Do not underestimate the damage of the chronic drinking. This causes extreme emotional highs and lows. At 1/2 bottle 5-6 nights a week for 10 years, I cannot imagine it has not had some deleterious effect.
To this day I think the root of my sensitivity is and was alcohol induced to some degree. Cutting down dramatically helped quite a bit.
In the short run its a relaxer, but in the long run it creates anxiety and chemical imbalance.
Wine - meant as a reply to Hazard
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Richie
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Wine - meant as a reply to Hazard
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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I am sure it has had a lot to do with my problems. I have cut down over the past year and am down to 1-2 glasses 1 or 2 nights a week. Tough to give it up entirely as I am a wine collector and it is my hobby and passion. I have given up beer entirely no problem and never drink liquor.
Funny thing is I mentioned it to all of my doctors thinking perhaps I had fried my nerves somehow but none of them seemed too concerned about it? My doctor has done tests for liver function and so far its still ok.
I do know my irritability and depression go up the day after any drinking. Reason enough to cut back or quit.
Funny thing is I mentioned it to all of my doctors thinking perhaps I had fried my nerves somehow but none of them seemed too concerned about it? My doctor has done tests for liver function and so far its still ok.
I do know my irritability and depression go up the day after any drinking. Reason enough to cut back or quit.
Age: 44 | Onset Age: 41 | Symptoms:Onset-ache in testicles, golfball in rectum, pain in rectum, lower back pain, flank pain, urine retention present-abdominal pain (maybe IBS) with constipation, chronic urine retention | Helped By: hot bathes, massage
| Worsened By: stress, sitting, caffiene, beer, dairy, chocolate, running, yoga
| Worsened By: stress, sitting, caffiene, beer, dairy, chocolate, running, yoga