Fastest Way To Get Out Of Flare?

Hey guys, I'm 23 and I was diagnosed with Left Sided UC last year. I started taking Apriso about 2 pills/day and I noticed it was improving my symptoms for the most part. It would get worse depending on how I ate. So I started changing my diet around and stuff and got it under control for a little bit. Then, I was dumb and decided I didn't need the medicine, so I stopped. And for a little bit, I still wasn't having problems so I started eating like crap. And then I would come back to the Apriso. Because I'm stupid, I kept doing this cycle for a while and never learned my lesson, I never did things consistently and I wanted to heal myself naturally, but I just couldn't stay disciplined.

A few months ago, I asked my GI, if there was a different medicine he could prescribe to me because Apriso was expensive, and so he prescribed a generic Mesalamine by ZyGenerics. But, I felt this medicine never helped the way that Apriso helped and I'm not sure if it was the medicine or my diet, but I've been in a flare for the last 2 months or so and I can't get out of it. I stopped taking the generic meds but continued to eat bad because I was again being an idiot.

Now, my flare is getting worse and I decided I NEED to stop what I'm doing and focus on stopping the bleeding. So for the past week or so I started drinking water with 1/2 tsp of L-Gluatmine Powder in the morning when I wake up and then I also started taking 2 pills of Boswellia Extract. And I'm not sure if it helped much at all, the bleeding was still there but maybe it was my diet, or I just don't know yet. For breakfast and lunch, I usually would have bananas, blueberries and kefir smoothies followed by 1 pill of Garden Of Life Raw Probiotics pill and sometimes a Vitamin D pill. For dinner, I would have rice with lentils and sometimes I would add in an avocado. But the bleeding still continued and I was being stubborn and thought I could stop it naturally without medicine.

And so I decide to call my doctor and have him prescribe Apriso again because I felt like that one worked. And in the meantime for the past two days I decided to stop eating completely and go on a fast to see if just resting my colon would help. For the first day, I did a 24 hour of water fast with L-Glutamine, took my probiotic twice. Then yesterday I again started with just water and L-Glutamine and got a deep green juice from Whole Foods' juice tap. I thought this would be fresh, but not too sure, and I'm also not able to juice things myself because of my current circumstances which is why I went there. Then later, I got Oregano oil and took 2 drops of it in coconut water on an empty stomach. Then about 2 hours later I drank more juice and took 2 pills of Boswellia extract and a pill of probiotics. And before bed I took another pill of probiotic. As far as my bleeding goes, I feel like it got worse and I'm having about 5-7 BMs/day instead of like 3-4 like I was having before. I'm not sure what I did wrong. I don't know if it's the Garden of Life Raw Probiotics, since I started increasing the dosage, or the juice, or the oregano oil. Or maybe, I just need to stick to it a little longer?

Sorry for the long post, I just really wanted to be detailed about what's been happening and I'm really getting worried, I just really want the bleeding to go away. I would like to know what you guys think, I appreciate all the advice. Also, what things have you guys done to get out of a flare or stop the bleeding. Bleeding, diarrhea and urgency are pretty much my only symptoms. I don't really have any pain. Thank you so much for reading this and helping out!

a lot of the diet mods control symptoms like D, but less for blood because that is linked to underlying autoimmune response. Maybe something that thickened mucus membrane so gut contents were more insulated form immune system.

mostly diet for symptom control and some anti-inflammatory food can help mantain remission - they seldom produce remission.

the immune response and the associated inflammation needs to be treated.

Request mesalamine rectal meds.....nightly for at least a month. Taper process to maintenance.

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You'll just have to experiment and see what sits well. Rice and chicken is a good start. If it helps, don't eat all at once and split big meals into two.

Google for the Apriso Rx Savings Card.

You can try Qing Dai (indigo naturalis) I bought the powder for my daughter (Atlanta Acupuncture) and made capsules with it. You can take 2 capsules a day. It cut her bleeding in 2-3 days. It can help a lot. She takes no meds., but has to be very careful with her diet.