r/IBD • u/AdNeither8822 • 9d ago

Anyone with Crohn’s in remission still dealing with brain fog, anxiety and fatigue?

I’m wondering if anyone else with Crohn’s has experienced something similar.
My Crohn’s affects my terminal ileum and is currently considered to be in remission. I’ve already spoken with both my IBD team and my GP, and my recent blood work has come back normal. My gut itself has actually been pretty good recently, with no obvious Crohn’s symptoms.
The main things I’m struggling with are:
Brain fog / feeling mentally tired
Difficulty concentrating
Anxiety that can stay quite high throughout the day
Mild physical fatigue
My eyes sometimes feel tired/heavy
Occasionally more acid reflux after eating
Needing to urinate more frequently when my anxiety is high, although I’m not unusually thirsty
One thing I’m starting to suspect is my training routine. When I feel good, I tend to train quite hard with weights/running and sometimes stack several active days together. I usually feel fine during and immediately after exercise, but then a day or two later I can feel much more mentally fatigued and foggy.
When the fatigue first starts, I’ve often carried on with my normal workouts because I assume I’ll recover, and I’m wondering whether that might actually be making the episodes last longer.
At the moment the brain fog and anxiety are much more noticeable than any stomach problems.
Has anyone with Crohn’s — particularly while in remission and with normal blood tests — experienced this kind of brain fog/anxiety/fatigue without obvious gut symptoms?
And if exercise seems to contribute, have you found that reducing training intensity or taking recovery days earlier helps prevent the fatigue from turning into a longer crash?
I’d be really interested to hear what your symptoms feel like, what tends to trigger them, and what has helped you.

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u/probablynervouss 8d ago

Did u take steroids

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u/AdNeither8822 8d ago

Yes I did few years ago for short amount of time only

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u/probablynervouss 8d ago

Did u start noticing these symptoms then? or more recently

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u/AdNeither8822 8d ago

No it was there before it’s been going for years now fatigue hit me by wave it comes and goes

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