What are your signs of an impending flare?

[a1000lies]

For some reason a day or 2 before I begin feeling sick I almost always get very light headed, cloudy, confused, and have a an overwhelming feeling of being faint. During that time I usually don't have any digestive signs, but always know an episode is in the very near future. I also normally get really bad chills/anxiety during the opening day of a flare up, even before the pain becomes even that apparent, along with big time sleep disturbances and crazy dreams.

The past year has been that exact cycle. I feel okay for 1-2 weeks then get sick anywhere from 2-5 days with that 1-2 day "aura" in between. Anyway, what about you guys?

 

[hainman]

mouth ulcers......

 

[a1000lies]

mouth ulcers......

That's another one I get often..

 

[Ozboz]

For some reason a day or 2 before I begin feeling sick I almost always get very light headed, cloudy, confused, and have a an overwhelming feeling of being faint. During that time I usually don't have any digestive signs, but always know an episode is in the very near future. I also normally get really bad chills/anxiety during the opening day of a flare up, even before the pain becomes even that apparent, along with big time sleep disturbances and crazy dreams.

The past year has been that exact cycle. I feel okay for 1-2 weeks then get sick anywhere from 2-5 days with that 1-2 day "aura" in between. Anyway, what about you guys?

I'm having the exact same symptoms plus like a pressure in the front of my head and I'm developing sores in the corners of my mouth and sore throat

 

[tommyb]

Ushually night sweats! the tend to occur a few days before im going to be bad! and also the light headedness, and genraly tiredness!

 

[2thFairy]

I used to get really REALLY moody about 3 days before a flare and once the gas started, I knew the bleeding would show up the next day.

 

[StarGirrrrl]

I don't have a dx yet, but with both tummy flares and joint pain flares sadly I get zero warning, they come right outta the blue.

I usually figure it out when my guts are squeezing everything out (to a greater extreme than day-to-day) and I get fatigued after (again greater than everyday). Or when the pain pills are not working!

 

[JMC]

Two indicators for me have been severe anxiety which appears out of the blue for no apparent reason and severe migraine like headaches.

 

[a1000lies]

Two indicators for me have been severe anxiety which appears out of the blue for no apparent reason and severe migraine like headaches.

One of my biggest indicators as well. I wonder why that is..

 

[Earnellzwifey]

extremely severe fatigue. when i sleep 14 hours a day i know things are about to get really bad quick.

I have basically been in a flare for about 3 years with severe symptoms but that is probably due to the fact that I was not dx yet and not on proper meds.

 

[lara5559]

For both of my two flares I always start with narrow green stools, then a pain in my front right pubic bone, and a pale reddish vaginal discharge. then the bleeding starts slowly, I think its piles so have always started with the pile cream. It dosent work. The bleeding and diaherra get worse. I seem to go through the same stages, narrow stools, watery stools, stools like toothpaste, then they get more soild as i improve and change back to a natural brown colour, bleeding increases, then the urgency and wind start. I get dark rings under my eyes, sore nose and a coldsore as well! Luckily I caught it a little quicker this time and got the predfoam from the docs, I think after 2 months im finally coming out of the flare. I made the stupid mistake of cutting down on my 3 a day mesalmine tabs and then caught some bug.

 

[Carrie]

That's a great question!

For me, I can't think of anything specifically. In remission I still deal with gassy days and an odd day where I prefer to be within a few feet of the toilet (but that is quite rare!). In my last flare, which lead to surgery, I had horrendous heartburn, but never linked that to my Crohn's. After the heartburn settled down, I suffered with constipation quite a bit. The tummy pain actually took about two years to set in (lucky, for me?). I guess the other thing would be getting up to poop in the middle of the night--expect for when I've travelled across time zones and my body is confused. And when I start vomiting, I know things are quite bad!

So suffice to say I get a bit antsy when I have heartburn now!

 

[xSophiexx]

Mouth Ulcers and Mouth Thrush.. Eeek!

 

[tots]

mouth ulcers- anxiety- heart burn (very painful)


lauren

 

[Thunderstruck]

I must be an odd one. While I haven't had a real flare in a while, I've had mini ones. You the ones where they could go either way? I have an ileostomy, so prior to that I'd have what I used to call "the hot sh*ts" Excuse the language. It always felt like it was burning. Then I'd get lower back pain. Much like menstrual cramps. I still get those every now and then when I'm stressed. Then I stress about stress causing a flare. It's a vicious cycle!! Haha. As the years with the disease go on I notice I have more fatigue. But hey, it's something we learn to cope with

 

[JMC]

I get dark rings under my eyes, sore nose and a coldsore as well!

Same for me, although I would say I get the dark rings and nose sores when the flare is well under way.

 

[TwinkleToes]

mouth ulcers......

Yep. Get those, upset stomach, all I want to do is sleep, and just feel crappy. Will also get joint pain and a few other symptoms.