Hello everyone. I have been on Effexor 150mg daily for the last year. It stopped working for me, if anything i was becoming more anxious and depressed toards the end of its run. I moved and saw a new...
I see a neurologist for my chronic migraines and headaches, and i've had an MRI done and he said the MRI looked good. and thanks, yeah I was very angry with the doctor. he didn't even follow through...
well, something I forgot to mention, he told me there was nothing rheumatologically wrong with me. and basically laughed me out of his office....
Hello. My name is Adam. I am 21 years old. I have been sick for a year now. I finally diagnosed with Colitis and what my gastroenterologist called "non-specific Crohn's Disease." However there are...
Hello. I have been sick since late December of last year, with something that nobody seems to be able to give me an answer for what it is. For people that don't know my symptoms: I started off in...
Thanks everyone. It's just hard to feel positive lately. My head is always aching, my heart is pounding, my stomach hurts and my body is just twitching away like crazy. And I take two 500mg capsules...
Hello. I have "early onset Crohn's" according to my GI doctor. I have a lot of other things going on with me that are driving me crazy. Horrible anxiety, constant shaking, pain in my abdominal region...
So, I've posted here on the Lupus forums before. I was tested for Lupus once, and it came back negative. I want to get tested for it again. My Gastro wants to say I have Crohn's Disease, but the...
i've been reading lots of horror stories about it, and i keep hearing doctors don't take the virus seriously. i'm nervous. haha...
hm. well i have to make an appointment to see both my GI and my primary...
what should I do to take care of myself?...
well the only Crohn's med's I am on right now is Pentasa, i dont think that goes through the liver does it? I am on other meds though that obviously use the liver like anxiety meds so I will...
any tips and tricks on how to stay healthy?...
So after going insane with my migraines and other symptoms like fevers and red face and such, I decided to go to the Emergency Room because I'm on a waiting list to see a Neurologist. So I go there,...
hi! I can relate. I started out having a lot of abdominal pain, really horrible to the point where I would go to the emergency room. I started having panic attacks, a lot of anxiety and depression. I...
I've been taking Clonazepam for anxiety for about 6 months, and I have a barrage of other health problems going on as well, but has anyone taking Clonazepam ever experienced like, a vibrating...
I had the Wellbutrin first. My Primary told me it should be fine to take, but on the warning it says it increases the risk of seizures to take them together...and my body already has random spasms...
Hello! My psychiatrist prescribed me Wellbutrin for my anxiety and depression, and my Primary prescribed me Tramadol for my migraines. But i read that that can increase risk of seizures....kinda...
thanks guys, ill check them out....
is pentasa a steroid? otherwise, no I'm not... but I am on Klonopin and Tramadol...
Notice any difference?...
oh, i see...hm. and Calypso, you are not alone at alllllllllll. Happens to me and it's really gross. And freaked me out the first time it happened because I thought I had worms....
I want to take multivitamins, but I know there are some that are bad for you, certain brands because of some ingredients they may contain and stuff. But what has anyone here found useful?...
haha, nope not a menopausal woman. it feels hot, AND it's red. sometimes it's hot to the touch....
any brand you would recommend?...
i'm also contemplating a liquid diet...my whole abdomen is in so much pain right now....
I'm noticing that my food isn't digesting. Vegetables, like banana peppers, lettuce, pickles, stuff like that, it just goes right through me and it's weird. I'm guessing I'm definitely not getting...
My face burns a lot. I've been tested for Lupus and the doctor said I don't have that. But do people with Crohn's Disease get red burning faces?...
thank you for your words! i definitely want a second opinion. i want to see what happens after my capsule endoscopy, and if he still has nothing to say, I'm finding a second opinion...
I feel like my GI doctor isn't being very useful, or at least not telling me things? I keep reading about Crohn's Disease whether it's here on the forums, or in an article or a book, and I keep...
My doctor is still iffy about diagnosing me with Crohn's Disease. so he is having me do a Capsule Endoscopy since i had a colonoscopy already. If he sees anything worsened after the Capsule Endoscopy...
I had a colonoscopy and an endoscopy done. My colonoscopy showed inflamation in my terminal ileum, and something about lymhpoid hyperplasia. They've run different tests at my GI and at my...
i tested negative for Lupus the other day at the rheumy. So now i'm back to not knowing what it is....
I also need to make an apointment monday to see my GI to discuss all this with me....
No, no it's fine. I still have my appendix. I have pain in different areas in my abdomen. Like my stomach or my lower left and lower right abdomen, the pain can be at the same time or single places...
I have really high blood pressure. it was 170/100 when i went to the doctor the other day...can that be causing my headaches and flushed face?...
I have the same problems...I am currently "questionably diagnosed" with Crohn's Disease, and for a while they thought I had Lupus...I'm still undergoing all kinds of doctors visits. I take Pentasa as...
I went to my rheumatologist yesterday for all my blood test results and he tested for celiac disease and all kinds of other things including my thyroid and lupus and lyme disease and other things....
2 weeks ago when I saw my rheumatologist he had pointed out that i had a rash on my face that didn't look like eczema like I have on other parts of my body, and he was going to do blood testing for...
thank you =] i haven't thought about temp disability, because I thought you have to not be working to get it?...
yeah, i know it is more important, I just don't want to lose the job you know? I'm so crazy about my doctors appointment, like it would be the end of the world if i didn't go to one. I had to drop...
no i haven't tried that. and i also am wondering, so people with Lupus are really sensitive to heat and stuff right?...
I finally saw my rheumatologist on thursday. When I got there, he told my me primary doctor hadn't faxed them my medical records, so he had nothing to go on as far as trying to come up with what to...
i just saw my rheumatologist 2 days ago. when i got there, he told me my primary doctor didnt fax over any of my records. it made me really angry and i started crying in the room, I went through 5...
alright. i try not to think about them but like, sometimes my face and head just burns so much, like I feel so hot....
yeah i just want them to do my testing. i just took my temperature and it was 100.3 and i get freaked out every time I take it because well its a higher temperature than normal. does having untreated...
Well I see a rheumatologist on Thursday next week for the first time. The only meds I'm on are pentasa for my ileum inflamation, clonazepam for anxiety, tylenol for my fevers and benadryl to help me...
I'm a 20 year old male. I've posted before so I will just shorten this up I guess. My symptoms are: Inflamed and thickened terminal ileum Whole lining of stomach red and inflamed, however nothing...
this is the fifth month of playing the waiting game on finding out what is wrong with me. It started in late december, I was tired all the time and my joints would hurt, and I would barely want to...