Ulcerative collitus? Any one heard a good AS for this?

[RANA]

20 yrs old
193lbs
15% bf

I took prednisolone 6 months ago to control it, im now on asacol ( 2 tabs 3 x a day) 800mg
So do you have colitus or crohns mate?
Im not flaring up, but on occasion i get a bit loose from time to time, you know what i mean...

You have a couple issues to deal with, first you're still too young to mess with AAS. Second it sounds like you have only had U/C for a short time. I have had U/C for about 7-8 years (dont recall the exact date).

Have you figured out how severe your U/C is? Do you get flare ups from foods, stress or both? Foods do not effect me, I can eat what ever I want. I was stress that screwed me up, I had to remove myself from that enviroment.

I would say try to figure out what the cause of it is and if you are able to control it. I took asacol for a couple of years and then stopped to see how I would react, I had a flare up with in a month. So I took asacol again for another couple of years and removed myself from that stressful enviroment and within the first year of remove myself from the stress I stopped taking asacol and I have not had a flare up in years. I have not taken asacol in 3 years.

I hope this helps, if you have any questions dont hesitate in contacting me.

BTW Prednisone is not an AAS like the ones we like, it's made to break down your immune system because your colon is fighting some sort of infection. Prednisone sucks big time!!!

[the big 1]

You have a couple issues to deal with, first you're still too young to mess with AAS. Second it sounds like you have only had U/C for a short time. I have had U/C for about 7-8 years (dont recall the exact date).

Have you figured out how severe your U/C is? Do you get flare ups from foods, stress or both? Foods do not effect me, I can eat what ever I want. I was stress that screwed me up, I had to remove myself from that enviroment.

I would say try to figure out what the cause of it is and if you are able to control it. I took asacol for a couple of years and then stopped to see how I would react, I had a flare up with in a month. So I took asacol again for another couple of years and removed myself from that stressful enviroment and within the first year of remove myself from the stress I stopped taking asacol and I have not had a flare up in years. I have not taken asacol in 3 years.

I hope this helps, if you have any questions dont hesitate in contacting me.

BTW Prednisone is not an AAS like the ones we like, it's made to break down your immune system because your colon is fighting some sort of infection. Prednisone sucks big time!!!

Yeah i no mate, preds are crap! I was just thinking of taking AS instead of the preds if i ever flare again, but i suppose it wouldnt work hey?

I think mine was also due to stress, im in the army, so i have to deal with some mega assholes on a daily basis. I also think the excessive amounts of running over the years has broken my immunity down some what, 30 miles of running a week was not uncommon for me.

Any way, i was just wondering if preds or docs meds for collitus shut down hpta or have estrogen rellated sides like AS, coz if they do, why not take AS instead?

[RANA]

Yeah i no mate, preds are crap! I was just thinking of taking AS instead of the preds if i ever flare again, but i suppose it wouldnt work hey?

I think mine was also due to stress, im in the army, so i have to deal with some mega assholes on a daily basis. I also think the excessive amounts of running over the years has broken my immunity down some what, 30 miles of running a week was not uncommon for me.

Any way, i was just wondering if preds or docs meds for collitus shut down hpta or have estrogen rellated sides like AS, coz if they do, why not take AS instead?

I dont think you have a weak immune system, the reason I say this is because i had a strong immune system and it was fight a bacteria which causes the imflamation of the colon. I also ran 30 per week at one time.

"Many theories exist about what causes ulcerative colitis. People with ulcerative colitis have abnormalities of the immune system, but doctors do not know whether these abnormalities are a cause or a result of the disease. The body’s immune system is believed to react abnormally to the bacteria in the digestive tract."