I'm Bloated :(

[andrea1]

How do I make it go away? I feel so icky. It's been really bad for about a week now and I'm really uncomfortable. Any remedies?

Is this an IC thing?

[Briza]

Sounds like IC belly. Unfortunately I haven't found anything to make it go away. :( Sorry!
I can say that I rarely get it now but my first 1.5 yrs with IC it was a constant, and yes, VERY uncomfortable. Loose, soft clothing and cold packs helped me feel a little better, but didn't make it go away. Best wishes:)

[andrea1]

Seriously?! There's nothing you can do? How is that possible? So the pelvic pain, the bloating, the perineal pain, the itching... it is all caused by IC? This is horrible.

[Briza]

Sorry! But yes, I've posted and asked about it before and so have others and no one that I know of has ever came up with a real solution for IC belly. I thought maybe those on one of the antihistimines like Atarax would say that it had helped, but really, no one could say absolutely that it helped. I do get all the other symptoms you mention, and luckily my meds help with those symptoms, but not with the bloating :( You could do a search here on IC belly, and maybe there was something that I missed. I don't know why, like I said, just with time I don't seem to get bloated anymore.

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When this happens to me it seems to correspond with how bad the IC symptoms are on the pain and/or urgency scale. When things get better for you, perhaps your "IC belly" will go away.

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[Moonheart]

I do seem to see a bit of correlation with the Atarax and IC belly getting better. I know when I forget to take it then I'm much more bloated. I had a year of being on Atarax before being diagnosed, for another condition, and I weighed far less and was less bloated. So I'm going to try not to forget it. :)

[andrea1]

Here's the thing- I can't find a correlation because I don't have any urinary symptoms at all. I pee maybe 4 or 5 times a day, it doesn't hurt, I don't wake up in the middle of the night to go (usually). Even my pelvic pain has been pretty minor these past two weeks or so. I did just have a problem with a quick stomach virus las week, but it's gone. Could it be a result of that?