Feel worse after starting scd diet

I'm 25 and was diagnosed with ulcerative proctitis about 10 months ago. Since then I have had 2 flare ups the first which was put into remission for about 5 months with Canasa and was completly off medication for 3 months now I have had the 2nd flare up for about a month now. Canasa and quart enema does nothing for the blood. I find it weird that this flare started 3 days after I quit smoking. I asked the doctor And she said it has nothing to do with it. I drank heavily about 5 days ago ( I hardly ever drink)and since then I have had bad diarrhea and completely stopped drinking all together. I am starting to try the scd diet now and I am on day three and still have diarrhea Should I continue with the diet?? I've also started loosing weight and feeling really awful. Is it normal to have this kind of response. Was it from the drinking?? Please help!!!

What is a die off effect?

How long does this last? I've read 3-7 days. Should I be concerned after a week??

I had was diagnosed with uc while I was smoking and then had a flare 3 days after I quit.

I'm wondering if people with proctitis handle the diet differently then people with colitis since the problem is only in the distal rectum. Any thoughts??

Kanale: I was diagnosed with pancolitis and the meds and the rest of my treatment plan have put the "pancolitis" into remission, leaving me with proctitus. I never did SCD. I'm not sure how that relates to your question but I am sure many others have been in my boat.

I am still on meda they had me try quart enemas and those didn't work. I am now on Canasa twice a day but it does nothing. I was only off meds when I was in remission.

Honestly my guess would be not smoking us what kicked off your flare. I started smoking two years ago after reading about it being beneficial to UC patients.

My New Years resolution this year was to quit smoking. By day 4, I started seeing blood and after 3 weeks of quitting, I was in a horrible flare. Pain, tenesmus and bloody diarrhea 15-20 times per day. I've started smoking again and I've been on 40mg prednisone for 2 weeks and 2 days and I'm down to about 8 bloody diarrhea bouts per day. I'm also on 6mp. I can tell my colon is trying to heal and I'm finally having some formed stools but there is still do much blood.

I wish I had never quit smoking because each time I flare, it's seems harder to get under control. I have high hopes that I can continue with 6mp and cigarettes once my colon heals from this misery. If not, my doc will want to start me on humira or cimzia. Colonoscopy this Wednesday!

I know, it's bananas. I'm currently weighing the pros and cons of what smoking will do to my lungs and heart vs what not smoking will do to my colon and quality of life. Smoking does help and if I'm having terrible spasms, a cigarette will calm things down in minutes. I do wonder though if smoking us what triggered my immune system to go haywire in the first place. Oh well, too late to change is as I'm already "broken."

It's interesting when my doctor gives thinly veiled hints to keep smoking like, "If you choose to stay a non-smoker, which I commend you for, we can explore biological medications." Uhhhh...did she just tell me to start smoking again? ;)

Once I'm back in remission, I'm going to try an e-cigarette. My husband has one but I swear it shocks my lips.

Kanale...are you meaning cortenemas? because I can't imagine doing a quart's worth of an enema.

I'd suggest getting back to your GI and have him take a look with a rigid rectoscope.

My suggestion is to use an oral 5ASA mesalamine med in conjunction with a rectal mesalamine.

As far as doing nothing....what symptoms do you have exactly?

SCD, all you can do is try it, but I wouldn't have high expectations. Use it in conjunction with the appropriate meds.

Hope you feel better soon,
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I had awful results from the SCD diet. It left me worse off than I was and ended up in the hospital because I couldn't get the flare under control. The blood loss I had was crazy.

Having said that, I'm in agreement with some of the others that it was the quit smoking.

and then you have this to worry about :

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So, does anyone have UC that never smoked? I have never smoked. I'm curious because as I explained on another thread I was actually diagnosed as intermediate colitis (is it colitis or Crohn's?)

I'm not saying this is the deciding factor, just putting it out there.

My doc is a med police! I told him I tried weaning off asacol going from three a day to two a day and cramping started after three days of that, and he said,"Don't do that, don't mess with what is working!"