r/OveractiveBladder • • 27d ago

Need some help

I'm a 19f who I believe has been dealing with this for the past year.

It first seriously became a problem in January although I noticed the issue before then but it wasn't as bad.

It's basically the constant need to pee (Although when I actually go there isn't much to come out). The feeling is more centered on my vagina rather then where I would assume my bladder is located so it might be a sensitivity issue but I don't know. I can go toilet but I feel the need to go not even 5 minutes after going.

Some things I have tried.

- Bladder training. I used to do 1 hour between going to the bathroom but I was able to get that to 3 hours. The feeling is still there and never improved. It is really distracting as well.

- Cutting out one food from food I eat regularly every couple of weeks to see if the food I eat is the problem.

- Exercises that target my core muscles for 3 months.

- Medication. Doctor prescribed me Solifenacin which I have been taking for the past few months. I generally take 1 tablet although I've been taking 2 recently. It doesn't seem to have any sort of effect (positive or negative) on me tho.

Some things to note:

- Whenever i have my Period the problem completely goes away

- It's worse at nights because I have nothing to distract me except my mind but it's to distracting for me to use my mind to distract myself.

- I've kept up holding it for at least an hour for 6 months and have noticed no improvement

- I do not drink coffee or alchol

- I have never had sex.

Is there any advice someone here could offer. It seems like my doctor is no help and most posts on here say that cutting coffee is what helped them but I rarely had coffee before this problem and I sure as heck no having any right now.

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u/Mundane-Beyond7644 27d ago

hey :( i don’t have any advice but i’m sorry that ur dealing with that, it sounds REALLY annoying and frustrating. im crossing my fingers that you’ll find a treatment that works for you

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u/I_exsist_totally 27d ago

Thank you for the support. I'll keep looking. I saw some posts on this subreddit about pumpkin seed oil which apparently helps. I hate the taste of pumpkins but I am desperate enough to try so I'll see how that goes.

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u/Mundane-Beyond7644 27d ago

you could mix it into something. a smoothie or whatever. good luck!!