I felt I should communicate with you all as I have received so much encouragement from reading all the posts. I have been in treatment with Matia for 2 months now and am grateful to have found Dr Brizman and this site. With the variety of die-off symptoms I have had and do have, i think I would have been in anxiety all during this time without being able to read the stories and info on this site AND, of course, being able to communicate with Matia.

I’ve had IC/vulvodynia for about 10 years. During these years sometimes the pain was manageable and sometimes I was bedridden, like I was right before I found Matia. I had been to about 35 doctors of every kind and on MOUNTAINS of antibiotics (even IVs) and other meds before I found Matia. She saved my life. I have been working with Matia for about 3 years now. I want everyone out there who is in pain and suffering to know that you CAN get better!!

My name is Jeanne Townsend and although I wrote a success story a couple of years ago, I realize that it has not been included in the archives. So at the request of a fellow IC patient, I am more than happy to relate my story and perhaps give more hope to many of you out there trying to make sense out of this difficult health challenge.

Hi everyone I have just downloaded the Gizmo 5 program that was found under the blog Welcome Jeannie Townsend this prgram is nice because it takes all your chat programs such as yahoo, myspace, aol and puts them all into one program so you can chat with all your friends through Gizmo. You can share files see eachother have bunch of people chatting use voice if you have a mic and even a cam to see eachother.

Hi ladies

Do any of you experience a feeling of sensory overload, the lights sounds ect seem to be too much it all makes me tired. I want to crawl into a dark room and rest all the time. I just can't seem to handle much these days. lights seem to really bother me and they have to be very ambient. I have my house kind of dark. Even the weather it gets too hot I can't concentrate to talk to someone. I start to get a racing heart and I have to go. I can't stand still I have to keep moving while I am talking and this wears me out so I have to go lay down.

can anyone tell me there experience with hormone balancing?And or bioidentical hormones?

Why is yeast so difficult to get rid of there tricky. it's like it has a mind of it's own. I see them as little devils skating around my body. I can't stand it. It makes me so tired and my family doesn't understand there just like well you need to just get out. I feel over stimulated weak headaces and emotional.

So I am having a lot of increase in burning and it's kept me up all night. I haven't had this in a long time. It's very hard to cope and none of my usual stratigies are working. I am just laying here alone and in pain. I would love to hear some flair coping tips besides a heating or ice pad.

I am trying to say my daily afermations but it's very hard at this level to stay positive.

I don't realy know where this goes but I feel like I need to get this off my chest and theres just no other place I can talk about what is going on with me.