Genes may link panic and bladder problems

[Derrick]

Anyone else seen this article?

http://www.healthandage.com/Home/gm=1!gid1=5620

[Kathi]

Very interesting Derrick. I started out with panic disorder & after the dx of IC I started taking Xanax for another problem & it helps my IC alot. If I forget to take it I know by noon time cuz I'm hurting, hmmm. Smiles, Kathi:hi:

[Iris]

That was a very interesting article, my mother had heart valve problems, and I have not had huge panic attacks, but on a smaller scale, easy to panic. Thanks for posting, Iris.:hi: :)

[sleepyangel30]

Oh yeah I read about that just the other day. :)

[Silverfox]

I have all three of those criteria, bladder IC, thyroid disease, and mitral valve prolapse that causes me panic and palpitations.

This is the best article I have ever seen that connects the thyroid to bladder symptoms. Cheers to these wonderful researchers!

I also have close family members with bladder IC symptoms, Mother and two sisters and we all have low thyroid disease.

It is genetic for us, but in our case our Drs. tell us the mechanism for this is low thyroid disease(Hypothyroidism) Also all my symptoms are because I suffer nerve damage, peripheral and involving the autonomic nervous system. Another word for this is dysautonomia (autonomic nerve damage) Autonomic nerve damage can cause symptoms of Mitral Valve Prolapse of the heart, and includes panic and heart palpitations.

My bladder symptoms are caused from peripheral nerve damage to the most distal nerves in the body, hands, feet, bladder urethra. When a metabolic disease occurs, like low thyroid, the nerves which are known to require extremely large amounts of oxygen and nutrients to remain healthy, and the low thyroid disease prevents the nerves from getting what they need. Over time damage occurs and painful symptoms develop.

Sorry, my Dr. tells me that there is no known cure for damaged nerves, and little research at this time. Sometimes with the correct thyroid medications the nerves can get better over time.

Thank you for sharing this wonderful news!
Sincerely Silver

[kadi]

Makes sense to me. My mom has Grave's Disease- onset in her 40's(thyroid disease), my grandmother on my dad's side also had Grave's disease in her 40's, and my dad's cousin had his thyroid stop working in his mid thirties.

I, my mom, aunt, grandmother have all had trouble with anxiety & panic throughout our lives.

Interesting. Thanks for sharing the article. I sure hope someone figures this out!!!!!

[Silverfox]

It is very well-known that thyroid diseases are a great cause of anxietys and mental and emotional symptoms. Pretty much all thyroid diseases end up hypothyroid. I my own case my symptoms(including bladder frequency) began when I was a very small child and slowly worsened over the years.

I and my sisters have noticed great improvement in our anxietys and fears with taking thyroid hormones. I can remember having such extreme fears when I first learned how to drive. My sister confessed to having wierd fears of water spots on her water faucets in her home.

After starting thyroid our wierd fears returned to a more normal thinking. All those years I was trying to figure out why I had all these strage symptoms that others didn't have. I tried to function and look normal. I remember stopping one day and thinking, "I'm missing something that is making my nerves feel on fire???"... I suspected MS. I used to go sit in MS Support group meetings to try to figure if this was the answer to my symptoms.:confused: For all those years I never told people around me even my closest family members. I used to think that I would die young.;)

My wish is to get to live to see this problem solved and If I should never return to normal nerve function, I hope I see others recover completely. My IC doctors are at a University Med School and understand what happened to me and maybe they will be able to solve the IC puzzel. I wonder about all those 17 million OAB patients...hmmm...

Silverfox