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Posted 7/4/2015 7:14 AM (GMT 0)
Just complaining here,

It seems that not enough sleep really affects my chances to make this proctitis part of the past.

I got new meds for my UC almost 2 weeks ago. It seemed to be getting better. But now the peri menopause night sweets are back pretty bad. Well after 4 days of bad sleep my blood has increased and cramps are back.

Seeing my GP next Friday and probably will look into increasing the hormones, as I'm at about 1/2 of the usual dosage.

Tonight my hubby said something about the fact that I must be feed-up with the enemas, supositiries, foam and pills. I told him happily take them all I ask is for them to work.

3:30 am... it is hard to go back to sleep as the insomnia comes after the night sweets.
Posted 7/4/2015 12:40 PM (GMT 0)
So sorry. Hormones are terrible and really make life miserable. I hope you find some relief soon. I am not looking forward to this myself and it is just around the corner!
Posted 7/4/2015 2:16 PM (GMT 0)
Yep its knocking on my door too and I tell it to get lost. One day it won't listen. I've started with the wacky periods-one month a week early, one month 5 days late. I don't sleep great as it is so I am dreading the night sweats and insomnia.

This will be the one and only time I wish I was male. LOL
Posted 7/5/2015 2:40 AM (GMT 0)
Well, I'm just 48 recently and I expect things of that nature (peri-menopause) cuz I've had night sweats for years and years as well as insomnia since I was a kid so those 2 things should hardly be noticeable when they happen to me lol I just hope the crazy monthly hormonal changes I've been getting since my periods started as a young teen will soon come to an end cuz that really messes with my gut, the night sweats and insomnia I got covered already lol.
Posted 7/5/2015 6:53 AM (GMT 0)
Ha I'm 20 and feel like I'm going thru menopause already
I get insomnia night sweats and my periods have been super wacky since UC
Thank you UC and thank you steroids for making me temporarily like a middle aged woman
Posted 7/5/2015 5:00 PM (GMT 0)
Yup, Dikid, in my early 20's when I first became sick it wasn't long (within the first year) I felt like an old woman was trapped inside a young body and now I still feel even older than I am, inside and out.
Posted 7/5/2015 7:52 PM (GMT 0)
@ Dikid you might experience hormonal imbalance because of UC. And as a matter of a fact low progesterone makes you fell like an old women.

@ pb4, hope night sweets and insomnia don't get worse. I have always had them before (along with other symptoms) but were related to the second part of my circle. Now it is all the time. Well I'm a little better since I have started HRT. I hope adjusting the dosage will actually provides some improvement.
Posted 7/5/2015 9:23 PM (GMT 0)
Good luck, hope you find the right dosage that works for you...I don't use anything for night sweats, I mostly sleep through them, sometimes I wake up from them enough to adjust sheets and stuff and go right back to sleep...the insomnia I cured by smoking mj before bed every night and that's probably why I don't care about the night sweats anymore either, I rarely wake up during my sleeps anymore thanks to mj, another bonus of it as it also calms my gut down, makes my body feel nice and relaxed and gives me a break from some bowle movements too...they should legalize mj everywhere and make alcohol illegal again instead...probably would make for a better world lol.
Posted 7/5/2015 10:27 PM (GMT 0)
Keep a thick towel & dry nightclothes handy, also sip some cool water before you try going back to sleep. A Haitian colleague recommended that to me for night sweats, also hot flashes (the cool water), which did help me a lot. Try telling yourself that you'll soon be rid of it (them)! / Old Hat (34 yrs with left-sided UC; presently in remission taking brandname Colazal)
Posted 7/6/2015 1:05 AM (GMT 0)
@ pb4, mj can be a pretty good option for some and I'm sure that when taken once a day before going to bed is much better than using sleeping pills and other meds. However, mj is not for me I really don't fell well and it gives me anxiety. I'd wish it did not. :(

@ Old hat yes I do kept these handy. I actually also always now sleep on a towel and remove it when wetted, so I don't have to changes the sheets.
Posted 7/6/2015 1:17 AM (GMT 0)
Ah yeah that's a familiar complaint some have in regards to mj...I react slightly different on it depending if I smoke it and stay awake compared to smoking it before bed when I'm already tired, when I'm already tired before bed and smoke, it just gives me that little extra drowsiness that I need...I've never gotten too paranoid on it (other times when I smoke it regardless if it's before bed or not) once in a blue moon but it's never been severe though I know many people that have said the same thing about mj and paranoia and how it makes them feel weird and not relaxed or comfortable...that would suck and I'm so glad I don't get those issues to the point where it bothers me to smoke it.

The towel thing is a good idea, I used to do that before I started smoking mj at bedtime.
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