Recent content by she333

Sorry I missed it. Hoping to join the next one.

Thank you for sharing! I was doing so so and managing ok for a while and things have recently kicked up. I'm very sad about that. I know it's anxiety and general discontent with myself. I actually found some research showing IC was initiated in rats who had been exposed to stressful events. I am...

I would consider why it's worst when you're at home playing with your daughter. I love my boys, but eventually some of the things they want to play get boring to me. And I'll feel guilty. Or that I'm not creative enough as a parent. Basically it's negative feedback I've found myself giving. Are...

Thanks for the reply. I did not have a cystoscopy and don't think I will. Sorry about the overwork. Hard to ssy no, right? Sometimes since I've been dealing with this awhile I get tempted to try physical stuff like a med. But I haven't seen a physician in a while and I'd rather stick with...

Thanks for reading. I have been dealing with tms symltoms of IC and PFD since the end of 2014. Improved by late the following year. PFD so much better. Thank you hypnotherapy. And of course Sarno. I am an anxious person with some confidence issues so this shoe fits. Anyway, for the past 2...

Bravo to you! I've been Dealing with The same manifestation as you for about 2 and a 1/2 years. I'm better than I once was and I practice outcome independence every day. If I plan to do something I do it regardless of how I feel. However, I do still have runs of good and bad days. Good days are...

If you are seeking some success stories, there is a private FB page called Chronic pelvic pain the mind body connection. It waxes and wanes in activity, but there are folks who have contributed to it and recovered from PN with mind body techniques. It is run by someone also using the TMS...

Thank you for the ideas. I do find the breathing exercises help and I'm grateful for them. At times, though, it seems to act as only a bandaid. But better than nothing. And yes Jan, i need to think about the fact I'm ok. I've not had a relapse on this level and I ruminate as to whether I can...

I see there is another night time symptom post, too. This has been my greatest hurdle and recently worse. I so hate bedtime. I fall asleep easily, but wake up repeatedly with lots of pelvic muscle tension that causes pain and makes me feel like I have to go to the bathroom. I almost always feel...

Anxiety, occasional insimonia, at times I've had severe urgency an frequency which is almost painful and distracting.

If you read the Body Keeps the Score, Define a very interesting account by the psychiatrist who wrote it about emdr. He writes about all kinds of treatment to address trauma and PTSD. He recounts the history of EMDR and how at first wasn't so widely accepted. Makes sense because it does seem...

That is awful you had to stop working for a while. I know that's definitely happened to many others on this board. I only work part-time, but at one point I nearly had to stop. It was hard to work with my symptoms, and I felt like I really wasn't doing anybody any good anyway. It was hard to...

I have seen many posts on the IC network from patients who had a cystoscopy, even with hydrodistention, and were told that everything looks fine but we're still diagnosed with IC. Sometimes I wonder about the benefit of that test, except that some people seem to find it helps their symptoms for...