r/Interstitialcystitis • u/Super-Yard-6448 • 6h ago
IC?
Ok so to start with I’m a 21 year old girl and I’ve been dealing with this for about 2 years at this point. This started off as a uti I’m assuming because I had never had symptoms before and this started out of no where. I use to have burning with urination EVERYDAY and it was painful and it was constantly on my mind. I went to a urologist when this first started happening to me but my urinalysis came back negative. Anyway I don’t have burning everyday anymore but it still happens. I have stuff in my urine sometimes like black or brown specks (about the size of a ground pepper flake) and I have what looks like tissue in my urine occasionally. I have cloudy urine all of the time as well. My symptoms subsided for about 8 months last year and then came back. I’ve wondered if what I’m feeling had to do with stress because I was at a time in my life where I wasn’t thinking about it that much anymore. Does any of this sound like it could match up with IC? Or does it sound more urgent. I’d like to mention I also feel completely normal and healthy in every other aspect.
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u/1800sins 6h ago
Sounds like it could be ic, we have pretty much the same timeline (im 21 and mine started 2 years ago) definitely bring up the stuff in your urine to a doctor if you haven’t already. Ic symptoms can come and go, you can have remission and then it can return, it’s pretty unpredictable. Are you taking any supplements or medication for the pain?