never thought of posting on here but it seems i cant get ANY good advice i am at the end of my ropes and need help. please listen to my story. im only 17 and have lost all hope.
Anexiety history
ive had anxiety for about 3 years which has only gotten bad since i started having pain. the anxiety started when i found a lump on my right testicle. It is an epididymal cyst, when i first found the lump at 14 i was very distressed as you can imagine at that age. and kept it quiet for about 2 years because i was so worried about it being something serious. I also worried for my future and consequences of what would happen if i told anybody e.g have to get my balls removed. so i kept it quiet. until somthing forced me to say something... i developed a sexual repression and was very insecure about myself. although i was still seeing girls and having sexual relations. the cyst continued to grow in size and cause me distress
Pain history
My pain started just more than a year ago just before the summer when i had sex with my first proper girlfriend. after about the 2nd/3rd time i started noticing a burning sensation in the head of my penis and in the uthrea. i presumed an std. which elevated my anxiety for i knew i would have to reveal the lump. i continued having sex (some unprotected) and to hide the lump. during this i saw the the doctors they give me std medication. i think it was trimethoprim and co-amoxiclav. one after the other. they didnt work. a month or so went by. i split up with my girlfriend. this caused me lots of emotional ditress becasue of the other things i was going through. soon after this time i started noticing loss of erections and depression and anexiety really kick in. around about this time the pain i was feeling comming from inside my penis changed... and sat in the pelvic reigion. i notice now that i was holding lots of stress in that area. and the points i have wrote are only some of the stress at the time that was contributing to this stress.
i finally tell a doctor about the lump and i really didnt want to it was because i was at breaking point. and i go get a testie ultrasound for that... epididymal cyst. suprisingly i didnt feel much relief, as the pelvic pain was the bigger problem (causing loss of erections). i wanted to tackle it one problem at a time. at this time numerous tests done e.g blood urine. pelvic ultrasound, chlamidia. ALL NEGATIVE. these tests were done around october/ december. oh yeah also i done kegels for the loss of erections. very bad idea made the pain worse. didnt realise how doing this would add to the tight pelvic floor i probably already had... oh and i also used to smoke a lot of weed thank f**k i stopped that.
you can probaly see why i blame myself for alot of this pain ahah.
i was then seeing a pelvic floor spesialist hoping for answers for about 5 months. she diagnosed me with an overactive pelvic floor. have been doing may stretches to try loosen up that area/trigger points/internal pelvic floor stretch. and deep breathing exercises.
Where i am today
i have now come to terms that my mental illnesses have caused all of this. seems silly thinking about it but for all this time i was lead on to beilive it was physical from doctors and to keep having tests done. ive started therapy and the lady has suggested i get the lump removed which i agree on. i have many theories that dont give me answers. i have heard of somthing called somatization which i seem to relate to.
my current symptoms.
Pelvic pain 24/7 non stop pain medication doesnt work. amtrypimine for 8 weeks no improvment. naproxen nothing.
bowel probelms. constipation/diarrheoa and burning sensation comming form the anus.
loss of erections. cannot maintain full erection for that long. almost complete loss of sex drive.
stress exasterbates my pain.
i need a plan of action of how to control my pelvic pain. i want to see girls again.
i appreaciate any replies you give and will be sure to provide any further information.