Cure for Interstitial Cystitis? Alkaline or lemon water or black seed oil?

Hi,

I have IC and I was on baking soda - all the salt left me puffed up like a balloon retaining water and I was dizzy and felt constantly gross.

What I am doing right now, is:

1) Drinking Alkaline Water (the kind I got is only $2/gallon and is alkalized with minerals - its a 10ph so very high, but I figure I need that right now)

2) Every morning, I drink 1-2 tablspoons black seed oil with lemonade (lemons in water turn to alkaline in the body, surprisingly, just this without the Alkaline Water helped the pain - so now I do EITHER, OR. Sometimes I do both)

3) I am taking 1 tps of Diatomacious Earth every morning in water.

3) I am about to add aloe vera and glucosamine,

SO FAR! with just the water and/or the lemon/black seed oil I have no pain! with NO BAKING SODA!

CAN SOMEONE ELSE ALSO TRY THIS AND LET ME KNOW WHAT HAPPENS? I want to know, is it a real cure, or is it just masking the pain? I'm frightened to go back to the doctor.... because seriously, they have made everything worse.

And yeah, ok maybe IC could be caused by candida or acid body ph, BUT.... if so, then WHY DOES EVERY IC story (including mine... sound the exact same? It always starts like this: I had a UTI, went to the doctor, got Antibiotics , 5 rounds of Antibiotics later I'm not cured and now they can't find an infection and I have IC.....)

PS: before anyone starts haranguing me over how I eat, I am already vegan and mostly raw vegan! I eat tons of fresh fruits and veggies... so it isn't THAT! something else is happening here to IC victims....!!!!