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Hey guys,
I am new to this forum so this is obviously going to be new for me. I was diagnosed with Crohn's when I was 12 and I am now 20 years old and in college. I have been on Methotrexate since I was about 16. I first started with injection and after one year of that I moved on to the pill form. I am a double major in Psychology and Human Development and I got the opportunity to volunteer at a Children's Hospital this summer. HOWEVER, they require that I get the chicken pox vaccine, which I have yet to get because of the medication I was on since I was 12. I first tried to get off methotrexate in early April, however I was having bouts of diarrhea and it turned into abdominal pain. At that time, I was in college and away from my doctor (I'm out of state) so we hypothesized that it could be a virus, stress (I was very stressed at that time), or the lack of methotrexate in my system. So I went back on it after the local doctor gave me a 5 day course of steroids and after a week, symptoms disappeared. I turned in my paperwork for the hospital and they then contacted me saying I needed the vaccine or else I cannot volunteer there. My doctor gave me the all clear to stop methotrexate again. That was the end of April. I need to get through to the end of June to get this vaccine. No symtoms appeared until about a week an half ago, right around finals week... I'm done with school now, but it still hasn't gone away. Could this be methotrexate withdrawal? I have been in remission ever since I started methotrexate and even before that I never exhibited any Crohn's symptoms, so this is entirely new to me. Anyone else had this?
I am new to this forum so this is obviously going to be new for me. I was diagnosed with Crohn's when I was 12 and I am now 20 years old and in college. I have been on Methotrexate since I was about 16. I first started with injection and after one year of that I moved on to the pill form. I am a double major in Psychology and Human Development and I got the opportunity to volunteer at a Children's Hospital this summer. HOWEVER, they require that I get the chicken pox vaccine, which I have yet to get because of the medication I was on since I was 12. I first tried to get off methotrexate in early April, however I was having bouts of diarrhea and it turned into abdominal pain. At that time, I was in college and away from my doctor (I'm out of state) so we hypothesized that it could be a virus, stress (I was very stressed at that time), or the lack of methotrexate in my system. So I went back on it after the local doctor gave me a 5 day course of steroids and after a week, symptoms disappeared. I turned in my paperwork for the hospital and they then contacted me saying I needed the vaccine or else I cannot volunteer there. My doctor gave me the all clear to stop methotrexate again. That was the end of April. I need to get through to the end of June to get this vaccine. No symtoms appeared until about a week an half ago, right around finals week... I'm done with school now, but it still hasn't gone away. Could this be methotrexate withdrawal? I have been in remission ever since I started methotrexate and even before that I never exhibited any Crohn's symptoms, so this is entirely new to me. Anyone else had this?
