Why am I so emotional?

What meds are you taking?

ya, nobody wants to hear anyone whine or cry - except us

and now days, I cry too when I don't eat meat - I mean, who wouldn't ( well, maybe z girl )

things will get better - hang in there and welcome to the poo zoo !

You may be surprised to find out that some of the things you are still consuming may be causing you inflammation, such as fuits and vegetables - even if in smoothie form. You may be allergic to some healthy foods or be histamine intolerant like I am. Don't just assume that healthy foods are good for you and unhealthy foods are bad for you. Many of us do much better eating meats or burgers and fries than eating fruits and veggies. I assume you know that quitting smoking can actually make your UC worse?

But get a patch and stay off diggs. Good for you quitting!

As far as being emotional this is hard to deal with! I have had it awhile with a couple remissions but it seemed like this last flare gave me the emotional stability of a five year old. It's hard!

I found a good therapist and I think it helps to vent and cry to him rather then family and friends.

So yeah cry when you need to, we have been dealt a rough hand and life is not fair! I would say that deserves a tear or two!

Then try to fix what you can about it.

Good luck

Family and friends probably mean well but really do not come close to understanding what we go through, there have been a number of threads about it. This thread is old, but funny: www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=38&m=1105873

I think too much weight is put on inflammatory foods vs non-inflammatory foods. What really matters is how your particular body reacts to them. If you are allergic to a supposedly non-inflammatory food then it may give you inflammation, even when it is a non-inflammatory food. Many UC'rs are low on the digestive enzyme DAO, which helps metabolize excess dietary histamines. I am histamine intolerant and sweet potatoes, avocado, bananas, and many other foods are high in histamine. If you have this same problem then drinking your concoction is actually bad for you, not good. The best thing you can learn about fighting this disease is to not make any assumptions based on judgments rather than actual facts. It is a mistake to just think that eating healthy is the way to go, as logical as that sounds.

well that's all fine and good , but you do need to eat in order to find out what works and what doesn't -

to me it sounds like you're on the right track, er ... me ;-)

you're pretty early in the game at this point, so do try to make any changes small ones to start - but anything you can do to decrease inflammation makes sense -

since uc is so very individual, there are very few facts to be found - you do in fact, have to make some assumptions and see what happens -

the support group sounds great - education of any kind is your best friend - besides your box of Kleenex

are you asking about food intolerance testing ?