What is going on with me?

I have had diarrhea for 8 weeks now! Only in the morning, going 1-3 times. The rest of my day can be pretty much normal. What is going on? I don't feel like i am flaring. I had been flaring since christmas to Mid March, with lots of blood, mucus and pain, but no loose stool. Now i have loose stool, and no other symptoms! I am confused, and to be honest getting very annoyed having loose stool every morning.

I am still currently on no meds, refused surgery, and am trying to get my doctor ro refer me to St Marks hospital in London who specialize in gastro disorders.

Since my remission was induced with diet mod. I look to that to get totally "normal". Gently add a few things like small amount of spinach and sunflower seeds to your diet. These provide nutrients needed as well as some fiber to bulk up the BM's.

Of course you could do other things like psillium husk (Metamucil is similar) but I like to use whole foods.
You seem awfully close to being in remission, just need that final bump.

Good luck.

P.S. You could also examine if you are eating foods that cause the D. In my case it would be dairy and fruit but that's me.

Well from my experience I had relentless diarrhea with no pain, no blood, and no other symptoms. After 2 months of this I was diagnosed in a severe flare and spent 2 years battling it before having surgery. I wouldn't take these symptoms lightly.

Sue

I had no pain, no blood and only morning loose stools for 6 months before I began to visibly bleed last year. I am starting to think I had a number of bloodless flares going back over 20 years that lasted less than one week each that were just chronic loose stools.


I did get relief from going on a low residue bland diet. I am getting relief from priobiotics(metaflor,yogurt), pscillium husk and turmeric(not sure which is working?). If you are waiting for treatment, doesn't seem like doing both could hurt. You could have an infection or an allergy also. Restricted diet and priobiotics could help with that too.

Just my nutso theory but I think many people have very mild undiagnosed UC that never gets beyond mild inflammation which just causes loose stools. People that get diagnosed while having a screening colonscopy sort of supports that. No idea they had a problem.

D only in the morning. I have not had a normal bowel movement in over 10 years :(

I've been experiencing similar symptoms for about three months. I went into remission after taking 6MP. That really did a number on me. I know I wasn't properly monitored and had bruising and dark urine when the Gastro took me off of it. After that I weaned from Entocort leaving me on Colazal only. It was only a short period of normalcy (for me). I started having extreme pain in every joint and muscle, especially the back and hips. I even bought a new mattress set and bed with no help. Mornings were awful. Then came my colonoscopy. Things went from bad to worse. The gastro told me to take two Aleve which, for a week, seemed to work and then it didn't. I'm taking the Aleve and 3-4 Tramadol each day and everything still hurts, diarrhea but, no bleeding. I take 2 Lomotil in the morning and evenings. Stomach pain and weird sounds. I hate to start taking the Entocort again. I'll check with the gastro but I agree with everyone that this is a bloodless flare, so far.