Dear all,

I know it's best for me to stay postive, but I find myself wandering over to the other IC boards and the IC group on Facebook to read about what others are going through. I get so scared as a result and have panic attacks. How do you all handle the fear. I have been trying to listen to meditation tapes at night, an when I get really bad, like today, I have to take part of a valium or something. The panic is the worst part of this for me.

I'm laying here in bed feeling like my body is being weakened by the lack of food that I am being able to eat following list 1. Eating too much of the starches seems to bother me. I never feel like I am getting enough calories. I weigh less than I did in high school. I look too thin. I have headaches. I am 5'8 and weigh 114. 

I'm laying here in bed feeling like my body is being weakened by the lack of food that I am being able to eat following list 1. Eating too much of the starches seems to bother me. I never feel like I am getting enough calories. I weigh less than I did in high school. I look too thin. I have headaches. I am 5'8 and weigh 114. 

Since all this started with me, I have had something that looks like a hemmeroid protruding from my rectum. I've never had one before so I don't know if that's what it is or not but I just wondered if anyone else had this issue.

I had a mental break down last night because only eating home made food is hard! Ahhhh, I just need to vent. I work 9-5, after work I go to the grocery store, don't get home til 6 or 6:30. Then I'm in the kitchen for 3 hours trying to make all my food so I don't have to eat out. I just feel like ahhhh I have no time to workout, or do laundry, or other things I need to do. It just feels so overwhelming sometimes. So many dishes to wash, and so much planning and preparation. It's freakin hard!

I struggle daily with the fear that I may get worse although I have been helped by the diet. I can't seem to stop having panic. I haven't taken my meds for panic because I'm scared they will make it worse. I need someone local to help me but there is no one. It's hard for me to keep my mind on work. I'm so scared. I wish someone could take my fears away. I can't live with this kind of fear. 

I heard of the symptom of hair loss with IC patients. I have been in treatment now for about 16 months and I had never noticed it at all. Until...about three weeks ago I started to notice it thinning in the front hair line and along my part on top of my head. I went to the store and bought rosmary oil and mixed it with olive oil and put it on my head. I heard it is good for regrowth. Does any one know why this happens? Is it nutrient deficiency or hormone imbalances? Also has anyone gotten to the point where a wig is needed? I have looked into them actually and am debating on using one.

Ran across someone describing similar symptoms who said it was caused by a tilted uterus. I have been told I have a tilted uterus. So does my mom. Just wondering if anyone else had been told they have this?

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.