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Does anyone find that they have worse days if they get no sleep?? I really wish I could die right now. This is not fair to inflict this kind of pain on anyone with no recourse. I have been trying so hard with diet and everything. I don't know how to stop this flare of spasms and urged to go to the bathroom. Anyone have any ideas. I have a hot water bottle on stomach. Pressure in vaginal area is unbearable. I'm an so sorry for bugging everyone but I need help. Office must be closed. Tried to call and move up appointment.
Dear Pico,
Dear Pico,
I believe office is closed on Monday. I can't tell you what you should do - I can only tell you that one time my UTI pain was so unbearable, the herb dose just wasn't working yet, I went to my western doc to confirm UTI and I reached the point where I took some Tylenol/Codeine that he perscribed for me. To this day I don't regret that decision and would, as a last resort, opt for it again. I am so sorry that you are in so much pain.
Denise,
Denise,
It is not the pain so much as the constant, unrelentless spasms and urge to urinate every 1/2 hour. Does that seem like symptoms of IC? I occasionally feel some moderate pain when voiding. But I'm not really experiencing any sharp pain at all. The spasms seem to set off a stimulation of my clitoris and this whole sensation in my vaginsl area with spasms just won't quit.
I don't know if this is from my surgery and not IC at all or what. How the heck do you even begin to know how to fix this. I void about 12 ounces every 1/2 hour on the button. Can't last any longer than that.
Thanks for your reply. I'm sorry I'm being such a baby. I'm getting really sick of being the sick one for the past 9 weeks. And with no answers in sight. And when it gets worse after trying so hard to be careful it's depressing and scarey.
Thanks for your reply.
Sue
Dear Sue,
Dear Sue,
I think, from all the other patients that have come before you and I, that there is a HUGE possibility that you do have IC and that this treatment plan will be your answer to many of your health problems. As for the fear, for me, being scared is the child in me frantically darting around, looking for a safe place to land because I never learned to find that safe place within myself. Then, when our very bodies stop being safe, the task is even more daunting. However, without many other options left to me, I try to stop myself, give that inner child a mental hug and pep talk; telling her that this is really tough but we'll do it together. When I'm succesful, this allows me to be present in the rest of my life. This whole concept, of an alternative process other than fear, is so foreign that in the begining was incomprehensible. There were many times that I couldn't even start to get there without the use of tapping and breathing exersises to calm myself.
Hugs,
Thank you Denise. I want to
Thank you Denise. I want to reach the place of calm where you are. Was it being on Dr Brizmans medicine that brought you there or were you able to get calm even before seeing her?
3 weeks seems so far away and I am nervous about traveling. Did you have to travel far to see her?
Thank you again for your reply, Denise,
Sue
Hi Sue,
Hi Sue,
Whatever calm that I have at the moment, I pray will last into the next minute - several months ago I wanted to die - I have suffered anxiety since childhood and it spiraled out of control. I spent two weeks, six months ago, during the day, going to outpatient mental health at a local hospital. Dr. Brizman has been instrumental in helping get some grip on my life - you have to add to it intense therapy, weekend mental health workshops, and frrankly just hitting bottom. If you search my name and track me - I'm not sure that anyone else has been quite as vocal about their mental struggles. I didn't travel hug distances to see Dr. B - from Seattle, WA to LA. I am forever grateful that I found this place.
You are most welcome - Hugs