Posted 7/15/2014 11:00 AM (GMT -5)
For me, I've been in remission twice, both times for ~two years. During these times, I was not on any medications, did not have daily symptoms, and had "normal" BMs. I probably had D more than a non-IBD person and I still had joint pain, but my overall health was significantly improved.
I think you can definitely be in remission while taking meds and don't want to suggest you need to get off them to be in remission. It probably was rather dumb of me to not keep up a maintenance therapy in remission.