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11-21-2009, 07:11 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Tampa Bay, FL
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Pooping - Let's just get it all out there.
Ever since I have been diagnosed with IC, my bowels have been different. I've always have had loose bowels and gone at least once a day. Now that I'm on imipramine, Elmiron and various other stuff, I sometimes get constipated. I find that certain foods help like blueberries, but sometimes I have to resort to my daughter's laxative (powder stuff prescribed by doc - nice and gentle). What the heck? Also, when I do finally go after using her laxative, I feel WAY better. The colon must press on the bladder? Something squashes something. Why now? Because of the IC?
*sigh*
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Your Friend,
Michelle
Diagnosed: 10/16/09
Elmiron, 100mg 3x per day
Imipramine, 25 mg 3x per day
Lorazapam (at night) .5 mg
Claritin
Zovia, birth control (ongoing)
Probiotics
PT - The best thing EVER!
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11-21-2009, 09:53 AM
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ICN Member
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Iowa
Posts: 330
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I have the same problem.
I take Colace (Phillips is the generic).
It hurts and hurts and when I poop I feel better 
Maybe it's just because of our body chemistry changing to the disease.. Idk..
My gyno suggested that I be tested for IBS but no foods bring about a change....
Btw... mine is green. Is that bad?
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-Cassie
20 year old female. Diagnosed as of November 2008 with onset of symptoms.
I am currently diagnosed with IC, PFD, endometriosis, asthma, and vulvodynia/contact dermititis, IBS, and fibromyalgia.
I am only taking medication for my fibromyalgia as my IC seems to be calmed down/in remission:
Neurontin (in place of lyrica because I can't afford it- lol) 300 mg x3 a day
Relafin (anti-inflammatory) 500 mg x2 a ay
Flexeril (muscle relaxer) 5-10 mg as needed
Seasonal (for endometriosis)
Endometriosis:
Continuous birth control (Seasonal)
First laparoscopy showed moderate to severe endo
Have been on with great success:
-Amitryptiline, Hydroxyzine, cocktail instillations, pelvic floor therapy... These things have led my IC to be under control.
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11-21-2009, 11:19 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Tampa Bay, FL
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I don't think it's bad. When I started taking Elmiron, mine turned sort of light colored (almost beige) except when I eat a lot of carob and then it's really dark. Funny, right?!
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Your Friend,
Michelle
Diagnosed: 10/16/09
Elmiron, 100mg 3x per day
Imipramine, 25 mg 3x per day
Lorazapam (at night) .5 mg
Claritin
Zovia, birth control (ongoing)
Probiotics
PT - The best thing EVER!
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11-22-2009, 01:53 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Washington
Posts: 489
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I have a confirmed case of IBS-D for well over 25 years. 
Some days it's bad , and I have messed myself badly , which resorts in a UTI from that mush going up my urinary tract. Then it burns like crazy.
I think this is what caused my IC Bladder Ulcers. 
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11-22-2009, 02:02 AM
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ICN Member
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 1,086
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I had terrible constipation when I was on OAB meds. Now that I am pretty symptom free,my bowels are regular as clock work.
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11-22-2009, 02:24 AM
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Forum Manager
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Junction City, Oregon, USA
Posts: 28,248
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If your stools are hard, I suggest you talk with your doctor about a stool softener. I know that if I eat enough fiber I'm fine, but if not, I have learned that I need the stool softener. Just remember that it's not okay to strain.
Donna
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11-23-2009, 07:08 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 1,311
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I have been told that IC for some people can cause the bladder spasam and the bowel is really close so when one does they both do, so I think this is why our bowels bother our bladders too and visa versa. I have found for me to really make an effort to keep reg and soft my bladder fairs much better. Either C or D will set my bladder off. I have IBS-C for the most part so it has been a struggle but once I found out how much better my bladder did taking care of my bowels, it has become much easier.
It was a long time before I was diagnosed with IC and I flared for years, but once I found out I may have IC I realized that the metamucile orange flavored sugar free was probably making me worse, so when i quite using that it helpped alot.
Also read the possible side effects of meds you are on some can cause constipation in some people.
MG
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11-24-2009, 08:32 AM
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ICN Member
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 22
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If the stools are green this can be caused by things in the diet that are colored red or purple, blue. Any "loud" colors in food or drinks. Ex: red Kool-Aid, Cherry Mountain Dew, the new purple Mountain Dew, blueberries. Colored Mountain Dew is notorious for causing green stools.
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