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Has anybody been addicted to pain meds due to having IC? I was given them so many years ago and honestly was the only thing that made any of my symptoms feel better.They slow everything down, so in decreased the sensation of needing to go to the restroom every 30 mins.In which helped me sleep.They also gave me energy too.At the time they were a blessing.However yrs of being on a certain one ,my body started having a reation to it.I didnt know how I would deal with IC without taken them,cuz they were the only drug that gave me relief(I've had surgery,I've had and insane amount of testing done,and countless medications)so I started taken another kind and it helped so much.Now my body is rejecting this one and I dont want to take anymore at all.They just cover up the symptoms and make it worse in the long run.I'm curious if anyone has experienced this? I want to know how to get off them,cuz I'm scared of the withdraws.Also wondering if I quit during treatment would that help to lessen the withdraws,cuz of being on the herbs and all? THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM I'M DEALING WITH ON TOP OF THE IC?
when i first started with
when i first started with Matia I was on pain pills and I just weaned off. Matia worked with me on this and would tell me when she felt it was time to step down on something like I was also on sleeping pills almost my whole life and she was big on getting me off those. I know she has worked with others on getting off meds. As far as withdrawls go you need to go off slowly so you don't experience this. Have you started treatment with Matia or are you just thinking of starting?
I have gone from getting up to go to the bathroom every 15 min to sleeping 5 hrs stright then i get up go back to bed wake up 2 hrs later go back to bed then its about every 30 min till i have my herbs and eat. During the day I go every hr to every 3 hrs. I still have burning it's usually around a 5 but I was born with bladder problems so i am definatly one of the more complex cases. I also took antibotics for 12 yrs stright and I was on depo shot for 3 yrs stright just prior to comming down with IC. That is just a small part of my story.
Sorry I'm so late responding...VERY, VERY LATE,LOL.
Thank you for the advice and info.I just went 2 days withdrawing but just took a half because of my bladder.I could really go thru the withdraws and would of been almost done in another day or two,but my bladder was flaring sooo bad I was just sitting on my bed rocking and going to the bathroom every 5 mins.Oh lord I forgot how bad it is without the pain meds.Cant live like that at all,its unbearable and makes me feel crazy.I know you understand all of this.I'm hoping to be back in treatment very soon.BTW I'm a Floridian !!!!!! I live in Palmetto,which is between Tampa and Sarasota.Where do you live?
Pain meds
Michelle, I am working on going off pain meds too. Matia thinks I would progress much faster if I went off hydromorhone, which is a narcotic pain killer. I have went from 6mg to 3mg a day and am hoping to be off it by January. One thing that really helped me was reading the side effects of my medications on www.rxlist.com. For example, hydromorphone is known to cause difficult and painful urination. It provides temporary relief of pain and then my pain seems to escalate after about thiry minutes. When you start treatment again, I would ask Matia how your meds are affecting that rate of your recovery. It will be easier going off pain meds once you have started treatment again. Hugs.Sharon
I stopped them this weekend
I stopped them this weekend but OMG I forgot how bad my bladder is without them.I HATE being on drugs.I could stop and never touch 'em again,however my bladder wont let me :(. I feel like I have the worse infection ever right now.Usually when this happens it goes away after I self medicate with a day or two of antibiotics.Its crazy cuz nothing is taken it away this time.I'm getting thru x-mas and I'm starting treatment.I"M SOO SCARED. I just cant take it anymore.I have no friends anymore,my husband and I arent together,not being a good mom.I've pushed everybody away cuz of this insane misery. I just cant wait to start feeling better and pray that I have the strength that everybody has on here. THANK YOU !!
Michelle I hear you
Michelle I hear you - before I started my life was falling apart, I pushed everyone away b/c I was in too much pain to handle anyone and I was so scared b/c just like you all of a sudden the treatments that had worked (at least relatively well) up until then weren't working and it just wasn't going away (for me it actually was an infection that started things but the irritation from the infection & treatment they gave me caused massive bladder flare that never went away). Have faith, Matia is amazing and she is getting me better.
