I have TMJ which has progressed over the last few months and over this time period, I have also started being incredibly tired. before this, I was often relatively tired, I guess, but nothing this bad. I would never be able to get to sleep quickly and would lie in bed trying to get to sleep for ages, but now I can fall to sleep much, much quicker than before because I am just that tired! During the day, I am almost falling asleep in class – and that is no exaggeration. I also just constantly feel exhausted. I don't go to bed very late, I don't do intense physical activity all day and I don't have low iron levels. I do however have TMJ and I have read on some sites that TMJ sufferers can get chronic fatigue-like symptoms? I was wondering if this is true and if this new tiredness can be at least partly attributed to my TMJ.

do you have pain or clicking TMJ ? i didnt understand what exactly u have in TMJ. anyway if u have some habit like chewing gum or bite a pen when u stress or u have a malocclusion all of these will make TMJ problem…u should refer to ur dentist to take cephalometric x-ray. it will help. it will cause a fatigue if it wont treated

I've been put on Iron supplements due to low iron levels. However, each time I take them I get bloated and consitpated so much so that I ended up at the doctors yesterday with symptoms of pancreatitis and severe pain which ended up only being gas.

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Ask your doctor about changing your iron supplements to Slow-FE. I used it while I was pregnant – had to take 4 supplements daily, and since it dissolves slower, it doesn't cause any of the uncomfortable GI side effects.

The best place to start is with dietary measures such as eating foods with lots of fiber in them like bran flakes (rasin bran or corn flakes) or fruits like apples. if that doesn't help you may try fiber supplements which will help increase the bulk and loosen things up. if that still does not work try a sttol softener that you can get over the counter and any store. However, before doing any of these, you should consult your doctor or a nurse at your doctors office to ensure that they will not counteract your iron supplement.

In addition to increasing fiber and water intake, take Colace. It's a red clear over the counter stool softener, and it works very well. Most drug stores also carry a cheaper generic form of Colace. You can ask the pharmacist at your local drug store if you can't find it, they will know where it is.

try eating more fruit and veg, and include some cereals in your diet for fibre and drink as much water as you can

Hi sista-soul

I've been there!

Perhaps one of these ideas will help:

1. Vitamin C + magnesium citrate. each of these nutrients on its own can induce diarrhea if taken in too large a quantity. They work well together and may begin to produce a stool loosening effect at dosages as low as 1000mg Vita C and 500mg mag. Experiment and work your way up slowly. Vitamin C also helps you absorb iron more quickly so that you might be able to reduce your dosage of iron. if you're not critically low in iron, perhaps your doctor would decrease your dosage.

2. Change the kind of iron you're taking. Chelated forms of iron, such as iron protein succinylate or iron bis-glycinate can reverse anemia more quickly and with less constipation than the typical iron salts most doctors prescribe.

3. if the supplements continue to bother you, get your iron from red meat instead. the heme source of iron from meat is utilized most effectively of all.

4. the best option would be to eat more iron-rich, and Vitamin A-rich, foods (Vitamin A and zinc are also two other nutrients that increase iron's availability to the body) and take Vitamin C (and magnesium can't hurt, either).

Best of luck!

I have CD and was wondering about some of the sores in the mouth and was also wondering if people gets sores on their genital form CD.

Abdominal pain. the pain often is described as cramping and intermittent, and the abdomen may be sore when touched. Abdominal pain may turn to a dull, constant ache as the condition progresses.
Diarrhea. Some people may have diarrhea 10 to 20 times per day. They may wake up at night and need to go to the bathroom. Crohn's disease may cause blood in stools, but not always.
Loss of appetite.
Fever. In severe cases, fever or other symptoms that affect the entire body may develop. A high fever may mean that you have a complication involving infection, such as an abscess.
Weight loss. Ongoing symptoms, such as diarrhea, can lead to weight loss.
Too few red blood cells (anemia). Some people with Crohn's disease develop anemia because of low iron levels caused by bloody stools or the intestinal inflammation itself.

more info go to webmd.com

doesnt sound like fun!