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busted011 · 12-13-2010, 01:29 PM

Hi There,,

I definately know what you are going through, I have had Chronic Prostatitis (or whatever you want to call it) for the past year now. Just found this website today and there seems to be a lot of good stuff and exchange of information.

My case started out with a diagnosis of uretheritis, which was never really dealt with correct, then turned into prostatitis.

I have been through the usual course of antibiotics: Cipro/Septra. Which do aliviate some of the symptoms, but return after the course has been complete. I have found a lot of releif in excersizing the muscles down there and just relaxing myself (you tend to get really stressed while experiencing this condition).

I also take 3 doses of Prosta-Q a day (which can be ordered from Farr labs) and 2 doses of BP-Qmax (from the same company). These 2 products have reduced my pain symtoms to nearly 0, and have managed the frequency symptoms to about 50%.

Also, and this is probably the MOST important thing, AVOID alcohol. In the beginning I through I could get away with drinking Beer on the weekends, but this would just flare it up terribly.

Hang in there man, I know how hard it is. I'm only 25, and to think that we have to deal with this at such a young age is terrible. There is hope through, I am very determined to completely curemyself (I would say I'm about 50% there). I DO NOT beleive doctors when they tell me that it is incurable (this "condition" I beleive is at least 50% mental).

-Shaun

Ropes End · 12-15-2010, 02:17 PM

Thanks, Shaun. I'm sorry to hear about your troubles, and I sincerely hope your symptoms continue to improve.

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Originally Posted by busted011

There is hope through, I am very determined to completely curemyself (I would say I'm about 50% there). I DO NOT beleive doctors when they tell me that it is incurable (this "condition" I beleive is at least 50% mental).

I really do agree with you here, particularly about the mental thing. More and more, I'm starting to believe this is indeed an anxiety disorder of some sort, or perhaps even an obsessive compulsive thing, at least in my case, anyway. From the research I've done online over the past five months, it seems as if there's always some sort of legitimate ailment or possibility of one that brings on "prostatitis," or "CPPS," or whatever other name one wants to call it. I've seen many people with this condition who first developed it after a dicey sexual encounter, some folks who had an actual urological infection of some sort, and even a few sufferers who experienced a physical trauma of some sort to the area (an accident, late-life circumcision, etc.). So from my reading it seems as if a wide array of things can act as the catalyst for CPPS, and that to me says an almost unconscious obsession with the area is the root of a lot of our problems.

That's not to say the pain isn't real, though, because it absolutely is. But somehow I think that obsession causes the pain, or discomfort, or the constant urge to go, and those symptoms bring about more anxiety about our condition, which in effect only worsens those same symptoms.

The last bit of evidence I have is that I had knee surgery on Monday, and while my urological symptoms were initially worse after returning home from the hospital, they gradually subsided, and are actually quite manageable as I sit here this very minute (knock on wood). In fact, I'd say I feel better now than I have in quite some time, and I'm not taking any sort of pain medication for the knee right now, so I'm fairly confident it's nothing in the form of drugs that's helping me. Rather, I think I'm just more concerned with my knee right now, and as such, the lack of worry about my CPPS has caused the symptoms related to that problem to dwindle.

I'm really hopeful that once my knee is completely healed, and I can get back to exercising and walking as I did before I hurt it (incidentally, around the exact same time I first began experience my urological symptoms), my CPPS symptoms will dramatically improve soon thereafter, and I can finally put this whole horrible time in my life behind me once and for all. That's what I'm praying for, anyway.

In the meantime, though, if anyone has any other theories or tips to share, I, and I'm sure anyone else visiting this board as well, would love to hear them. Thanks again to everyone who's chimed in, and good luck to all of us.

andrew7719 · 02-13-2011, 03:38 PM

Hey guys, I feel your pain. I've had off and on chronic prostatitis for about 2 years now and have tried just about everything; from months of antibiotics to saw palmetto, oil of oregano, colloidal silver, olive leaf extract, quecertin and god knows what else. The only thing that has helped me during that time has been the antibiotics but they are not a cure. They rid the infection for a time but usually returns, sometimes within days or weeks or even months if I'm lucky. My last infection started 3 months ago and I got back on antibiotics then developed a rash after about 6 weeks. My doctor told me to stop using them. Turns out I developed a yeast infection from the long term usage.

As soon as I stopped them the pain came back within a day or two. Pretty depressing. During the same time I was taking the antibiotics I was also taking multivitamins and vitamin c along with saw palmetto and quecertin but the pain kept coming after stopping the antibiotic.

At the time all of this was occurring I was reading a book on vitamin c by Linus Pauling where he suggested taking mega doses of vitamin c to cure infection. I thought it was a long shot. I was already taking about 3 to 4 thousand milligrams per day for about 6 weeks but he was suggesting 10 to 18 or even more grams per day. He stated that it was perfectly safe to do so and that one could even take 100 grams per day and not have any adverse affects other than gas and diarrhea, so I began to increase my dosage. At first I started taking about 8 grams then 10 then 14 then worked up to 18 grams a day. All of this being within a week time frame. Guess what happened? My symptoms began to subside. My prostatitis is now 98% gone. It's been one month and I feel good. Although I must say whenever I drink a lot of coffee like a Starbucks venti, I feel some discomfort. So I have discontinued coffee. I really think mega doses of vitamin C can help you guys. I must also tell you that I am taking a multivitamin along with quecertin, olive leaf extract and a saw palmetto supplement as well. So maybe this is helping too but I really noticed a difference while taking mega doses of C.

So there it is. I suggest reading Linus Pauling's book How to Live Longer and Feel Better. And start taking mega doses of vitamin C. And by the way, get the ascorbic acid powder form of Vit C and take it in a fruit juice (helps to disguise the bitterness). I find that the powder form is a much easier and effective way then the pill format. You can take 5 grams at a time spaced out during the day and make sure you take it periodically.

Best of luck

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