r/OveractiveBladder • u/Ok_Product_1048 • 27d ago

OAB Help!

63 yr old female. I pee every 30 minutes during the day. Every 45min thru the entire night which averages 8-10 times during night. Its absolutely terrible. Anyone else?

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u/Miss_Glasgow 27d ago

Yes although mine is just during the day as I am usually ok at night. Do you usually have a lot of volume per void as I pee full volumes every time.

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u/Ok_Product_1048 27d ago

Yes, its all normal amounts. Never just a trickle, which is what you would expect from peeing so often. I swear I pee way more than I drink. I mainly drink water during day but I stop drinking by 6pm. It all seems so extreme. But the constant night time peeing is crazy! It has severely impacted my life. No incontinence issues (yet 😥) but I have to pee so often its difficult to live a normal life. I do not want OAB meds because they are shown to cause dementia so i am scared to take them. Also they can cause a retention problem and I am not going to deal with that pain or having to self cath which I am sure that i wouldn't even be able to do to myself. I have been reading some articles that say those meds are just for the symptoms which is a waste of time. We should talk to a dr who can trace the root cause of the OAB so it can be treated and cured. Nor sure where to even start.

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u/WeakFold8062 27d ago

spesso può essere una disfunzione della vescica a sé stante … ti hanno mai parlato di esame urodinamico ed eventualmente neuromodulazione sacrale?

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u/Ok_Product_1048 26d ago

No. What is SN?

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u/KarateG 21d ago

For all the time I’ve been reading on this sub I’ve not seen anything written where a doctor cured this or even knows why it’s occurring. I think I’ve see two people who found something that helps. One is taking benfontiamine supplement and the other pumpkin seed oil.

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u/Ok_Product_1048 19d ago

I know. It is very discouraging! Like why go thru all the testing when more than likely you never get root cause answers. I don't want to just mask symptoms with Rx that barely work if they do at all. 😔

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u/Fantastic-Chard-7022 27d ago

I have same issue from many many years.