Hi, just been diagnosed, couple of questions.

[iain_m]

Hi, I thought I'd post my experience and ask a couple of questions.

I'm 24. A year and a half ago I was diagnosed with chronic epitytoimo orchitis. I was also nearly sectioned as my symptoms didn't improve for for months and my doctors mistakenly diagnosed me with mania as they thought my condition was psychosimatic.

At christmas I had a reccurence, although the pain had worsened to the extent I couldn't walk. Also, I was very nauseous, the pain had spread to my lower back and bladder, I coudn't urinate, and I lost wheight untill I was down to 7.5 stone (I'm 5 foot 8 inches).
I was diagnosed with chronic prostatitis last week, after my second prostate exam (this leads me to believe that the first doctor who inserted his finger up my rectum just for laughs. LOL!).
Due to my new diagnosis, I am inclined to find my previous doctors and beat them because of the unbilievibly poor way I was treated, but I won't .
more anti biotics, more dyhidrocoedine, now I am starting to feel better.
I'm sorry about the bitter tone of my post, but I'm knackered after all this.
Here's my questions. I've seen mixed reports about how exersise and whieght lifting affect this condition. Is it worth trying to become super fit? I want to try and become as healthy as I can to minimise annother attack. Is it worth it?
Second of all, I sometimes feel as if my blood is on fire. It's as if I feel uncomfterable, but the resltesness intensifies until I have to pase up and down and rub all my muscles to help this sensation. This makes it very difficult to sleep. I'm unsure if this feeling is becuase of the prostatisis or due to the fact I've been on 4 different anti biotics for three months. Any one else experience this? Any suggestions?

Thank you, I appologise for any spelling mistakes, any help would be apprecieted.

iain

[webslave]

Generally, heavy physical exertion is not recommended in this condition. I advocate walking 30-60 mins a day. However, there are some men who feel better after jogging. YMMV. Bottom line: exercise is not the way to keep this from happening again.

The pacing up and down sounds like the sort of restlessness and panic attacks that quinolone antibiotics can cause. Which antibiotic are you taking?

[iain_m]

Thanks for your reply,

I've been taking doxycycline, 100 mg twice a day for about three weeks. This is the forth different antibiotic; I was hospitalised twice and each time they changed my medication. I should also mention, i've been taking df118's for two months as well, so I've also been considering that's it's caused by opiate withdrawl?
oh yeah, and my dr has advised probiotics like yackult becuase of the length of time i've been on the antibiotics, but so far they havn't helped.

i suppose it could be casued by resltessness and panic attacks, but as this pacing was one of the reasons they hit me with mania, I think I tried not to consider that

[webslave]

Doxy won't cause pacing. I think you are showing signs of an anxiety disorder. Just FYI, there is a high correlation between anxiety disorders (OCD, panic attacks, Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) etc) and pelvic pain. So your behaviour is not unusual in this context.

[webslave]

This is informative:
viewtopic.php?t=1602

Here's a good read:
http://www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/dis ... nxiety.htm

[CppsDad]

The first thing I recommend is that you read everything on this site, especially the "New To This Site" page on the front page. If you have CPPS, you'll see a lot of clues there. I also recommend you check out the book most of us here have read, "A Headache In The Pelvis". If you have CPPS, then the good news is that you can overcome it, as it is NOT a serious medical condition, although it causes a LOT of pain and anxiety (I started having panic attacks when my pain was at the worst). Read up on the site, read a lot of posts, and let us know what you think about your condition after you have read them, as you'll probably have a different perspective. Most people who are newly diagnosed or who are still going through lots of medical procedures have a hard time accepting what we generally believe here, which is that chronic muscle tension, trigger points, shortened and irritated muscles, all contribute to cause pain throughout the pelvic region, similar to how people get chronic headaches and neck pain from stress in the upper back. The treatment in this case is relaxation, physical therapy to undo the affected muscles, and a solid regimen of stretching and self massage. So read up quick, and gain some knowledge - it might be the most insightful stuff you've read or heard since your pain started!

Mike