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In June 2006 I was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease. I was down to 65 pounds at that point, at age 12 that's un-heard of. By the end of the year I found my current medicine, infliximab. It's kept me in remission and I've had no problems with it. This previous May (2010) I was diagnosed with ADHD/ADD specific and was put on Concerta, just in time for final exams. I stopped taking it over the summer because I had no real use for it then. I started taking it again with school
. The main side effect of Concerta is that you don't want to eat at all, without even realizing that you don't. I'm 16 and (was) 130 pounds, so I'm a small guy for my age. Recently I weighed myself (two weeks into starting on the medicine, half a week ago) and I was down to 110 pounds. This alarmed me, but I was afraid to tell anyone, including my parents. I need to do well in school
being my junior year and poor GPA, so I didn't want my parents to take me off the medicine.
Recently, I've been worried that I might be going out of remission for the first time, and it's got me worried. Granted I my eating has gone down the drain, but I don't think 20+ pounds lost in two weeks is just the medicine. In the past week I've had adominal (abdominal) pains that I took as being "falsely-hungry" (a side-effect of Concerta). Today I experienced the horrible diarehha that I experienced when I was diagnosed with Crohn's. I'm starting to wonder if maybe my ADD medicine is covering up the Crohn's issues.
If anyone else has experienced similar issues I would much appreciate the comments. If there is a link between Concerta and infliximab that would be nice to know as well. And, in your opinion, is it a smart idea to continue to possibly lose the much-needed weight if I would feel bood grades are more important? Or should I stop taking it?