Medications that worsen IC

[browneyedtxgirl]

Hi,

I have not posted here in a long time, so in a way I am a newbie. I have a question about medications that cause IC flare ups. Years ago I was diagnosed with depression, and knew nothing about IC. I just knew my bladder would hurt like crazy sometimes. I tried one medicine after another and they all seemed to cause me to have bladder/pelvic pain. When I would stop the medication, it would get better. Then we would try something else, and it would come back. I tried about 5 different meds. My doctor didn't say it, but I could tell she thought it was all in my head. I got tired of the pain, and decided to just stop trying to find something for my depression.

It was a relief to find out that this awful pain was real and that others suffer from it and it has it name!! Now I am trying again to do something about my depression. The doctor put me on Lexapro. My IC has been pretty much under control for about a month. I started the medicine on Tuesday of this week. My IC started acting up Tuesday of this week. Coincidene? I don't know.

Has anyone else foundt that certain medicines cause IC flares? I know ibuprofen and epinephrine can cause problems, but anyone have trouble with depression/anxiety meds? Thanks!

[vm]

Lexapro has helped my IC, but I know others here have said it flared them so it's certainly possible. It could also be that as your body adjusts to this new med it will throw your bladder for a few days.

Seems like some antidepressants work well for some folks in terms of not flaring their IC and the same med can wreak havoc on another person's bladder. It's so individual.