-5 on 40mg to 6-10 on 20+10mg

    newly diagnosed. 20, male. Crohn's Disease, left-sided colitis. so I'm about 6 weeks into Mesalamine(Delzicol), and it doesn't seem to be working because I'm tapering off the prednisone and my symptoms seem to be coming back, on 40mg prednisone my bowel movements decreased to 3 and at max 5...
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