Posted 6/26/2013 9:23 PM (GMT 0)
I was taking ativan a few weeks back to combat insomnia induced by prednisone and undesirable side effects from starting zoloft (on 50mg). I stooped taking it after 3 weeks of usage because I didn't want to get addicted. Regardless of that even being a possibility, I didn't like the hangover effect I would get from ativan and being on it made me afraid of long term effects. I was given zoloft because I had gone to a doctor telling him about my UC not going into remission and I guess I sounded really depressed which is why he gave me zoloft. It's been about 5months and my flare has seen everything - 10 bms a day to constipation, tenesmus, straining and only bleeding. I still battle with insomnia and I struggle to fall back asleep. Almost always, since I wake up my colon does to and I end up having to use the wathroom or at least feel like I need to (again with the straining and tenesmus).
I've been through 3 different oral mesalamines and now I'm on Salofalk oral. I am also taking salofalk suppositories, just once a day. for the first two months of my flare, I kept my faith in mesalamine enemas because they helped me last year but I didn't improve much after two months of nightly usage. I was then given betamethasone enemas and those didn't help either. After those failed, I was given prednisone and that failed too. I was taking cortifoam while being on prednisone. I'm on 5mg prednisone right now. My mesalamine oral dosage is 3g daily. I'm also taking metamucil twice a day (525mg psyllium husk capsules).
I know food sometimes plays a role in symptoms for colitis but I can't seem to pinpoint which ones. I've had lamb curry twice in the past month without any problems (or any more problems) than I would normally have. Then this past monday I had goat curry and ended up going like 12 times yesterday! I was fed up, probably my frustration accumulating in the past weeks. I also have low iron which I'm taking Feramax for. I took an immodium last night and gave cortenemas a 2nd try. I was on them for 2 weeks and felt improvement and then I told to stop using them since after 14 days a little improvement wasn't enough and I should have been a lot better. Well, today I went three times. Twice it was solid movement and the third was softer and watery kind of.
Recap, 5mg prednisone, 3g salofalk, mesalamine suppository 1g and recently started cortenemas. Is there a chance a 2nd try might yield better results? Sorry if my grammar and spelling is off. It seems like even with my dedication and research in treatments, I can't even reach remission. bums me out because I read studies where people get into remission using a single mesalamine suppository for like 3 weeks. I know I shouldn't think like that. Things could be worse, right? they could also be a whole lot better though, ha
Thanks for reading