Am I in remission or close to it?

[Burning1234]

I have been using Predisione 40mg for about 4 weeks now and have totally changed my diet. I have about 3-4 BMs a day. I have to wake up at 5:30AM every morning to go to the bathroom and again at 6AM(sometimes have have to wake up at 3AM even before that) urgently to clear everything else up,then i go back to sleep but I'm fine till about 4PM till i go again.This is extremely annoying and idk if this is normal. That has been my routine the past 4 days. I saw a small hint of blood 2 days ago in one of my morning BMs. Overall my poop has been in normal color(golden brown or dark brown). Throughout the day i hear gas in my stomach and before i have to go to the bathroom my stomach slightly burns and i have to go immediately. I don't know if this is normal or part of a healing process. My energy level has increased a lot,but i'm still get nervous to go out because of my urgent bowel movements. I don't have constipation but my stool is like a thinner sausage or comes out in big lumps.Sorry if this is too graphic. Thanks for the help .



I'm also having ayurveda medication with 6 Asacol HD per day.

 

[DJW]

Hi and welcome.

Have you started to taper the prednisone? That med alone can give you increased energy. I felt great on prednisone.

I can't say if you're in remission or close to it. My guess is the meds are working to some extent.

You mentioned you're doing alternative medicine. It's very important to keep your doctor in the loop on what you're doing. There could be potential drug interactions that could be dangerous.

 

[too_cool]

i am also suffering the same problem