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Any old patients have this happen? I feel like I started treatment with one set of problems, and some of them went away. However, I exchanged them for new symptoms I've never had before. For example, I started with pain, and now I have frequency. 2 years ago my ears started ringing and never stopped. I'm so so so uncomfortable, and I've been in treatment for 3 and a half years, although the first year I wasn't following directions well. Even still, I feel like I plateaued and just traded in old problems for new ones. The ear ringing is driving me crazy.
Not to freak any new patients old, obviously these are my specific problems.
Exchanging symptoms
Hi Researchnerd, Sorry you are experiencing new symptoms. That's so frustrating. Hopefully those will disappear soon. Maybe our bodies heal in layers and as each layer heals, a new layer emerges until we are healed thoroughly. I can't say that I have any brand new symptoms, but I have some symptoms that have magnified since I've been in treatment. I had sporadic joint pain before but now I'm getting these weird shooting pains in my feet and also notice ALOT of congestion in my chest & sometimes in my ears. I'm never sure if something is IC related or allergies or just like aging. When people refer to the IC body as an amusement park that is so true. I hope those symptoms subside soon :-) Hang in there, Lisa
exchanging symptoms
Hey ResearchNerd,
I'm not as "old" as you, but at 19 months I am so tired of it all. So, at 3 1/2 years I can imagine how fed up you must be. In fact I almost E-mailed you, at your personal e-mail, to whine on your shoulder. I had no idea that you were so fed up with your own situation - you've always been so upbeat. Anyway, I hope that by the time that you get this you'll be feeling better.
I'm trying to remember if I've actually traded symptoms. I believe that most of what has popped up has been things that I remember struggling with over the years. Some of those things seemed to have disappeared, only to come back to haunt me during treatment. Could these be things that you suffered from at a really young age? As for the ear ringing, mine comes and goes - right now it's merrily ringing away. I know that months ago when I mentioned it to Matia, she said that it was something that we could work on - then it disappeared and I forgot to mention it again. Has she tried to help you with it?
Hang in there!