Posted 3/30/2011 5:54 PM (GMT 0)
nancy,
I am an open book, you can ask me anything. I started the wellbutrin when we were trying to figure out why I had so much joint pain. a
After the colonoscopy and before the CT scan we decided to try having me go off the wellbutrin to maybe eliminate a med on my poor gut, so i tapered down and went off, it didn't take long to realize it has been working on two fronts, it was helping with my mood and my joint pain so back on it i went.
As for the prednisone....I did it first as 6 day dose back in December for the joints, also prior to diagnosing the crohns, and then didn't start taking it again until mid January after the colonoscopy and before the decision that it was indeed crohn's i was dealing with. I started on 40mg at that point and tapered down to 20mg, now whenever I try to do less than 20mg my diarrhea returns and my joints go wild so I am staying at the 20mg for now. I see on here that alot of us crohnies have a love/hate relationship with pred... mostly, i love it. I feel better, I have less d, I can eat, and boy some days I really have to watch that! I have energy, although I am a bit OCD on it... one day I went to put away a spool of thread and spent the next 2 hours cleaning and organizing my sewing box (you should see it, threads all by color and straight pins by size, scary.) As for the hate part, at first I was a bit moody, which is unusual for me, my friends sometimes want to just slap me cuz I am so darn cheery, but that has evened out, I have put on several inches around my middle, my face has days that it's rosy but no moonface, knock on wood. I hope that it has more benefits than disadvantages for you too. And feel free to ask me anything, anytime, I am new to this but I am studying hard. :)