Are you sure you're not depressed, honey?











*running fast for cover!*

Oh boy, I'm glad I didn't try Cymbalta...thanks for the tip, Snoops.

I KNOW you're NOT depressed, but you may want to try Prozac, anyway, because it does help with anxiety and pain as well as depression.

hiding behind AMA..

AMN...."run".....yeah right

No honey, I'm not depressed but can I offer you a hug or


Sally, Prozac makes me a zombie I will never, ever use it again.

Geez, I can't believe I'm saying this......Cheryl, your the only sane one here....

OH MY GOSH! SHE SUFFERS FROM DIMENTIA!!!!!

Them's fightin' words....

Do not. The voices in my head tell me so.

glad i found this site you are all such apleasure! snoops i say good for you . you know hoa these medicines make you feel andeven though you keep trying you will know what is best for you maybe you could try some different kinds of vitamins which i know nothing about but some people swear by them wish i could help more. by the way it is a mazing that my dad only has 1 kidney but then again if you never go to the doc how would you know bye all and hope everyone has a painfree day,week years deb

Snoopy, I think I may have been getting these same pelvic spasms . . . so I wanted to ask about the sensation.

Does it feel like a spasm, occurring in the internal cervical area? (I had cervical cancer, then tried to deliver a child naturally . . . so that's why I can relate to it as the spasm source area.)

Is it intermittent, lasting seconds to minutes, then nothing for days or weeks . . . or more constant?

Do you happen to have trouble with your bowels from the spinal lesions (although that is not where the feeling generates from)?

Thanks,

Cherie

Cherie,

My neuro thinks I am dealing with spasms but if I am having spasms I don't feel them.

The pain and sensations I have: pressure - like you would feel with a UTI and the feeling that my insides are going to fall out - probably similar to women who have dealt with a fallen bladder. I also feel the pain at the clitoris. None of this affects intimacy nor do I have pain during intimacy.

This is fairly constant with a week or less a month where I feel normal again. The GYN told me everything is where it's supposed to be. She did a little experiment - she wanted to know if the pain I felt was noticeable when she touched certain areas - the uterus and bladder. Both caused the same pain I experience.

As far as my bowels - that's a hard one. I have had bowel problems since I was an infant. I had 2 to 3 feet of intestines removed by the time I was 2 years old (no nerves in that section). Since I was about 12 (?) I have had a problem with needing to go but not being able to pass "it". This was not related to constipation but to muscle spasms. To this day I still run into this problem but I have found Klonopin relaxes the muscles and allows me to go.

I don't know if any of this makes sense or helps but if you want any more information just let me know.