Im so worried I have an appointment tommorow and may get meds for depression and anxiety. Im kinda feeling good I started seasonique birth control. it might be helping my bladder. i was given a sample of vesicare a few days ago and it made me worst. so I stopped and my bladder has been feeling much better. and I feel like the seasonique maybe helping. I guess the most common anti-depressants are lexapro, cymbalta, wellbutrin and prozac now a days. anyone flare or feel better from anti-depressants?
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I'm in the same boat -- seeing a new urogyn next week and I'm guessing he's going to suggest the antidepressants as well. Feeling nervous and very much like a guinea pig.Mom to two littles (remissions while pregnant/breastfeeding)
Sufferer since mid-90s
Finally dx'd properly much later
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I have actually tried every single one that you mentioned below.. The one that I liked the most was Prozac and Lexapro.. They helped me a lot as I was having a lot of panic attacks. I was prescribed wellbutrin after the birth of my second child and was ok on it but at first it was making me more anxious and jittery.. I quit it and want to start it back again this week but I am not sure if I can take with some of my other medications. I go to the uro next week and I will ask him what he says. The lexapro made me gain a few pounds. The prozac felt as if I hadn't taking anything. That is what I liked about that. The wellbutrin made me lose about 3 pounds. Oh and the cymbalta... that was like a wild trip of 36 hours straight. Never again will I take that medicine again....It was horrible....that was my expirences with them._____________________________________________
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Hi Needsrelief,
My own personal experience is that in the long term, some types of anti-depressants such as Prozac can make your IC worse. I realise this is NOT the case for everyone, however I have just started seeing a new Urologist. He is an expert in IC and seems to be very knowledgable. (Way better than my last one!) When I told him I had been on Prozac for 3 years, and that my I.C started during that time, he told me that he 'sees a lot of this.' I was very surprised at first that he immediately made a connection between the 2 things. He told me that he believes in my case, the Prozac caused the muscles of my bladder to tighthen and the urethra to narrow, which is why I have to strain so much to pee. He said this type of 'muscle tightening' action is the reason why some antidepressants are used to treat patients with incontinence. This made a lot of sense to me.
Apparently when the urethra is narrow and the muscles too tight, the bladder is left vulnerable to infection and inflammation as a result of the constant presence of urine inside it. This means it is much more easily irritated.
I have just underwent an operation to stretch my urethra and am already finding I have to strain much less and am not peeing quite as much as before.
I'm not trying to scare anyone, but I would like my own experience to serve as a warning to others, to at least be aware of the possibility and be careful when deciding which type of anti-depressant to try. This particular theory is that of my Doctor, and I realise there are probably other doctors/patients who may disagree, or whose experience may be differrent.
However, I hope this is of some help to you!
Love and hugs,
Jem x
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