Posted 7/31/2024 9:16 PM (GMT -5)
I'm in a flare and wound up starting prednisone last week. Usually within a couple of days I'm feeling better, but not this time. I actually feel a bit worse today than I did when I started last week. I've dropped from about 6 bms a day to 2-3, but I've got horrible abdominal pain and cramping. My abdominal pain is in the middle under the belly button. The MRE I had last month showed mild inflammation and no strictures. I have dicyclomine but it isn't helping much. I've had some back and forth with the GI office about switching to hycosamine.
It's disconcerting to not respond as quickly to prednisone. Has anyone had this happen? Usually I get very bad insomnia and mood swings and I haven't experienced that either. I have one more week on 40 mg of prednisone before I start tapering.