I did not notice COVID affecting the pouch at all, but my body didn't react that strongly to the strain-it just felt kind of like a weird cold because I also experienced a cooling sensation, kind of like a river flowing through my upper respiratory system..and it was kind of pleasant, oddly. The last time I was exposed (my husband got it and we did no separating/quarantining) I didn't get it.

Not sure if it is related, but I have been taking a supplement called "Immy" which is supposed to help your immune system and gut health. My pouch has been pretty happy since I started that except an occasional yeastiness, which I have always had since pre-pouch. Could be a coincidence that I didn't get COVID, though.

I thought at the beginning of your post you said you DID get Covid?

@OscarThePouch posted:

I thought at the beginning of your post you said you DID get Covid?

Yes I did get it a year or two ago, which is when I had the sensations described, but when my husband got it a few months ago I didn't get it after taking that "Immy" stuff for a couple months.  Sorry that timeline was unclear.

I'm so exhausted from keeping up with all the natural treatments I should or should not be trying. It took me so long to get stable on the regimen of stuff that I'm on. Probiotics worked for me for a while but eventually I had to go back to daily Flagyl because the results were too inconsistent.

I talked to my psychiatrist yesterday about sleep and long term covid stuff and he was like "If you think it's going to happen to you it will."

Thanks, man. For a psychiatrist he seems to not understand how anxiety works. I can't just choose not to worry about bad things happening and telling me that I have to stop worrying or bad things will happen just makes the anxiety worse. I swear to god this law of attraction stuff is just as poisonous as the political crap.

If I could "just stop worrying" I would not have anxiety as a diagnosis. It's enough to make me want to change providers.

Another psychiatrist seems like a good idea. That one seems incompetent. How awful to have to hear that from him. I agree he doesn't understand anxiety. The way he thinks is outmoded and it blames the person for their anxiety. He must not have had any professional development training recently, like in the last 20 years??!! I agree with the poison. And we're all having increased anxiety in the US right now. Federal elections are stressful, and way worse since DT/45 got involved and brought out the worst in so many people. I don't remember them ever being so awful or people being so mean to each other before him.

I know it can be exhausting to worry about what sorts of "natural" things to take. I have to wait until I'm stable to try things out or I can't tell what hurts and what helps. I wasn't really recommending that you take "Immy". I just associate it with not getting COVID that second time my husband got it, unlike the first time. But correlation ≠ causation, like the scientists like to say! Who knows if it's even related?

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That's actually the opposite question that I'm asking.

I already have COVID. I wanted to know what impact COVID has on the pouch, not the effect of IBD on COVID risk. Like, can COVID trigger an autoimmune response that brings your colitis back, or causes crohns in your pouch that you didn't have before? Does it stop antibiotics from being effective to control pouchitis?

I don't think there is enough empirical evidence to know the answer to your question. I am not aware of any studies that have been done on it. I had Covid back in 2022 and there was no discernible impact on my gastrointestinal function.

Thank you.

Forgot to mention, I had Covid in January 2022 and I just slept all day until it passed, covid made me extremely tired.

ALso, I could not find a article of what you wanted unfortunately.

I contracted Covid twice, last time a few months ago. Both times I had increased diarrhea with the infection. I also took Paxlovid both times. Paxlovid did NOT increase my diarrhea, it improved it.

Jan

Well I guess it's too late for me to take Paxlovid now. I'm at day 13. I wish I had pushed for it. The doctor didn't want me to use it but I should have pushed harder and said I'd take the risk on Diarrhea.