Hello everyone, first time on this board and looking to get in shape...

Hello everyone, first time on this board and looking to get in shape. I have some questions about certain supplements and figured I may as well ask here.

I was diagnosed with Crohns disease in 2013, age 18. My Crohns is in my ileum and colon. Before being diagnosed with Crohns, all throughout highschool I had major problems with energy, consuming 6+ energy drinks/day just to barely stay awake. I have never been very healthy, growing up on fastfood. However, I have never been over 150lbs (68kg). At my lowest weight due to severe vomitting I dropped down to 119 and was hospitalized, I am 6ft tall.

The past few years have been extremely rough physically, I have a 3 year old son and I struggle to get out of bed without prescription amphetamines. I've been diagnosed with Crohns, ADHD, and Fibromyalgia. Regardless of what I eat/drink, I cannot gain any weight. I fluctuate between 130-145lbs.

I am constantly in pain, when I started working in retail I took opiate pain killers and even those did not suppress the pain to the point in which I had to quit. To elaborate on my pain levels, my appendix almost ruptured before I went to the doctor. I had pneumonia for 3 months before thinking it wasn't just a cold, and waited several days after fracturing my arm before seeing a doctor. I'm saying this because I don't want to come off as someone with a very low pain tolerance. I hurt, 24/7.

I've been researching different supplements and anabolic steroids such as hGH, Dianabol Trenbolone, and a dozen others. I am seriously considering trying them because I feel I've run out of options. I've tried every diet one could think of. I don't plan on attempting to be a huge meathead, I just would like enough muscle to be able to sit in a chair without several pillows.

Thanks.

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Okay friendo its gonna be hard but you can do it. Crohns basically makes it gaining in hardmode. Im sure you know enough about your diet that you know what foods will trigger your crohns. Take the foods that dont and find which ones are the most calorie dense and have decent macros. Stock up on those foods and make sure you count cals. If theyre perishable but only what you thinking you can eat in that time period ofc. Next just start lifting. This will help your appetite and youll start to gain weight for sure. Repeat until satisfied sorry for mass jumble of text im on my phone

Oh it's fine, the more text the better. I can eat most foods with the exception of things like a lot of red meat, milk, or anything extremely spicy/greasy/acidic. The only issue is I cannot eat alot because I will throw up due to the inflammation. My absorption rate is lower than a normal persons.

This is why I'm asking about the drugs I mentioned above.

literally kill yourself. You have life in hard-mode. I'm lactose intolerant and it's enough disadvantage for lifting and life in general.

Considered it a while back but I have a son.

I personally would recommend staying away from roids and hgh if you have any issues with the digestive tract. That being said, with Chron's you're gonna have issues with consuming the calories needed to build muscle. Try looking into mass gainers and mix with water only. If milk, but not cheese, causes issues try looking into a gainer with plant or protein isolate. I've noticed that plant protein seems to be more easier on the stomach and bowels, but isolate might work too due to the lack of other dairy in it.

Good luck.

Thank you.

Ulcerative Colitis bro,

I was diagnosed in late 2015, always had issue before but after 2015 I began bleeding. I was roughly 190-200lbs at the beginning of 2015, didn’t lift was just blue collar jobs/farming. I dropped down to 165 near the end of the year, I always felt dizzy, tired, regardless of sleep, couldn’t gain weight to save life, shit liquid/blood 3-6 times a day.

What really worked for me OP was just devoting my life to living to stay alive, obviously you’ve a little more to deal with but once I learned to live somewhat stress free I noticed a huge difference in diarrhea, which is the greatest way to cut ever. My wife helps a lot with proper dieting, I’ve had to resort to fresh foods as much as possible, we grow/purchase the majority of our vegetable in the summer, eat smaller portions of meats and staying away from almost all frozen foods/junk/high-suger besides the odd occasion. Near the end of 2016 I was able to reach 180-185lbs, My bowel movements had become somewhat regular, I have to stay in perfect schedule for my shits, If I miss my morning one it sets me back 3-4 days and I get pain and bloating abdomen with diarrhea.

I started lifting at the end of January 2017, I’m on week five of SS, I’m currently at 218lbs, I’ve been eating 3500-3700cal a day of clean foods, drinking water in between and with every meal all day, sleeping 7-8 hours on average. I’m on Mezavant for the Colitis, its an antinflammatory, I hate taking pills but it was like night and day after being on it, asked a doctor perhaps? On top of that, I drink plenty of pro biotic, fish-oil or fresh fish seems to help a lot with inflammation, get plenty of sunlight/vitamin D3 10000mg during winter cause Canada. Cardio/Swimming(When not having a shitty day.) seem to help me with discomfort.

All I can say, I’m feeling better since lifting, I’ve gotten much more energy and the extra activity is allowing me to sleep longer and I that seems to be helping my gut as well.

Also I'm lucky enough to still be able to drink Milk and eat Dairy, which has been amazing for weight gain, Rippetoe Saved my life, long live Whole Milk.