I am 15 months into taking this drug, and I just seem to be really struggling. I don't know if it's the drug or everything just seems to be going wrong at the same time. I had c diff last year, which took a long time for someone to realise. I lost loads of weight, and kept getting infections. Now I can't take anything for diarrhea, so I am having to manage by diet. Then I got pneumonia at the beginning of the year, and that has flared up my asthma. I also have an annual fissure that will not heal. I am constantly tired, but I don't know if I am doing too much, or whether the drugs are just making it worse now. I am waiting for results from the respiratory team, am under the colectral team for tear, so I am getting all the help, but I just feel if it's all a big struggle and feel like stopping it. But then, if anything happens in the future, I will be kicking myself for not finishing it. Does anyone else seem to be struggling.
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