This is an extension of a prior post on Trauma....

It seems like -correct me if I'm wrong- most people were under major emotional stress and/or had specific stressful or traumatic events happen before either getting IC or it getting very bad.

So this question is: Do you believe trauma was the CAUSE of the IC, or just the TRIGGER?  Many doctors want to say if they can't see it, something in your psyche is creating the physical issue. 

Hi All

I know everyone is so individual with their body and this disease. In general, how long until people feel some symptom relief using list 1?

If you have been healing for 2 or more years, how do you know it is still ok to use Dr. B's protocol? At some point when you have no releif but just more symptoms, how do you know it is not the herbs and how do you know if maybe this protocol is not for you?

Thanks and sorry for the maybe dumb newbie questions! 

Hi All

I am brand new. I am 45 year old femail with symptoms for one month. No change in symptoms. Just devistated to hear that my urogyn thinks I have IC. I want to work with Dr. Brizman, but after reviewing my evaluation she said I will have to stop my acne and anti-aging products (salycilic acid, benzoil peroxide and retinA) these products have kept my adult acne under control for 25 years. (retin a is more recent). I know I must have internal imbalances and food intolerances and that is why I have the acne.

Hi all,

I'm in the process of trying to switch all my beauty products to more natural options. Thing is, it's hard to know what to buy with hidden chemicals in so many products. Can anyone recommend a good daily facial moisturizer with SPF that's also natural and chemical free? Ditto for hair products, like a volumizing product of some kind or a shine enhancer. I was using Aveda for a while but Dr. Brizman told me it was much too strong for someone with IC.

Thanks for your suggestions!

Lauren

Hi everyone, hope you all have been doing well the last couple of weeks. I just came back from a 2 week trip, and to my surprise, bringing my own food and water on the plane was so easy thanks to the letter Lynn prepared. I was able to cook so i had good control of my diet as well, and my bladder held together well during my stay. I was so thankful and happy to come back o LA, ironically when i came back, i got a nasty case of diarrhea and two nights ago, my last pee was incredibly, excruciatingly painful. I had so much burning and saw bleeding as well.

I just have to get this out of my system! 

I am just wondering if any of this is caused by Pudeneal nerve entrapment or pudeneal neuralgia, and if so, how can you tell the difference between the two? Does the neuralgia heal and the entrapment doesn't? Any thoughts are welcome. 

Have any of you experienced a feeling of isolation because of IC?  Sometimes it feels so lonely having IC because the pain or fear of pain limits what I can do.  

Dear all,

Hi all: I am nearing the end of my 6th month of treatment. For about the last month, I have had breast pain in a strange place in my right breast. It is unlike any pain I have had in the past associated with periods etc. Dr. B thinks it is probably a lymph node and associated with stuff clearing out. I am going to wait a little while longer before going and getting an ultrasound or a mammogram since I am not overdue and I have serious concerns about irradiating the breasts. My gyno, of course, says go immediately. Any prior experience with weird breast stuff is much appreciated:)