Health Organization for Pudendal Education

Well, if it's not making you worse it might be worth a few more sessions since your pelvic floor is tight. I would ask her to press at the ischial spine and along the Alcock's canal to see if there is tenderness there. Dr. Bautrant uses that as a diagnostic method and it is also described in the Na...

Hi Passenger, Sorry, I didn't see your post until after you appointment today. Sometimes tricyclic anti-depressants help urinary frequency symptoms. I have not heard of them being associated with causing PGAD like the SSRI's are. I agree with you that medications are temporary solutions and not a f...

Rbvdk -- I don't have much advice to offer, unfortunately, but I just wanted to let you know that you're not alone in your feelings of anxiety and depression. I, too, had to cancel uni this fall, which sucks because I was really looking forward to it. : [ I suffer from similar PN symptoms as you do ...

Hi Passenger, I can definitely relate having been in a place where I thought I was going to have to live with an uncomfortable feeling the rest of my life but with the right treatments, I am doing great now. You could check with your doctor about getting a referral to a physical therapist who treat...

I've been reading up at psas.nl lately, and there was one specific quote that jumped out at me about PGAD that really alarmed me. According to the "What Doctors Should Know" portion on this site (found here: http://www.psas.nl/en/doktoren.asp ), PGAD is "...in most cases and to some e...

About me? Well let's see. I'm an 18-year-old female college student with a history of mental illness. The past two years of my life have been pretty shitty, but it seems as tough, as of this past May, I was finally beginning to get my life on track. I was going to a residential program for my eating...