Roids.

A couple of months ago, I was having quite a bit of trouble with my symptoms, leading me to go see my doctor and have a sigmoidoscopy done, which reported back a pretty badly ulcerated colon (fun times). So, for a little over two weeks now, I've been on prednisone... And this, is my vent point.

I was put on a steroid when I was first diagnosed, but it was entocort. I had no symptoms with entocort, and was on it for about a month. Prednisone however, is THE WORST. I mean seriously, Crohn's has already turned me into a 50+ woman, carrying around my weekly pill sorter and checking for bathrooms every which way I turn, but now I feel as if I'm a menopausal 50+ woman. Let me remind you, I'm twenty-three. 23. I get hot flashes. I exhaust easily (which is partly just Crohn's anyway) yet I need to take melatonin to stay asleep. I get this dull ache behind my eyes. I'm a wee bit moody at times. And this probably isn't anything menopausal, but I can't stop eating! That last bit was good at first, since for the two months prior to going on prednisone, I had begun to wither away, but I don't think my bank account wants to support the fact that I'm literally never full. And it's hard because when it's not really a meal time, I tend to gravitate towards food items I probably should be avoiding, stuffing my face with items that will claim payback an hour and a half later.

Oiy.