IC Symptoms Can you relate to these women's IC symptoms? Reduced bladder capacity… “Even when I really shouldn’t have to urinate, I have to go or feel like I have to.” Urgent need for frequent, sometimes painful urination, both day and night… “It seems like I have to go—all the time. It’s impossible for me to get a good night’s sleep because I’m in the bathroom so often.” Feelings of pressure, pain and tenderness around the bladder, pelvic and genital area, which may increase as the bladder fills and decrease as it empties… “It feels like I have an open wound inside me and someone is pouring battery acid on it.” Painful sexual intercourse… “Sex isn’t enjoyable—it’s downright painful.” ˙