YOU CAN DO THIS!!!
WOW you are right by me. I
WOW you are right by me. I mean like 10 mins from me to be exact.That is pretty cool. I'd love to meet up sometime. YAY !!
michelleg
hit the contact so we can talk and meet ect. That way I have your email you have mine tra lalala maybe we can bring holliday cheer to eachother. I sent you my number but I will only have that phone for 2 more months. I need to apply for a govt aid cell phone before mine gets cut off.
I'm really starting to love
I'm really starting to love this place on here. Nobody understands in the "outside" world when I complain and describe all these feelings and symptoms that I have. I can get on here and everyone understands everything I say. Its been 11yrs with this now and has taken my 20's away from me and now working on my 30's.No way to live life.I just keep asking how am I gonna do this diet?? I'm sooo scared I cant do it.I've tried a few times but only made it to a week each time. I just wanna know the trick that helps you do it??? I know we all wanna be normal again but how to say no to the food thats everywhere we turn?? If I can do that I'll be on my way 100%!! Any suggestions at all?
michelleg
I sent you an email,
I am in Downtown Bradenton in the village of the arts just south of Palmetto I am very close we should talk :)
michelle <3
hi michelle...i can realte to u...i have had IC for 15 yrs of hell...LOL..my main syptom is freqency followed by pain...and i as well have tired it all...i have never done pain meds for i am allergic...found out after a bunch of surgeries...i have been with matia for 2 mos and i am not doing good at all.,,,,,mostly die off and finding the right herbs and i cant tolerate any damn foods....ugh....every person is different..some feel better with the diet only others take a long long time...depending how bad ur IC is...but u just go to this site and read the success stories or the positive thread and u feel the love and kno that u can do this treatment too....this is it,,,,there is no other DR that can help u...it costs alot of $$ but u will get ur life back...i have really bad insomnia so i also understand about gettin off drugs...i am on a bad bad benzo drug called klonipin that is also interfering with me gettin better...so i understand compleltey....i have to develop a plan to get off the drugs and i am on my way and determined to do it and get better...and dnt even get me started on the diet...LOL...it SUCKS!!!! esp when u cant tolerate things on list one...but if u want to get better u can do it!!! i hope u go see her and sending u hugs!!
tricks
I'd have to think more about "tricks" that helped me get through the diet, but the major driving force for me was getting SO sick and having so little hope that I would do ANYTHING to get well. So in that way, I'm grateful it got as bad as it did, b/c if not maybe I wouldn't have signed on to the diet or even Matia's program. (I actually looked up Matia months before I got really sick -- I'd had IC for years but never severe -- and decided at that point I wasn't willing to go thru this rigorous treatment and diet, and I was still looking for more a band-aid/pain suppressant than a whole body slow cleansing process -- my mistake! boy could I have saved myself some awful physical & emotional distress when my system ended up breaking down completely! but I see now that was my path, that was how I learned, and esp I just didn't understand before that the whole body needs to get cleansed and balanced or illness will erupt and that is a slow and difficult process but there are no shortcuts to true health.)
Back to the diet - for me starting treatment my appetite was much less because I was so sickly and thin so the diet was easier to do. Even so, I started around the holidays last year which was tough to be surrounded by people eating goodies. I found if I ate beforehand and was full it helped a lot, I wasn't nearly as tempted. There's also truth in wanting to get well more than wanting that cookie or cake or whatever... and not just lip service but really deep inside wanting health above all else. You could consider having a "end of junk" ceremony (seriously!) that makes it official, you have your last bite of junk then *burn* or bury the rest... I've read a lot about how ritualizing things really helps set patterns in the brain and make us buy in/follow through more.
The other best advice I can give is what people told me often on here & was the complete truth, THE CRAVINGS GO AWAY! In a month or two you really can be around goodies and not feel that awful feeling & need inside. Sure, some are still a little tempted or feel deprived (who wouldn't), but that intense want/need is no longer there. It's like once you cleanse your system of sugar, the yeast stops crying out to be fed.