lAkeshimmy2112
11-05-17, 00:06
Hello everyone! This is my first post. I've lately been struggling with severe health anxiety following reoccurring bladder infections. I've been prone to them for most of my life, just like the other women in my family. I finished a course of antibiotics four days ago and although I feel mostly better, I'm plagued with worry that there's still something wrong. I notice I still can't drink coffee or anything with caffeine, and that I am peeing a lot when I do (of course, now that I've established this connection, I don't go near anything that could have a diuretic effect). I've seen three doctors. No one thinks I have IC based on my symptoms and yet I keep obsessing that they're wrong, that this fear I have is a gut instinct, I almost went so far as to schedule an appointment with a fourth doctor. This is all because I'm experiencing residual inflammation three days after I finished antibiotics, which my mom, who has had bladder infections since the age of six, said is normal, and my doctors said is normal. As you can imagine, the only doctor I believe is Dr. Google, and I'm really struggling to just let this go and avoid food that irritates me for a little while. Has anyone here had a similar experience? Do you have any tips for self control?