At wits END need help..Depression and IC

[mylilegirls2]

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Ok so I am not sure where to start with this... Actually I was just wondering if anyone gets the feeling that Elmiron plays a part in feeling depressed.. see last night I called the 24 hr pharmacy and asked the person there if Elmiron tends to make peoples depression worse.. he said no that it said nothing about that and that it does not show any links... See I have severe depression anyhow and I was wondering if the reason I feel so sad and hopeless lately is because of the medicine or maybe just the pain is bringing me down.. I am just at wits end and want to say screw it all and give up right now... I thought I was getting somewhere with doctors and the pain clinic but to find out that the pain clinic never got a refural or so they say.. so I called my URO and he is finally sending one.. I just do not want to fight anymore.. I hardly sleep..eat.. get out of bed.. except to go to the doctors or the hospital cause the pain is so bad I keep getting sick.. on top of that now I have to take care of my mom who just had open heart surgery last week.. I go see my mental health doc tomorrow so I am going to be addressing this to her because I know I do not want to die.. but I can not shake the feeling that i should just say SCREW this and say goodbye to everyone.. I just can not take this anymore.. somedays I just wish they would put me in one of those medically induced comas so that I could get some sleep and not think of the pain.. I am not sure of what to do anymore.. Sorry this is just a bunch of rambles... but thanks so much for listening

[Imustpee]

Mel..girlfriend....now no more talk about giving up! You HAVE to fight back!! IC will NOT win!!! We won't let it...Call our uro or Denise and ask him/her to push you through the system faster,,you know he wants to help us...have to asked him for a foley? It worked for me..blessed relief, and sleep!!!..I know you have alot on your plate now, with your mom and kids, and freakin IC and now the lovely Seattle rains are here until May....sigh..it gets to me too...have you talked to anyone about S.A.D.? Call me..I am home..I will be out tomorrow...

[blendno14]

Hi,

as far as I know Elmiron simply can't give you a depression, because it doesn't cross the "blood-brain-border" - I don't know if you can say that it english but it means it just doesn't do anything in the brain.

Hope you feeling better soon.......

[ICNDonna]

I'm glad you'll be seeing your doctor. I hope today is a better day for you.

Warm hugs,
Donna

[Trishann]

Pain and not sleeping right can cause alot of the depression also. Once you can get help with the pain, and I hope soon, and get proper sleep, you will be amazed how different you will feel. So don't you give up now.

Hugs, Trishann