Feeling flare symptoms. Could be the end of the road

Cadillac Lover

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Joined : Feb 2009

Posts : 235

Posted 10/25/2013 12:21 PM (GMT -5)

I've been on 10mg remicade for about 4 months with a solid remission. My girlfriend recently left me and I've been pretty upset over this. Now my gut is upset. Started with a lot of gut rumblings/whistle sounds and now stools are getting loose. I've been doing enemas daily again which seems to help. So far I have no urgency or pain but I know my broken heart and anxiety has affected my colon. Been going 1-2 times a day, even if its formed, after being in the toilet a few minutes, it gets mushy and isnt formed. I been trying not to stress but it's hard. I'm only eating lean meat, veggies, egg whites and oatmeal every day. I so hope this passes, not very many options left for meds. Oh well, it is what it is :/

garylouisville

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Joined : Aug 2012

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Posted 10/25/2013 12:34 PM (GMT -5)

Sorry to hear about the loss of your girlfriend. I would continue with the enemas nightly and see if it is at all possible to get the Remicade infusions closer together or a little bit higher dose (I don't know much about Remicade) until you get over this hump. I do have a suggestion that is kind of out in left field but I have always wanted a guinea pig to see if it would actually work. The right conditions have to be present to attempt (IE:stress) so I haven't been able to do it myself. I have suggested it once or twice to others but don't believe anyone has ever taken me up on it but, here goes anyway:

It has been proven that histamines can make UC worse. Stress causes histamines to increase. There are those I have found over the internet that try to control their disease by taking antihistamines. You could try taking a non-drowsy all day histamine every day for a while and see if this would help decrease the histamines being released due to your stress, theoretically easing your UC symptoms. It's kind of a long shot but not something that is dangerous, for the most part anyway.

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