Crohn's Disease & Ulcerative Colitis Support Group
Crohn's disease is a systemic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) of unknown cause, that results in chronic inflammation of the intestinal tract. It can affect the entire gastrointestinal tract from mouth to anus, and can also cause complications outside of the gastrointestinal tract. There is no known medical or surgical cure for Crohn's disease, but there are many medical...
Hi, anyone have a cure for the ridiculous insomnia from prednisone? I rarely get to sleep before 4am, and am usually wide awake by 8am, and the 4 hours in between are barely what i would call sleeping.
i am used to a solid 8-10 hours of sleeping like a log, and being able to fall asleep anywhere, anytime. i'm getting frustrated.
i am used to a solid 8-10 hours of sleeping like a log, and being able to fall asleep anywhere, anytime. i'm getting frustrated.
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My 6mo twin DD's are EBF and just started rice cereal on the first. Everything has been going fine except this morning one of them had a diaper rash (lots of redness around her anus). I read this as one of the signs of an allergy. BUT I did just buy a different brand diaper yesterday (which they have used randomly before w/no issues). Do you think its the cereal or the diaper? Im ready to start...
I also had crazy insomnia for the first of treatment but I seem to have overcome it. Here is what I did.
My pharmacist recommended I supplement my magnesium and vitamin D intake
I take the prednisone first thing in the morning along with two supplement pills(natural Factors - Calcium & Magnesium Citrate with D) containing:
250 mg Calcium
250 mg Magnesium
20 mg Potassium
5 mg Zinc
1 mg Manganese
100 mcg Vit D3
At night before going to bed, I also take a supplement named "RelaxMax" from XYMOGEN. This product was recommended by our Natural Path. I am convinced this is what is helping me sleep.
It contains the following:
2000 mg Inositol
500 mg Taurine
75 mg Magnesium
100 mg GABA
50 mg Suntheanine L-Theanine
Ever since I started taking this I am able to fall asleep. I still wake up during the night around 4 AM, but am able to does till 6 AM or so. Whereas before taking this supplement I could not stay asleep for more than 30 minutes at time.
Hope this helps.
Good luck w the sleeping. Meletonin sounds like good idea. I have taken Xanax, and muscle relaxer, but still only slept like an hour or two.
What I really wanted to say is that about a year ago, I went to health store and got liquid Aloe, and drank a few ounces every day for a couple-few months. My following colonoscopy showed improvement, and I havn't had much bleeding since. For 14years I had bleeding. I was even anemic at one point from the bleeding. I wanted to share this with you. GK