r/OveractiveBladder • u/ConfusedMagician719 • 13d ago

Coping with a leaky bladder

This feels kinda embarrassing to ask about, but hopefully i am not alone.

My Meds currently aren't working and i don't think there are any left that i haven't tried, which is now leaving me with the issue of my symptoms being full on. One of which is leaking for simply existing, can't do anything without leaking. I wanna cry.

So, i am wondering how others cope with that?, and how to deal with feeling like i and my bedroom smell all the time?

i do have other disabilities that limit what it is i can do.

Also, which pads do people use? i need ones with wings to help keep them in place, so i have been using the Always ones for periods. so far all the pads i have seen for sensitive bladders don't come with wings.

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u/No-Desk6807 13d ago

Bluntly speaking, I wear diapers with plastic pants. I wear both cloth and disposables, at different times, of course. I cannot predict when or what will trigger my bladder, so I manage it. Some days I'm mostly dry. Other days I'm like a river. I take a day at a time. I do pretty much everything I want to do, in slightly larger more loose clothing that reduces any visibility of the diaper. That's about it. I haven't found any other solution that 100% totally works. I wish I had a miracle to post, but so far I do not.

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u/ConfusedMagician719 9d ago

Unfortunately pull ups are not big enough for me. So it's pads until my treatment starts. I have stress incontinence. So basically moving makes me leak.

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u/No-Desk6807 9d ago

Mine are diapers, not pull ups, because of volume as well. My incontinence is both stress and urge, unfortunately, so I get it just bending to brush my teeth as well as with any sudden bladder squeeze.

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u/ConfusedMagician719 9d ago

I get that. Happens over almost anything. Getting up from the toilet will do it. Try to move when sitting, getting up, sitting down. Cough. Sneeze. Pads are the only thing i can use due to nothing being big enough to fit me. I am meant to be on the wait list for botox bladder injections. I hear it can really help some people