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Posted 2/29/2012 8:25 PM (GMT 0)
I started the Slippery Elm and L-Glutamine this past Friday night.  I am not sure if it is real results or just in my head, but I feel a whole lot better since I added them!

Down to bm's twice a day... no urgency in the mornings...slept til my alarm went off this morning...even felt alittle frisky last night for the first time in months!  My hubby sure noticed that I am feeling better.

Trying to taper the prednisone this week and hopefully these supplements will help. 

Sure Slippery Elm tastes and looks like dirt, but I will gladly drink it twice a day to keep feeling like this! 

Posted 2/29/2012 10:41 PM (GMT 0)
So glad, no it's not in your head, they REALLY do work!
Posted 3/1/2012 2:02 AM (GMT 0)
Great news that you are feeling better :) Have you already started tapering on prednisone? What dosage are you at now?

I noticed that you started prednisone on 9/16. Did you have any withdrawl symptoms or side effects from the prednisone? I started 40mg of Prednisone in January and I am having some terrible side effects. Just wondering if you were having success. I tried L-glutamine in the AM for the past 2 weeks but haven't tried the Slippery Elm yet.
Posted 3/1/2012 3:11 AM (GMT 0)
I successfully slowly tapered to no prednisone in January. Was good for a few days then got a rash that started on my face that was all itchy, red and scaley that started to spread to my stomach. I thought that maybe I was reacting to the Lialda since I had been on steroids the whole time I had been taking Lialda. So, dumb me, stopped all meds. BIG BIG BIG mistake! In all I was steroid free for about 2 weeks.

Within days, I was back in major flare. So it was back to prednisone 40 mg and Lialda. My period (which has been sketchy for the last year) started and boy was I miserable. Worse than my very first flare.

I really haven't had too many horrible side effects from the Prednisone. I tend to get real sleepy between 8-9 pm, but when I head toward bed, I get all jacked up and want to bake for some reason! LOL.. I have cooked more cake, pies, cheesecakes and muffins in the last couple of months than I have in my entire life! My 17 yr old son LOVES this side effect.

Once I do go to bed, I don't have trouble sleeping like so many others. I don't see any moonface, but my mustache looks better than my son's LOL. My hubby would tell you that the steroids cause me to have a really short fuse which is not natural for me. I find that my vision is not like it should be, but when I tapered in January, my vision cleared, so I am certain it will clear if/when I ever completely get steroid free.

When I was tapering, I started exercising nightly. I thought that I needed something to try to kick in my adrenaline, plus it wouldn't hurt. I have really started to enjoy it.

I started tapering the prednisone again on Monday. I went to 35mg and will drop to 30mg on Sunday. I am a fan of the Slippery Elm at the moment and pray that it really is healing me. I do have an appointment with my GI on Friday, so I am anxious to hear his reaction to my herbal remedies.
Posted 3/1/2012 5:15 PM (GMT 0)
40 & Crashing,

How are you incorporating all the the natural supplements with the prednisone? When and how much do you take throughout the day?
Posted 3/2/2012 1:43 AM (GMT 0)
I get up and immediately take 1 tsp of Slippery Elm with 2 ounces of water. Hit the shower and get dressed. about 1 1/2- 2 hours later, I eat alittle something then take 3 Lialda and 35 mg of Prednisone. I do mix 1 tsp L-Glutamine (or the little scoop that comes with it) with some Almond milk and drink it either with breakfast or as a smoothie at lunch.

With supper or shortly thereafter, I eat VSL#3 with a yogurt. At least 2 hours after that (and usually right before bed) I take another 1 tsp Slippery Elm with 2 ounces of water.

Start the day with dirt and end with dirt. LOL
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