wasabi mommi
12-05-2006, 04:25 AM
I'm so confused. (& starting to get scared again)
After my bladder relapse out of 8 years of near-remission I'm trying one new thing in addition to my 50-70mg of Elavil, hydroxyzine. 25mg morning, 50mg at night day (and it doesn't knock me out in the daytime at all! i have a high tolerance).
Anyway it's been about a week or so on it and i started feeling better the first few days, also because I started back on the IC diet and cut out all my caffeine and lots of other bad stuff. But the last 4 days or so I feel like I'm getting worse. The daytime frequency/pressure is increasing and same thing at night. I also don't get relief after taking the hydroxyzine. Do most people get relief semi-quicky after they take it? I was sleeping all the night through previous to taking it, and lately I'm getting up much more. I'm so careful with my food too. Perhaps I have a newly developed food alergy but I'm starting to think that isn't it.
Anyways I don't know what to do. Stop taking it? (my usual prescription for doing things) or stick it out? (hard for me to do when i get worse).
Also could baking soda, which I've been taking semi-regularly, make things worse or could it reduce the effectiveness of the hydroxyzine?
I'm so confused. :confused: Please help, I was getting better and I need that improvement to stay sane and have hope! Thank you!
After my bladder relapse out of 8 years of near-remission I'm trying one new thing in addition to my 50-70mg of Elavil, hydroxyzine. 25mg morning, 50mg at night day (and it doesn't knock me out in the daytime at all! i have a high tolerance).
Anyway it's been about a week or so on it and i started feeling better the first few days, also because I started back on the IC diet and cut out all my caffeine and lots of other bad stuff. But the last 4 days or so I feel like I'm getting worse. The daytime frequency/pressure is increasing and same thing at night. I also don't get relief after taking the hydroxyzine. Do most people get relief semi-quicky after they take it? I was sleeping all the night through previous to taking it, and lately I'm getting up much more. I'm so careful with my food too. Perhaps I have a newly developed food alergy but I'm starting to think that isn't it.
Anyways I don't know what to do. Stop taking it? (my usual prescription for doing things) or stick it out? (hard for me to do when i get worse).
Also could baking soda, which I've been taking semi-regularly, make things worse or could it reduce the effectiveness of the hydroxyzine?
I'm so confused. :confused: Please help, I was getting better and I need that improvement to stay sane and have hope! Thank you!