I have had some really bad spells of depression while on prednisolone - with me, I found that the worst of the feeling lifted by the mid to late afternoon (I assume because I took my dosage in the...
The studies I've read tend to involve levels of EPA you just can't easily get in the dosages in fish oil pills, unless you want to be taking loads every day. I tried a high-concentration cod liver...
A quick suggestion re: diet - I'm in a flare at the mo myself (milder than what you're going through though), and have found bananas made things even worse. As Peety said, some people can't tolerate...
I get something like this as well, particularly when I'm going into or through a flare-up. Always starts with my right hand, the skin gets really dry, especially on the knuckles, and then can split...
I have a lot of this in the morning, where you know you're going to be back in the bathroom again fairly soon. It might seem a little odd, but I find a bit of stretching helps - ie, on the seat, just...
I'm going to print this out and have a good dig through it, but on first glance, the figures about which countries UC is prevalent in and also the stuff about latitude really raises some questions....
I was on Azathioprine for a few months with no probs, but for some reason it turned on me - projectile vomiting, headache, feeling generally really rubbish. I got switched to 6MP and have had a lot...
mbx5: Ain't that the truth! Many's the time I've managed to hold it in all the way home from work, and then it's action stations as I hurtle up the stairs towards the loo. It almost seems like it...
Hi lavendula, Like any drugs, Azathioprine and Mercaptopurine have their benefits and side-effects - and I admit that the side-effects for Aza and Mercap sound pretty scary - I wasn't too keen myself...
Hi P-fit, It's most likely Azathioprine or 6MP your doc's talking about putting you on, as Keylime said. Both of these drugs do sound a bit scary when you check the side effects - but then again, all...
Hi Socalsd, If you have diarrhoea or are going to the loo a lot, do keep drinking fluids to keep yourself from dehydrating. The cheapest way to keep yourself topped up if fluids seem to just go...
Hi samwell, It does sound like a fast taper, but you haven't been on it for too long, and it seems like your doc wants to get you off it quickly. If you can stick it out and you trust what your...
I've only had the one colonoscopy so far, but yeah, I was sore the day after - I felt like I could actually pinpoint where they'd taken the biopsies. The really weird thing was that I had pains in my...
Hi all, It's worth mentioning before you start that it's much more about your attitude towards your illness and how you cope with it than about online support groups - it's very generic and not UC...
Hi all, Another bloke here. Regular lurker and occasional poster (but I think everyone tends to rack up more posts as they gain more experience with UC and its many "interesting" effects and...
I think a lot of us have been there - until my meds kicked in I was practically on autopilot during the night, I'd actually wake up running to the bathroom, it happened so often (if only my brain...
Hi, Unless you have been specifically told by your GP to stagger the dosage, it's really best to take the whole lot in one go (and from the sound of the bottle instructions, that's what you're meant...
Hi, I've been on 6MP for a while now, as I was not having much luck getting off steroids with just Asacol as a maintenance drug. They tried me on Azathioprine first, which is a form of 6mp, but I had...
Hiya, Another UCer who's had a fistula. I'd only recently been diagnosed with UC when I noticed a lump just off to one side "down there", and my GP (not my usual one) calmly told me it was just an...
Hi, Yeah, last time I was in hospital I was given Clexane injections to thin my blood - my main gastro doc (who I trust a great deal) told me there's an increased risk of DVT in UC patients....
Hi ComedyDork, It might sound a severe option, but the pred really does seem to work very well and very quickly for the majority of people - if you're stuck in a flare and the stuff you're on isn't...
Hi E.L.E, Sorry to hear you're feeling unwell. If you're in the middle of a bad flare, 5mg of pred sounds like quite a low dose. Mercaptopurine can take a long time to get into the system and have an...
Hi Bennie, I was brought into hospital for a dose of IV steroids in October last year. I'd been really sick for a while but just struggling through it, made it to my Gastro appointment - my doc took...
A few weeks back I asked one of my gastro docs if I could take 4 Asacol 3 times a day instead of 3 x 4, but when I took the 4 in one go I had bad D a couple of hours later. Didn't try again, and my...
Eggs are about the only thing I can tolerate in the mornings. I get bad reactions to cereals and bread so my breakfast options are fairly limited. It's all too easy to go back to foods you know are...
It's also worth considering the indirect effect on your UC that food can have... I apparently had IBS before my diagnosis (although not sure now if it was UC all along), but I know that certain foods...
A fistula typically is the result of an abscess forming under the skin, and the infection it causes "tunnels" its way outwards. If you have an anal fistula, you will have a hole close to the anus...
Hi, sorry to hear what you're going through with your docs - I've had the same problem with the NHS, you constantly have to explain yourself to new doctors all the time. I agree with everyone else...
Hi Meesh, Thanks for the reply! To be honest, I'd never heard of Remicade before looking at these forums, and my GI hasn't mentioned it... yet.., but I'm not sure if I can get it through the NHS...
Know how you feel... Had a phase where every time I was going for bloods it seemed to be student day, and I'd get some enthusiastic but clearly nervous trainee waggling the needle about and...
A big hello to everyone! First time poster but have been lurking a while. I've found this site to be an absolute gold mine of information about UC - I wouldn't wish this illness on anybody, but it's...