MICROSCOPIC COLITIS SUPPORT

Hi All,

I'm new to the forum, and up until reading most of your posts, truly thought I was going crazy. I've had constant D (at times 12 D's a day/night) since July 2022, and was diagnosed with Collagenous Colitis via colonoscopy in December. It took me months to see a GP about the D because I thought I may have caught COVID and D was my only symptom. That was until the D just wouldn't go away.

Like many of you, I've been having panic attacks, and my anxiety is through the roof, thus the feeling of going crazy. I had no idea that this may be a direct result of my MC but makes sense now I understand what an impact this is having on my gut bacteria.

I have been desperately researching MC as it has had such a negative impact on my life. A few years back I did 12 months of chemotherapy, radiation and multiples surgeries for stage 3 cancer, however, MC has taken a bigger toll on my health than that treatment. I continued to work throughout my cancer treatment, but with MC, I can barely get out of bed some days, and this is incredibly distressing. So, I've been Google doctoring...... and there is so much disinformation out there. So, I feel lucky to have found this site. This is why the question on a product called CurQD by Evinature. It is a Curcumin and Qing Dai supplement that seems ridiculously expensive. I did fall for the marketing spin (desperate for some relief from this disease) and have been on it for a week. So far it seems to be making me worse ( I know, early days yet...), and I've since read on this site that Curcumin is not really advised. I would love to hear form anyone who has tried CurQD or any other advice re Curcumin.

Sorry for the long message.

Hi,

Welcome to the group. The main reason why supplements such as curcumin don't significantly help MC symptoms is because the inflammation that causes MC is like a raging fire that can only be extinguished by a fire hose, and supplements such as that are like a dripping faucet.

Like virtually every doctor, I wouldn't have the slightest idea what was causing your anxiety symptoms, except that I've experienced it, personally, so I know exactly what's causing it. MC and many medications deplete magnesium. You have chronic magnesium deficiency. Please don't make the mistake of allowing some doctor to talk you into believing that your magnesium level is just fine, based on the results of the serum magnesium test that he or she performs. Serum magnesium tests should be outlawed for anywhere outside the emergency department, because blood levels of magnesium are automatically regulated by the body. So as long as you have even the tiniest amount of magnesium remaining in the cells of your body, your blood serum magnesium level will show a normal result, despite the fact that your body is screaming for magnesium.

Again, welcome aboard, and please feel free to ask anything.

Tex