Hi Taryn, I know what your going through cause i was like this for a while, i suffer uc and get anxiety with that and nerves all the time. I perform musicals and sing dance and act and nerves are...
oh and also i'm not taking pro-biotics, do they help?? and i tried the predfoam a couple of times but both times i ended up with severe cramps for about 3 days and alot of bleeding so i haven't gone...
hi, no i'm off the pred now, sorry forgot to update my sig!! i take 6 asacol a day but will admit i haven't always fit the full 6 in but never less than 4 a day. i;ve been to see my GI and have...
Hi subdued,.....i see you take anti inflammatory foods and vitamins, does these help you alot? cause i try to have a decent diet although sometimes i don't stick to it......(bad me!!) thanks everyone...
thanks everyone for the kind words!! :turn: i'm trying to face it head on at the moment and try and banish what i'm worrying about the most, i had a long chat with all my close friends yesterday so...
ok so i keep going through stages of cramps and a diareagh but no bleeding, i lose my appetite and my BM are different each day but never solid so far this has lasted for about 3 weeks. Is this...
hi everyone, i suffer from uc and haven't posted on this anxiety forum before but i have been suffering anxiety attacks, feeling shaking and my heart pounds and i just panic, mainly from the feeling...
in your jaw is it a kind of popping sound and feeling in one side when you open and close it? almost feels like it's dislocating then pops back in again!!...
hi all, I was told that excercise is a good thing for uc and that lazing about too much is one of the worst things you could do, i notice that if i laze too much i get problems!! and when i'm coming...
hello!! and welcome :smilewinkgrin: unfortunately you get slight discomfort before a bowel movement with uc, i wouldn't consider this a flare, sometimes you'll go through stages where for a week or...
what sort of coping strategies are there? i always believe trying to deal with it and beat it is better long term than relying on drugs xx...
hi pamela, i know exactly what you mean your not alone, it effects things you want to do and you agree to do something with friends cause your tummy seems fine then it just changes, i try to ignore...
thanks for your comments, all the time i've had uc i've never really had anxiety about it i just got on with things, it's only been this past year so it's a bit unerving and scary!! i have a hospital...
Hi, has anyone had any long term emotional side effects from taking prednisolone?? i've been on 3 courses of them the last one ending at the beginning of this year, but since the last course i have...
hmm...is a very weird one isn't it! if your feeling well also even though it's alot of bleeding it's prob not from deep inside. maybe your insides need some TLC i'd take the advice of NMcP.....see...
thankyou, they said if i'm really that worried i can be fully sedated but have to be put on thee waiting list, they also said my flare ups haven't been that often or worrying enough to recommend one...
i know i probably should, are they bad? cause the reason i put it off was cause they said i'm not in urgent need for one just yet so i said i'd wait cause i was really worried. x...
i know exactly how you feel, i lost my job at the beginning of the year cause of my health and i just started a new one in the same trade and 3 weeks in to the job i'm having another flare up it...
hi, has your GI said it's your UC? usually when the blood is bright red it means it's coming from somewhere more local intead of deeper like the intestine, have you been examined at all? there could...
i had a sigmoidoscopy back in november 2005 and that showed left sided colitis but i panicked and had a slight attack so they had to stop but told me it was further round but they couldn't carry on...
hi, i'm 23 and was diagnosed with uc in 2005. at the beginning i was very bad as it was left for a long time so had alot of treatment and went into remission for a year. i was given mesalazine and...