too young to feel this old.
Hi my name is Stephanie,
My symptoms began when i was 13 it started as stomach aches that bothered me but didnt make me physically ill. I went to my pediatrician and she diagnosed me with anxiety then prescribed me to Zoloft. My symptoms progressed and after several months i began to feel defeated and different so i told my dr that i felt fine and that i didnt feel i needed the medication and she took me off. By the time i was 16 i was paying attention to wear the closest restroom was when i was out with my friends and i ate little to no food in hopes that i would get sick less, i had diarrhea almost imediatly after every meal and would vomit when i was in a stressful situation but i wasnt ready to alert my mom that there was a problem.
When i was 17 i got pregnant with my son Kamdyn and almost as soon as i found out i was pregnant my syptoms came to an abrupt hault. My body was completly normal again and it felt great. I chalked up all of the problems i had been having as "a stage" that i had out grown. My third trimester i broke out with a pregnancy rash i would blister and bleed and nothing helped. I now believe that was just part of the skin sensitivity that comes with crohns. But my digestion was still normal. Two weeks before my due date i went to my OBGYN sick (fluish) and was told i was eclamptic (toximia) i was rushed to the hospital and put on Magnesium Sulfate to prevent a seizure. I ended up having an emergency C section but both me and my son were fine.
Literally as soon as i had my son my Crohns symptoms came back (with a vengeance) and i have been treating my self over the counter until recently i tried everything from pepto, anti dir., tums, lactose meds., IBS meds, starving myself, & nothing worked but i was able to continue working without alerting anyone that there was something going on. (Im a single mom so i work two jobs and cant afford to miss any work) I had a little routine going with round about times of the day when i would get sick and how i would deal with it. I cut alot from my diet all caffine, dairy, and seeds.
Then in December 2010 i had new syptoms in my upper abdomen i would drop to the floor in pain on the verge of blacking out when finally i decided enough is enough and i went to the hospital. Turns out i also had galstones and while doing my cat scan the dr. noted that my intestines were inflamed just like crohns but when he asked if i had any crohns symtoms i again denied it, i figured once my galbladder was removed i would be able to over the counter medicate/ manage again.
I was wrong. The galbladder came out and i felt ok for a few months still dealing with the crohns but no additional problems. In October 2011 i went from living in the restroom to constipated for a week. I was worried so i FINALLY made an appointment with a GI (dr. howard hamat) I had a bowel obstruction and went to the hospital for a week i was given Prednisone, and Flagyl we got the swelling down, then we did a colonoscopy to diagnose my severe crohns and now im back to being sick again. i just had my second round of Remicade my third will be on December 22,2011 and im hoping that after a couple more treatments i will notice a difference.
Im interested in hearing if anyone else had syptoms while pregnant ive never met anyone with crohns who also has kids?
Hi my name is Stephanie,
My symptoms began when i was 13 it started as stomach aches that bothered me but didnt make me physically ill. I went to my pediatrician and she diagnosed me with anxiety then prescribed me to Zoloft. My symptoms progressed and after several months i began to feel defeated and different so i told my dr that i felt fine and that i didnt feel i needed the medication and she took me off. By the time i was 16 i was paying attention to wear the closest restroom was when i was out with my friends and i ate little to no food in hopes that i would get sick less, i had diarrhea almost imediatly after every meal and would vomit when i was in a stressful situation but i wasnt ready to alert my mom that there was a problem.
When i was 17 i got pregnant with my son Kamdyn and almost as soon as i found out i was pregnant my syptoms came to an abrupt hault. My body was completly normal again and it felt great. I chalked up all of the problems i had been having as "a stage" that i had out grown. My third trimester i broke out with a pregnancy rash i would blister and bleed and nothing helped. I now believe that was just part of the skin sensitivity that comes with crohns. But my digestion was still normal. Two weeks before my due date i went to my OBGYN sick (fluish) and was told i was eclamptic (toximia) i was rushed to the hospital and put on Magnesium Sulfate to prevent a seizure. I ended up having an emergency C section but both me and my son were fine.
Literally as soon as i had my son my Crohns symptoms came back (with a vengeance) and i have been treating my self over the counter until recently i tried everything from pepto, anti dir., tums, lactose meds., IBS meds, starving myself, & nothing worked but i was able to continue working without alerting anyone that there was something going on. (Im a single mom so i work two jobs and cant afford to miss any work) I had a little routine going with round about times of the day when i would get sick and how i would deal with it. I cut alot from my diet all caffine, dairy, and seeds.
Then in December 2010 i had new syptoms in my upper abdomen i would drop to the floor in pain on the verge of blacking out when finally i decided enough is enough and i went to the hospital. Turns out i also had galstones and while doing my cat scan the dr. noted that my intestines were inflamed just like crohns but when he asked if i had any crohns symtoms i again denied it, i figured once my galbladder was removed i would be able to over the counter medicate/ manage again.
I was wrong. The galbladder came out and i felt ok for a few months still dealing with the crohns but no additional problems. In October 2011 i went from living in the restroom to constipated for a week. I was worried so i FINALLY made an appointment with a GI (dr. howard hamat) I had a bowel obstruction and went to the hospital for a week i was given Prednisone, and Flagyl we got the swelling down, then we did a colonoscopy to diagnose my severe crohns and now im back to being sick again. i just had my second round of Remicade my third will be on December 22,2011 and im hoping that after a couple more treatments i will notice a difference.
Im interested in hearing if anyone else had syptoms while pregnant ive never met anyone with crohns who also has kids?