serendipity
04-07-2008, 07:26 AM
It's been 8 months since my symptoms started (urgency, intersourse pain, pelvic and back pain, bladder discomfort, food sensitivity, etc...) within a month of my symptoms and researching to see what was wrong with me I felt I had IC. But of course, I did what we all should do, not self diagnose...and went to a doctor. Several at this point. No one would consider that the bladder was truly the cause. I was given antibiotics, pain killers, muscle relaxers, several tests and studies (urological and gynecological) and even went for physical therapy for the pelvic floor for about 8 weeks. Now frustrasted I went back to the uro I saw in October. He said then that I MIGHT have IC but wasn't willing to go there yet. So he sent me on my way to try all the things I stated above. I did everything he told me to do and went back to him last week and told him I no better. He did another exam and told me he agrees that my pain is indeed coming from the bladder and, with nothing else working and symptoms persisting, I may very well have IC but a mild case. I don't care if I have MILD or SEVERE. He is now going to try me on some IC medicines and is quite convinced I will be fine. He mentioned amitryptyline as one of them. I am VERY concerned because I have a thyroid problem which was not under control for the past few months and it made me gain about 15lbs. .
Believe me...I would love to be out of pain and I don't want to sound shallow..but having thyoid problems which can cause weight struggle is a battle as it is. Having this chronic pain for 8 months which may turn out to be IC has been very hard. And yes, depressing. It's hard to deal with all this as all of you I am sure can understand. There is already a struggle of not feeling normal, or womanly (because of sexual problems) or carefree when having bad days...the last thing I need is to gain (even more) weight and be depressed because of that. Its bad enough I have all these other things to deal with. I don't want to worry about weight gain and I have read in many of my researching that Elavil is BIG for weight gain. I think I read that Trofranil could be an alternative and doesnt cause weight gain. But then lies the question...does it work for the pain and/or discomfort? I want to talk to my doctor about all this and hope he is sensitive to my concerns about the weight. I don't want it to come off shallow saying "yeah I want to feel better but don't want to gain weight". Because I don't think it has much to do with being shallow. I said it before...we have so much to deal with and worry about with this IC that we already have struggles and moments of depression and self worth and self asteem..don't need the weight gain adding to it. At least I don't.
ANY ADVICE WOULD BE SO APPRECIATED!
Believe me...I would love to be out of pain and I don't want to sound shallow..but having thyoid problems which can cause weight struggle is a battle as it is. Having this chronic pain for 8 months which may turn out to be IC has been very hard. And yes, depressing. It's hard to deal with all this as all of you I am sure can understand. There is already a struggle of not feeling normal, or womanly (because of sexual problems) or carefree when having bad days...the last thing I need is to gain (even more) weight and be depressed because of that. Its bad enough I have all these other things to deal with. I don't want to worry about weight gain and I have read in many of my researching that Elavil is BIG for weight gain. I think I read that Trofranil could be an alternative and doesnt cause weight gain. But then lies the question...does it work for the pain and/or discomfort? I want to talk to my doctor about all this and hope he is sensitive to my concerns about the weight. I don't want it to come off shallow saying "yeah I want to feel better but don't want to gain weight". Because I don't think it has much to do with being shallow. I said it before...we have so much to deal with and worry about with this IC that we already have struggles and moments of depression and self worth and self asteem..don't need the weight gain adding to it. At least I don't.
ANY ADVICE WOULD BE SO APPRECIATED!