Remicade treatment working or not?

So I've had two infusions of remicade, and neither of them really had any type of effect on me. Other than the remicade, i am only on the Lialda, Folic Acid, & some other pill that i need to take 5 of, once a week. Now I've heard remicade sometimes takes a while to kick in, and honestly my fear is it not working. Ive been flaring for going on 4 months now, and its really frustrating. My frequency and urgency has completely interfered with my sleep (almost to the point where i get maybe 4 hours a day, if that). Im going in for my third infusion on the 18th of Dec. The doctor said its going to be the highest dosage, and I've also heard that the third infusion seems to kick in on most people. I needs some words of wisdom on remicade, and maybe even some motivation. Stressed out to the fullest.

Don't lose hope. it sounds like you're on MTX along with Remicade. It's not really the most researched medication for UC, seems to be used more for Crohn's. I actually got sepsis while on a similar combo of meds, definitely don't have an infusion if you're ever feeling even the slightest bit under the weather. I did not respond to remicade, even at the double dose, but many people have great results with a higher dose. I didn't respond to any TNF blocker or Entyvio either. I guess the initial lack of response was a premonition of what was to come. I had surgery, and since, my life has been easier. Even with the ostomy bag it was easier. Now with a jpouch, I am still in an adjustment period but I feel much more hopeful about the future. My UC wasn't controllable with the available medication. Have you tried 6mp or imuran? I did well on 6mp for a year or two...

I had my first positive response a week after my 2nd infusion of remicade, a much bigger response a week after my 3rd, and slow but steady improvements until I reached remission after a full year on remicade. Hang in there.

I had almost an immediate response after my first infusion. Two weeks later I was feeling great and had my second infusion. For the following two weeks after that I was still feeling great. I couldn't believe it, I hadn't felt like that in years, even before I got noticeably sick(around 1.5 years ago) and started seeing doctors.

Exactly 15 days after my second infusion, I began to flare again after a month of feeling great. I had my 3rd infusion about ten days ago and was figuring I would respond right away again. It didn't work that way. about 8 days after my third infusion I started feeling a little better/there was a definite change but still noticeably flaring(10+ BMs a day, waking in the middle of the night, lots of mucous and pain but no noticeable blood during the last three weeks since the second infusion wore off).

The last three days I have been seeing improvement each day. Most of my stools are formed now, still going many times a day and waking in the middle of the night but the pain/urgency is subsiding a bit I don't know what my deal was with responding right away to the first two infusions was all about cause it seems completely out of the ordinary.

On a side note, my muscles have been achey for most of the day today. I kind of take that as a remicade side effect now and that it is actually working. I'll take the achey muscles for now.