Holy crap, when am I supposed to take all this stuff??

[sidney88]

OK so this is all the crap I currently take. But I have NO idea when to take things in relation to the other things

Medications:
Prednisone - starting tomorrow, 1st time - 60mg. My sis says to take it in the morning so i have a better chance of sleeping
Pentasa - Used to take this first thing in am with my probiotic on empty stomach - 4X per day total
Prescription Vitamin D supplement


Vitamins/Supplements
Digestive Advantage Probiotic (might switch to VLS3 at some point..is it really better?)
Iron Supplement - Just had anemia
Multi-Vit - Twice a day
Calcium
Fish Oil Pills - Twice a day


First off when should I take some of this relative to anything else? Also if there's anything missing let me know. Thanks everyone.

Background: http://www.crohnsforum.com/showthread.php?t=5204

 

[sidney88]

Opps this thread should be moved to the Treatment section...do I need to message a mod

 

[My Butt Hurts]

No. It doesn't really matter. This is a support type of question too.

 

[jamie2462]

bahahahaah 60 mg. Good luck sleeping! lol SOrry to be skeptical. When I was on 60 I slept oh a total of maybe 40 minutes a night...the rest I read, or watched movies or played soduko....and i read quickly...went thru a LOT OF Books.

I hope you can get more sleep then I did...I was like that for a month...man my body was happy when they finally started tapering that off.

 

[MINI Cooper]

Everyone is different. When I was on 60mg I still slept great!
and as for all the meds, I know what you mean too.
I also take everything I can in the morning. Less chance of forgetting something
later on. :ybatty:

 

[AmandaC]

I was also feeling really overwhelmed with how much stuff I had to take. I'm on meds, herbal remedies, homeopathic medicine, probiotic, aloe vera juice and vitamin supplements. It helped me to make a list of everything I had to take and when I had to take it. I also found it easier to take as much as I could all at the same time because I found it too overwhelming and was forgetting to take stuff. I was told to take Pred in the morning after brekkie. Good luck!

 

[Jonhenry]

When I was on 60mg of Prednisone the last thing I thought about was sleeping, and the first thing I thought about was staying drunk, but that's just me, 60mg from 0 of prednisone sets me into a mania it takes antipsychotics to take me down from. Now they put me on endocort ER or something like that. Works great actually. Taking too many meds at once can mess up the ones you're currently taking and cause different interactions depending on your own biochemistry....at least that's what I figure.

For instance, with my history alcohol should be horrible for me, but 5-8 beers a night or 6 or 7 shots and I wake up ok in the morning without having to get up in the middle of the night for the big D. What that means.....I figure everybody's different....find what works for you and explore.

 

[83rabbitgti]

at first you will take alot until you find a spectrum of meds that help... but the vitamins are up to you. i dont take any because its just another pain in the butt pill to swallow.. i take 8 pentasa a day (horsepills) and 2 6mp at night. plus my every other week humira shot. hey any one else hate that damn thing? everytime i have to take it i sit there for like 5 minutes unitl i just get up the courage to do it. it hurts!

 

[83rabbitgti]

ohh and get off the prednisone asap. u should check out the side effects of that crap.