Newbie with crohns

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Hi. My name is . I live in NYC with my beautiful son and wonderful husband. I have been reading the posts and everyone on this board seems so knowledgeable and willing to help. I am just going to lay out what is going on with me. If anyone can give me an guidance I would be very grateful! I have had crohns for 20 years. Over the past 9 months I have had a number of new symptoms and have decided that it is time to fix this digestive problem which I believe is at the root of all the other symptoms I have experienced in 2010. I have tried many diets, supplements and herbs over the years with some short term success but nothing that lasts more than a few weeks. I have been following the BED for about 4 months and have had much fewer symptoms but the constipation and rectal bleeding are still present. Some other symptoms come a go. I have been loosing my hair and have not menstruated in 3 months. In the past I used magnesium to treat the constipation. However, recently the magnesium causes lightheadedness and dizziness and I can no longer take it. What have others found helpful for constipation. Does constipation get worse on the GAP diet? Second, last year I started on VSL-3 probiotics and had a severe die off reaction that put me in the hospital for 5 days. The doctors were dumbfounded by what was going on. I had an abnormal EKG, an abnormal heartbeat, headaches, nausea, dizziness, night sweating... They finally diagnosed me with pericarditis and after about 3 weeks I was feeling back to normal. I firmly believe it was a die off reaction because it came on shortly after starting the probiotics. I had never had those symptoms before in my life.I tried the probiotics again over the summer and again had horrible symptoms so immediately stopped. Best. Propper, L.Ac., MSTOMPropper AcupunctureAcupuncture, Herbs, Nutrition347-277-8869