Humira Syringe

I have been on Humira now for 4 1/2 years. I have always done the pens and I do them every other week. Lately my Crohn's has been bad. My problem is that after 5 years of the disease I still can't figure out what foods I can and can't eat. My GI doctor recently sent me to an allergist and we ruled out any food allergies and gluten allergies. I have noticed that about a week into my Humira I start feeling worse and am thinking I need to see about taking it more often. But I find the pens are very painful. I leave it out 30 minutes before hand and put an ice pack on the site to numb it. But it still hurts. I was thinking of switching to the syringes. Can you still do the syringe injection in your leg? Has anyone found it to be less painful? I am nervous about doing syringes myself.

Oh no - it is not just you!!

What kind of side effects are you having? I have had so many different things happen to my body with this disease and I don't even know anymore if it is from the disease, the meds or if I am just going crazy some days. I know that I have had a lot of problems with my hair. It has gotten very thin and I have clumps in my hand when I brush it and in the shower. I had a problem with acne for a while too but that seems to be better. I could give you a list of body changes but I am not sure what is causing them. But if you want to share what is going on with you I would certainly be willing to tell you if share your misery. I find the only comfort in this disease is finding out that I am not alone and someone else knows what I am going through.

I agree! Every time I have come across a new "issue" with the meds or the disease I have thought, "Really? Isn't the disease bad enough?" But I guess not. I fortunately have never had to deal with infections. But the hair I can relate to. My hair is also so coarse and damaged. My hair dresser has told me that when you are on a lot of medications it takes a toll on your hair as well.