Help! Does anyone else have this trigger?

[Hannah13]

Maybe I put this in the wrong place last time? Sorry for re-posting but I got no answers and I'm desperate. I have an AZO/urelle cocktail vaguely enabling me to function and it's not pretty.

I've been in a non stop flare for a week. It's total unrelenting misery and only azo makes it possible for me to minimally function. I was doing fairly well for a long while but the ragweed seems to be doing it's thing in my area and this is a very bad "hayfever" time of year for me.

Does anyone else have this sort of trigger? (hayfever/similar allergies?)

I'm horribly discouraged since I was gaining ground and now I feel trapped in my symptoms yet again.

I'm eating what I'm supposed to, drinking what I'm supposed to, doing my PT, etc. And none of it's helping.

It's killing me from the inside, you know?

If anyone else goes through this, does ANYTHING help? (I'm all ready doing the antihistimines.)

Thanks, Hannah.

[VickiB]

I don't have this trigger but I'm pretty sure I've read others mention this as affecting them. Hopefully they'll be along soon to answer your post.

Vicki

[Hannah13]

I don't have this trigger but I'm pretty sure I've read others mention this as affecting them. Hopefully they'll be along soon to answer your post.

Vicki

Thanks. This situation is interfering with my life horribly.

Love, Hannah.

[Calinda]

Sorry to hear you are suffering again. I've found that stress aggravates me a bit with a flare. It is irritating when you are doing everything right, and you still have a flare. I think with the allergies bothering you, it will be hard also--this year has been super bad for allergies. Sending sympathy. Hopefully you will start to feel better.

[kadi]

Yes, I flare from allergies also. I take dye free Benadryl at night when it gets bad and just try to keep my diet extra gentle & my stress as low as possible. That helps, though it doesn't resolve it all together. Fall & Spring are my worst IC times, summer & winter are better for me. I hope you feel better soon.

[Hannah13]

Yes, I flare from allergies also. I take dye free Benadryl at night when it gets bad and just try to keep my diet extra gentle & my stress as low as possible. That helps, though it doesn't resolve it all together. Fall & Spring are my worst IC times, summer & winter are better for me. I hope you feel better soon.

Thanks so much, I really appreciate the input.

Love, Hannah.

[Julie B]

Yes yes yes yes......I used to get terrible flares during hay fever season around here. In fact, there was an article in a recent issue of the ICA Update about some physicians who are looking into allergies as possible triggers for flares. I don't know the exact link, but if you search for "allergy, interstitial cystitis, trigger, Kentucky) I think you will find something.

The good thing to know is that you are not alone in your experience!

[TexasHoney]

Hi Hannah, In the past I have had allergies bring on flares but this year I have had very few allergy induced flares. It seems like my symptoms and triggers vary from year to year, month to month, and sometimes even day to day. This complicates treating this crazy disease for me. Late this summer I started a new relationship and became sexually active again after about 7 years of almost being celibate. At first the flares were inevetable but in the last 6 weeks or so the sex flares have come to halt. Allergy flares, sex flares and food flares even 5 yrs after diagnosis are mystery to me. Back to your allergy flares. I hope you find something that works for you. All I can tell is to keep on trying different things. It's kinda like losing weight. different things work for different people.

Hang In There

[CherylSLP]

Yes, the past two weeks have been HORRIBLE. TX is known for allergies, bah! Its a different kind of flare too, feels like a sinus infection in my bladder.