Actually ... same thing happens with me. It does provide relief. But my
theory is that it relaxes the bladder muscle walls. Whatever.

Larry E.

It's been two years since I discovered what was causing my pelvis pain. I
have almost totally recovered from a 13 year bout of pelvic pain syndrome.
Incidentally, the kind of drugs you describe in your post were the only ones
that offered me any sort of relief when I recovering.  I tried almost
everything.

I had all the classic symptoms such as the golf ball sensation and all
kinds of wired sensations, sexual urinary and voiding problems.  It was
horrifying to say the least. The pain and symptoms were *very *severe.  I'm
not really a religious person, but I thank god every day that I was spared
form this.  I would not wish this even on my worst enemy.

In my case it was definitely a muscular tension problem.  I personally
believe that most of the people with CPPS have a similar kind of condition
to me.   In my case, it started as a small irritating irk -- like a sort of
itch in my groin. The sensation kept me focusing and squeezing my pelvic
muscles as an attempt to offer some relief to the sensation.  The problem
just kept getting worse and worse.

My theory is that when the initial sensations develop (for whatever reason),
the body gives the mind the wrong type of signal as to what to do with it.
A type of analogy that comes to mind is of when a person gets an itchy rash.
The body can give the mind the (incorrect) sensation that you are supposed
to scratch the rash. But scratching it only makes the rash worse. If you
keep up the scratching you will cause yourself damage. The scratching will
not make the rash go away.

The constant focusing and squeezing the pelvic muscles because the sensation
is irritation is the same sort of thing. This sort of focus and squeezing is
what is actually maintaining the condition. This focusing and squeezing
makes the muscles down there very sensitive and difficult to control.

Learning to relax my pelvic muscles was not easy. After 13 years of focusing
and tightening my pelvic muscles, the habit became more of a reflex.  I
could not really control it anymore. I don't know how I got the strength to
do it.

Also, when I stopped the squeezing, and the pelvic muscles started to heal,
the pain went up by a factor of 100 (not kidding). But I had to endure and
constantly resist the temptation to squeeze the muscles or to try to
masturbate to see if that would give me some relief.

So far it's been two years and my symptoms are only slight now.  I feel
confident they will go away in time. Every day it gets better. I have none
of the complaints I once did.  The best part is the realization that it was
something that I was actually doing and there is no real problem with my
body.  My body is almost back to normal and I don't need any drugs or
remedies.

I urge everyone who is suffering to be receptive to my idea. In my case the
squeezing and focusing it is definitely what was causing my e problem. But,
when I was in the mist of my suffering, I wonder if I would have been
receptive to this kind of explanation. The pain was so real.  Anyhow don't
put yourself through these guys.  There's a very good chance that, if your
symptoms are similar to mine, then it's the same sort of thing that's
happening with you.  It takes a long time for the sensation to go away. But
after all those years of focusing and squeezing, I can understand why.  But
within three days after trying to control the squeezing, my symptoms started
to improve enough which to let me know that I was on the right track.

Hey, sure sounds like you guys could of used the information from
http://www.chronicprostatitis.­com/forum/ , but they ask for $20 to
access the members area. I personal found that my pain stemed from my
bladder ( interstitial cystitis ) and I found a lot of information on
their website and many men with the same symtoms as myself and you by
the sound of it so keep it in mind if you have troubles again. It
boggles my mind how I get the symtoms like Larry and  more but the
cause is different. I know this because I have started lidocaine
bladder instillation and it has helped the pain greatly. By the way I
use flexeril ( cyclobenzaprine ) to help relax my back muscles because
of disk pain I use to use heat but my cpps/cp pain increases when I use
heat.