Strong symptoms in the morning

Hi everyone - I have been a long time reader of these forums but this is my first post.

I was diagnosed with Crohn's about 8 years ago. Generally I feel like I am one of the very lucky ones as I have been in remission for much of that and my symptoms don't seem as bad as many people I read about on here.

However for the last 9 months or so I feel like I have been in a steady decline and am slipping into a full flare. My symptoms are always much worse in the morning, I usually need 2 or 3 trips to the bathroom within the first 2 hours of waking and my BM is often loose, mucousy, bloody etc. (lovely!!).

To be honest I have been able to deal with this because although the first few hours of the day are tough once I am through them I generally have no symptoms throughout the day and am pretty much a normal human being.

Unfortunately in the past couple of weeks I have started to develop symptoms that are causing me more concern.
The first is the fatigue... I feel SO tired for the first 4 or 5 hours of the day (no matter how much sleep I get) and it can be a real effort to even keep my eyes open. The weird thing again is that this seems to pass and by the afternoon / early evening I feel OK and not tired!

The second symptom is nausea in the morning... and worse I have noticed some blood in it as well (not much just a few specks, but certainly there). I am not sure what is causing this, but perhaps a stomach ulcer ??

In terms of meds I take 50mg of 6-mp once a day and that is pretty much it (I have taken this for about 7 years now without problems until recently). I have taken pred / entocourt in the past to help with flares and these (especially the pred) have brought things under control.

Anyway sorry for the long post, I just wanted to say HI and rant a little bit. I am trying to get an appointment with a new specialist next week and hopefully work out what is going wrong...

Agree with gumby44 sounds like a flare. Get to you GI soon. The fatigue If your B12 levels are down you can be fatigued. Try a 5 hour energy to see if that helps. I have some on hand all the time good luck.

Antacid Calcium) for the tummy

T

Thanks for the replies all, really appreciate it.

Question Everything - sorry I am a little dumb (and in the UK!) can you explain what "5 hour energy" is please?

scifigal2k - thanks for this, I am really hoping you are correct. I think that because sometimes there is no blood at all, and sometimes there is just a little that comes on the 4th or 5th heave, that it is just my throat / esophagus

Thanks 73monte - I was actually thinking this morning that a short round of pred would probably sort me out! I have not been on it for several years, but everytime i have used it in the past it has stopped the flare within 48 hours no matter how bad it is (then of course the other lovely side-effects come along!!)

Basically 5 hour energy is a liquid 2 oz. bottle of Vitamins and a shot of caffeine. You can get a similar bottle without caffeine, its basically liquid B12 in solution. I can get them for a dollar, less than a pound.

They cut out the end of the small intestine (where B12 is usually absorbed from food) and part of the large. so my ability to absorb is down. So as a precaution I use the B12 liquid as a boost. I also have the Rx B12 and needle if I need it.

T