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Crinklebritches,

Whether or not the device would work depends on the mechanism of incontinence. For example I have IC and OAB; an autoimmune disorder where the lining of my bladder becomes inflamed and spasms causing me to have an accident. Similarly I have autoimmune inflammation of my intestinal lining that causes horrible urge bowel accidents.

Hello, I found this board and thought I would join even though I am not really into AB/DL. I need to wear diapers for medical reasons (interstitial cystitis, crohn’s disease, and a bunch of other auto-immune diseases… possibly SLE but getting a diagnosis for complicated systemic issues takes forever). I started wearing diapers when I was in grade school to manage wetting incontinence caused by the IC, but with crohn’s I also have occasional bowel accidents too. So I guess I am getting my money’s worth in using them My intestinal cystitis (IC) causes my bladder to spasm (much like crohn’s disease causes bowel spasms) and results in a full void. I have tried a number of medications which either worked for a couple of years and are ineffective now, or never worked at all. I have also tried tons of diets, timed voiding, stress reduction techniques, all too little or no change. So I was frustrated for a while (a still am a bit). But I found taking to people who have similar issues, or at least don’t think I am a freak for wearing diapers, helps. When I first found out about AB/DL I was in the 7th grade (and in diapers at the time). I was very upset at first. I felt like the way I had to treat my incontinence had been perverted. Imaging if you just found out there was a fetish group into leg braces (oh, and by the way there is… in case you were wondering) and you had to wear a brace for medical reasons. Might make you upset too when you first find out. But after some time I found that it was not all sexual (and if so, it really stopped bothering me) and that a lot of people I met online were very supportive and even envious of my problem. It is somewhat novel having a horribly embarrassing issue that someone else whishes to have (kind a weird too). I have tried to explain that having accidence when you can’t control when and where is horrible, but I have yet to convince any AB/DLs I spoken with of how much a pain to deal with it is. Aside from being people who I can talk too about diapers and medical issues (a lot of people that are incontinent don’t want to talk about it at all), I found the AB/DL community has been really helpful in recommending and creating demand for high quality and heavy capacity diapers. Because I have complete voids (instead of slow or partial leaking like most people with incontinence), the usual thin medical diapers leak. Since I am a guy I need a diaper that has a high rise in the front padding (where most diapers are made for girls/ women and the rise does not need to be that high anatomically speaking). So through trial and error and a number of recommendations I found a great set of day time and nighttime diapers and combinations of booster pads that prevent leaks (even when I am on predisone – water retention issues that umm… are not so retentive at night) and do not dissolve after wearing them for a couple of hours (hate store bought diapers!). So I guess this a thank you to the community... for being full awesome!

Hello, just registed on this site. And I though I would see if anyone else is in the Phoenix Area. I have been diagnosed with several autoimmune disorders including intestinal cystitis (IC) and Crohn’s Disease (all of which are likely systemic from one disorder like SLE but it’s hard to get a diagnosis for systemic issues). These autoimmune issues cause frequent bladder and occasional bowel spasms which in turn causes me have wetting and a few messy accidents. I have tried a number of medications but they have either become not as effective with time (like ditropan) or did/don’t work from the get-go. The only way to really manage these incontinence issues it to use diapers that can contain full wetting voids and contain bowel accidents which I have been using on-and-off (my issues sometimes go into remission for a couple of months or year or so) since elementary school. I am now working with a rheumatologist (after see several urologist, a gastroenterologist, neurologist, hematologist and a bunch other –ologists) so hopefully we can find a more effective treatment. In the mean time I have been looking for an incontinence support group, or someone who /has gone through something similar. But I have yet to find any in the phoenix area. There is an IC support group (not incontinence specific) that meets once a month I am considering attending. But I thought I would ask on this site to see if anyone knows of any others. I am also interested in meeting friendly people in my area, that aren’t freaked out that I have to wear diapers... and seeing how this is predominantly an AB/DL site it figured that would not be an issue. Let me know if you would like to see a movie or hang out some time.