IC flare

Ugh. I am on my period which always gives me a flare but man oh man it’s so bad this time. I just need to vent. Anyone else need to vent? :(

I get all the symptoms of IC. Every single one. Sometimes my flares last a day or two. Sometimes weeks. Sometimes months. I get pain, burning, frequency, urgency. All of it.

But for me, the most intolerable will always be when I’m peeing every 10 mins. I can handle pain. Even when it’s severe. I mean sometimes it’s so bad I am literally in tears. But the mental game of urgency/frequency for long stretches of time is so hard for me. I literally can’t do anything. I feel like I’m living in the bathroom. Ugh sorry to vent but if anyone understands if you guys!

What is your hardest part of IC? (I know it’s ALL hard, trust me!) but what is the part that feels like it’s going to break you?

Sending you all so much love!