Changing diet, how long before it starts helping?
Changing diet, how long before it starts helping?
Hey.. I've just recently tried cutting out the caffeine, alcohol, and spicy foods out of my diet again.. I havn't really noticed results the last time, but I'm thinking I didn't wait a long enough time.. How long does one usually notice results in?
Age 21.. | Symptoms: Extreme discomfort in bladder, and lower abdomen.. To the point that I can't sit still, and sleep, can't do anything.. The only that will help is getting into the bath... Urinary frequency, Urinary hesitancy, sometimes taking a few minutes to get just a little bit out.. Sometimes lower back pain when I lay down at night.. Never have the golf ball feeling everybody talks about, and never have a problem sitting down.. Helps: Hot baths, Xanax (but makes me extremely tired), stretching (it seems like only sometimes), pain killers (ex: Percocet, but if I take them, they end up making me worse the next days following, probably due to the urinary retention they cause).. Makes worse: Stress is the main main thing, caffeine and spicy foods too, but not really a whole whole lot.. only a moderate amount..
In my case, I noticed some minor frequency changes of symptoms in 30 days, and much more relief after about 90 days. If this is not being done in conjunction with physical therapy, I imagine it would take much longer.
Also, I noticed my symptoms seemed pretty good if I had not eaten most of the day. Then upon eating, they got worse.
Also, I noticed my symptoms seemed pretty good if I had not eaten most of the day. Then upon eating, they got worse.
Age: 44 | Symptoms: Pain in pelvis, Post urination drip. Helped by: Squat stretching, PT, Prelief before banned foods, Vit B, Cystoprotec AFTER foods, singulair after foods, Exercise. Makes worse: Stress, Alcohol (1-2 days after), coffee, Artificial sweeteners, chocolate, tonic Wheat/gluten. Drink a lot of water!!! 95% better to date!
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It took a little while for me the first time through when I had changed my diet to notice any real changes like pain going away.
However the frequency was greatly reduced after a couple of weeks of a new diet with myself the first time round.
However the frequency was greatly reduced after a couple of weeks of a new diet with myself the first time round.
Age:25 | Onset Age: 23 | Symptoms: Pain in penis, dull throbbing/burning in penis both in tip and shaft, frequent urination, sometimes burning urination, Sometimes slight pain after urinating, slight pain in buttocks | Helped By:Eating healthier, lots of Brocoli, YOGA stretches, Not thinking about it, hot showers | Worsened By: Cold temperatures, "really" spicey foods, anxiety and worry and stress
Try to cut down on stress and you will see a much faster improvement.
I have posted on here about doing the Byron Katie cognitive work as an excellent means to reduce stress and this in conjunction with physical therapy seems to be the ticket to becoming symptom free.
This has been my experience so far - the body heals and relaxes and trigger points quite down when the stress quites down.
I have posted on here about doing the Byron Katie cognitive work as an excellent means to reduce stress and this in conjunction with physical therapy seems to be the ticket to becoming symptom free.
This has been my experience so far - the body heals and relaxes and trigger points quite down when the stress quites down.
Age: 41 | Onset Age: 24 | Symptoms: You name it, I had it. | Helped By: Wand, Theracane, Cognitive Enquiry (Byron Katie) Stretches, The right kind of excercise | Worsened By: Stress, The wrong kind of excercise,