Hello everyone! My name is mike and i am 21. I was diagnosed with Crohns disease sometime in 2008.
Everything started back when i was in middle school. I could never make it to school due to the constant diarrhea and anxiety that would come with it. After seeing my doctor he decided to tell me that i had anxiety which was giving me a nervous bowel.
He put me on Zoloft for the anxiety and left it at that.. I knew he was wrong and that something had to be wrong with me. But im not a Dr. and he is so i just went on with everything barely making it through 7th and 8th grade.
There was only one reason why i thought anxiety could be the problem.
My family has a cottage on lake erie where we would spend our summers(on the beach) I would usually have no problems and could live my life as a normal child.
In high school everything became much worse. With my problem getting worse my anxiety had also gotten worse. By 11th grade i was going to school probably twice a week at the most. I was always super uncomfortable and did not want to be their. I realized i was not going to be able to graduate on time and dropped out.
After that I decided to try going to community college where i could get my GED while getting an associates degree in something. After a semester their i could not make it to class on time and stopped taking classes.
Fast Forward. I decided enough was enough and told my doctor to figure out wtf was wrong with me. I went to what i like to call "The butt Dr" who ordered a colonoscopy. Thats when i was diagnosed with the Crohns.
He put me on pentasa which seemed to work great for me at first and i was able to actually start working! A couple months later i had gotten a fistula which was no fun at all. Continued taking pentasa.
Where im at today: I am back in school for Mechanical Engineering and barely making it to classes sometimes.
My girlfriend has put me on all types of vitamins and a gluten free diet pretty much(except when i sneak some goodies) which has seemed to help a lot.
I can tell the disease is starting to get a little worse and after seeing the Dr today he wants to put me on a drug called Entocort? I was wondering if anyone has had any experiences with it? My g/f thinks i should get a second opinion from a Hellenistic Dr. She is a health nut and just wants everything to be done a natural way.
I just want to be able to go out and about with out the worry of having to find somewhere to go to the bathroom constantly :[
Thanks for reading! hope to get some feedback on this Endocort! :] :hallo2:
Everything started back when i was in middle school. I could never make it to school due to the constant diarrhea and anxiety that would come with it. After seeing my doctor he decided to tell me that i had anxiety which was giving me a nervous bowel.
He put me on Zoloft for the anxiety and left it at that.. I knew he was wrong and that something had to be wrong with me. But im not a Dr. and he is so i just went on with everything barely making it through 7th and 8th grade.
There was only one reason why i thought anxiety could be the problem.
My family has a cottage on lake erie where we would spend our summers(on the beach) I would usually have no problems and could live my life as a normal child.
In high school everything became much worse. With my problem getting worse my anxiety had also gotten worse. By 11th grade i was going to school probably twice a week at the most. I was always super uncomfortable and did not want to be their. I realized i was not going to be able to graduate on time and dropped out.
After that I decided to try going to community college where i could get my GED while getting an associates degree in something. After a semester their i could not make it to class on time and stopped taking classes.
Fast Forward. I decided enough was enough and told my doctor to figure out wtf was wrong with me. I went to what i like to call "The butt Dr" who ordered a colonoscopy. Thats when i was diagnosed with the Crohns.
He put me on pentasa which seemed to work great for me at first and i was able to actually start working! A couple months later i had gotten a fistula which was no fun at all. Continued taking pentasa.
Where im at today: I am back in school for Mechanical Engineering and barely making it to classes sometimes.
My girlfriend has put me on all types of vitamins and a gluten free diet pretty much(except when i sneak some goodies) which has seemed to help a lot.
I can tell the disease is starting to get a little worse and after seeing the Dr today he wants to put me on a drug called Entocort? I was wondering if anyone has had any experiences with it? My g/f thinks i should get a second opinion from a Hellenistic Dr. She is a health nut and just wants everything to be done a natural way.
I just want to be able to go out and about with out the worry of having to find somewhere to go to the bathroom constantly :[
Thanks for reading! hope to get some feedback on this Endocort! :] :hallo2:
