Hiya,
My boyfriend was diagnosed with Crohn's 2 months ago and has been tapering off prenisone and he's only on 2 a day now :wink: He's started taking azathioprine as well within the last few days.
I'm just after a bit of advice from people who have been/ had partners or family taking Pred.
The only way I can describe it is living with a cute little kitten on minute and the next living with a really really angry panther. I know it's all down to the steroids and that it isn't his fault.
Is there anything I can do to help him get through this?
Things have been really tough for us both since he got the diagnosis.
It's like living with Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Everything is my fault, I can't do right from doing wrong. When he has a 'moment' (as we call them) he just goes mental. He gets aggressive and loud, he becomes so unbearable to be around that I have to leave the house for a few hours. But when I try to leave he screams in my face and locks me in the house :voodoo:
He's depressed about the weight he's been putting on, how our relationship is, how work is and how he generally feels all the time.
I'm trying so hard to keep things together for us and him, but I'm at the point of physical, mental and emotional exhaustion :shifty:
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Sorry for my little rant!
x
My boyfriend was diagnosed with Crohn's 2 months ago and has been tapering off prenisone and he's only on 2 a day now :wink: He's started taking azathioprine as well within the last few days.
I'm just after a bit of advice from people who have been/ had partners or family taking Pred.
The only way I can describe it is living with a cute little kitten on minute and the next living with a really really angry panther. I know it's all down to the steroids and that it isn't his fault.
Is there anything I can do to help him get through this?
Things have been really tough for us both since he got the diagnosis.
It's like living with Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Everything is my fault, I can't do right from doing wrong. When he has a 'moment' (as we call them) he just goes mental. He gets aggressive and loud, he becomes so unbearable to be around that I have to leave the house for a few hours. But when I try to leave he screams in my face and locks me in the house :voodoo:
He's depressed about the weight he's been putting on, how our relationship is, how work is and how he generally feels all the time.
I'm trying so hard to keep things together for us and him, but I'm at the point of physical, mental and emotional exhaustion :shifty:
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Sorry for my little rant!
x