Does this ever happen to anyone else?

[Atmmayes]

Heres a short summary on whats going on...

Before i had crohns, i went to the bathroom once or twice a day (aside from urinating).

When i started having D, i went like 4-8 times a day, sometimes more. Eventually i was diagnosed and tried a variety of combinations of meds, now i have no D, unless i drink coffee, and im on 2400mg mesalamine, 15mg prednisone, 200mg azathioprine a day.

Well, in the past week, i have had very slow moving bowels, pretty sure im constipated. I first got alarmed when i didnt go for 3 days so i drunk two cups of coffee, and i was in the bathroom for about an hour in and out. I was in TERRIBLE pain. Now, i havent gone for 4 WHOLE DAYS! I dont wanna use coffee again, that was hell.

I guess what im getting at is, has anyone ever gone from having D to having C? And how do you all deal with C if you have it? I like C better than D, but i still dont like either.

 

[mikeyarmo]

I never really had the big D as a symptom, but rather was always constipated. I would say my typically bathroom schedule was once every 6-7 days! I don't know what was worse.... the 6 days of waiting or the one day when there finally was some action!

I really tried a lot of things (drinking more water, eating more fibre, metamucil, etc.) and truly nothing really worked. Sorry to say that, but I just want to stress that it is important that you let a doctor know about this change as it may mean you need to try a different treatment option.

 

[joshw2011]

I went through the same thing: switch from diarrhea to constipation. The only thing that really works for me is taking Miralax every day. Hopefully that helps you too!

 

[Mountaingem]

Yes, Miralax is great, sometimes your bowels need some help getting back to their normal rhythms. I frequently have this same problem.