...is not a good idea. There is not a "miracle bottle" that can be bought to magically make your IC go away! And, taking supplements and herbs without supervision is very dangerous.
Many people say, "if it is natural, it may help, but it wont hurt". This is not true. This is why you need to be supervised by a licensed, trained, professional!
Treating people with natural medicine is very difficult, and treating IC, well, I dont think there are too many things more difficult than that--and that is when you know what you are doing.
So, please, do not go to my shopping cart and buy things you have heard others are taking and start self-medicating. This is unwise may lead to worsening your symptoms. Even if your symptoms sound very similar, the treatment indicated for them may indeed be very different.
Not to mention, you may have other health conditions or circumstances that must be factored in.
Good natural medicine also is not a static kind of thing. It is a dynamic kind of thing. It is an ever changing process to try to create change in the human body to optimize balance- so that your own body can begin to function more efficiently, in a healthier manner and thereby reduce your symptoms. It is not meant to be used in the sense of dosing to take away pain, like the many different kinds of drugs available for IC on the market. It is meant to be individualized to each person.
So, if you are new to this site, the message you should get is, you are an individual, your IC is individual to you. We can help here at ICAMA, but not by selling you products. Please make the investment, and become a patient, and get the proper care that you need!
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This is so true! I tried to get treatment from a local naturapth who specialized in treating systemic candida. I thought that yeast was a possible factor in my IC given my symtoms so I surmised that by cleansing my body of yeast I could potentially get to the root of my IC and clear it up. My caregiver- this naturapathic doctor was very successful at helping people recover from IBS, allergies and candida but he had no specific IC experience and actually ended up I beleive inadvertedly making me worse! Its' not to say he was a bad doctor or pratitioner or that they things he did were bad treatments but defientaly not right for my particualr condition at that time- I just think that my immune system was sooo weak that I possibly cleansed too hard too fast and that maybe kicked up my pain and inflammation. In a person without IC those treatments were probably fine but it took me to a level of unbearable pain and suffering! I gave up treating IC by self and in the hands of people who had no expereince and wondered why I just didn't come to see Matia in the first place when I knew about your existence! I wasted alot of money and time and comprimised my health! But I think it was also the push I needed to help me committ to the whole proticol! I am happy that it all worked out the way it did I guess- I was just doing what I thought was right but it was still difficult to go through. Its hard to know what to do when you are dealing with IC - there are so many unknowns and you have to have faith sometimes that you are making the right choices for your health. You just keep trying until you find the right path. I am soo happy so to work with you Matia. I am learning so much and love sharing my knowledge with others who are also facing health challenges! sincerely,Mary
Mary
I am glad it has been an insightful journey. Thank you for taking amoment to post. It is so important to share feelings and experiences with one another!