4 800mgs of asacol a day and 50mg of zoloft are the meds I'm on. I've been steadily getting better with some bumps in the recovery process. I'm dealing with insomnia ever since being on prednisone which I stopped taking two months ago. I'm hoping taking zoloft in the morning instead of the night will help me with the insomnia.
anyways, I used to be very bad health anxiety. any bump on my skin, any pain in my abdomen, anything that could be a symptom was a symptom. numerous hospital trips and panic attacks, health anxiety was ruining my life. I finally met a good counsellor and started to do some behaviour
therapy. lately, however, my health anxiety is coming back and I think it's because I can't into remission. I used to post quite often on this forum but posting about
colitis doesn't make it better. I just got really discouraged at myself. people were using enemas for a couple of weeks and got better, while I using oral and rectal 5asas for months with no help. I finally switched to asacol which keeps my colitis from going crazy, i think. That's what scares me. the risk of toxic colitis or megacolon. all these risks that come with colitis are bearing down on me and I can't control my anxiety. I spent a lot of time yesterday and this morning in bed just worrying about
things. it's like nothing can calm me down. and for the people that have anxiety, some of you will know how much being anxious and worried can affect the gut. I can't find a comfortable position, I don't know what I want to do. if I call my GI, he will tell me to get on remicade because really thats the next step. I guess my worry will go away if I can reach remission with remicade...
I just needed to type this out. It's been on my mind for a while now. I don't know what to do. colitis and anxiety are a baaad combination.
edit: I'll be getting bentylol soon... anyone think it will be calm down and just calm down my gut? i have imodium but I hate the way it makes me feel blocked up. again, the risk of toxic megacolon with bentylol or imodium scare me. there's no winning, it seems. contraindications include severe colitis well... even when I had mild colitis I felt it was severe! i only ever have abdominal pain on the toilet when I strain or when I'm stressing out, it feels like my abdomen is collapsing on itself from the anxiety.
thanks.
Post Edited (dontscopeme) : 9/14/2013 8:47:34 AM (GMT-6)