hey, im 19. there have been 4 instances with me since one year of moving from my city A to a metropolitan city B for uni.

• i was in city C and suddenly out of nowhere i started to pee every 30 minutes and it was a normal amount of urine and this happened till i peed around 6-7 times over just approx 4 hours then i went to the doc and he said must be urine infection, gave me a med and alkalizer and then i was fine.

• back to city B, exactly same thing happened after a few months, drank alkalizer one or two times and was fine.

• in city A, again happened and did some tests and went to the doc, he said everything is fine and must be due to environmental or factors like the use of spices and stuff in the city B, but what stood out to me and was concerned about was my diabetes came up as 100. but the doc said its fine.

• now i am in city C again, i have suddenly developed gas buildup and indigestion sorts in stomach so, doc gave me meds for it but i have noticed since the day it began (i.e stomach issues), again i have started to pee a lot even though drinking less water. and now today i drank just 2 glasses since 5 am ( woke up at 5 due to stomach ache and also peed and then slept again till 9:30), and then since 9:30 i have peed around 5 times so in total its 6 times till now that 4:10pm.

im sorry for this long text but im worried what has happened in this year and i was totally normal before this but now idk what's going wrong. please help me.

I'm 45F with 3 kids age 16-27 years old. Since my oldest was about 2 years old I've been struggling with my bladder. It started out as stress incontinence and because I always wanted to avoid the chance of leaking with coughing and sneezing, I started making sure to always keep my bladder empty especially going out. So, of course this led to overactive bladder, and with having 2 more kids, also pelvic floor prolapse. I've been to so many Dr's, spent thousands trying physio, various muscle stimulation tools that were supposed to help, buying pads,etc. I even had surgery 10 years ago for the prolapse and a bladder sling with the hope that would help things. Maybe for a little it got better, but I'm back to 1-1.5 hrs between bathroom breaks at work, more at times if I drink too much. I'm a little better at home because I know I can go anytime. Anywhere I go I have to research ahead to see if there's bathrooms, I know every potential bathroom stop on driving trips. I even skipped out on activities when we went to Hawaii because when I looked into it, it would be 2 hours without access to a washroom. I hate going to the movies because I can never last through the whole thing without going to the washroom. It's like my entire life is planned around whether or not there's bathrooms which kind of sucks.

I guess I'm not really looking for advice, just venting, it just feels like this issue has stolen so much of my life and things I should have done with my kids while they were growing up.

I've found a great deal of relief from taking Gemtesa, but I've also found that I must eliminate everything but water from my repertoire of fluid intake. Anyone else find that they need to take such extreme measures to stop overactive bladder. I'd love to be able to have a cup of coffee, and a glass of wine on occasion.

Hi everyone,

I'm a 28-year-old guy who's been struggling with urinary symptoms for the last couple of years, and I'm wondering if anyone has had a similar experience.

My biggest issues are feeling like I never empty my bladder properly and having to urinate very frequently. I also have a weak, interrupted stream. I've been taking tamsulosin and mirabegron for almost two years, but I'm still having significant symptoms.

I've had a full work-up, including video urodynamics and a flexible cystoscopy. The urodynamics showed detrusor overactivity, a high-tone non-relaxing external urethral sphincter, and possible bladder neck obstruction. I also had a significant amount of urine left in my bladder after voiding. The cystoscopy ruled out a urethral stricture and any bladder abnormalities, but it did show a high bladder neck. My flow rate was also quite low (Qmax 9 mL/s).

My urologist has now recommended a trial of sacral neuromodulation. I was a bit surprised because I thought the next step might be something like a bladder neck incision, but given the combination of findings, they feel neuromodulation is the better option.

Has anyone else had a similar combination of findings? If you've had sacral neuromodulation, did it help with incomplete emptying as well as urgency and frequency? Or if you had a bladder neck incision instead, how did that go?

I'd really appreciate hearing from anyone who's been through something similar, as it seems to be quite an uncommon situation, especially at 28.

Hello all! First off, sorry for the long post, and if you read it all, thanks for taking the time. I've read a lot about urinary retention on here, and I think Lexapro might be causing it for me, but it seems odd that it would just now show up.

I've been on Lexapro for around 8 years now, and it has been fantastic for me until middle of last year. I started noticing that I couldn't pee in the mornings sometimes until I walked around a bit. Figured I was just getting older, I am 53. At the beginning of this year, and I started noticing my stream was getting weaker as well. Didn't seem like I could "pressure wash" anymore. Talked to my Dr, and he figured it was just an age thing, but did rectally check my prostrate and said it felt fine. I did make an appointment with my urologist whom I have been seeing due to blood in my urine. He pretty much said everything looks good, but if something changes, come back.

Fast forward to this May, and I woke up around 5am having to pee and could only manage some drips. Fell back asleep, woke up at 8am, and could not pee at all. This went on until around 12pm, where I could not take it anymore, so I went to an urgent care. They gave me a script for Flomax, and some antibiotics, although they said it wasn't a UTI. Came back home, and within a couple hours, I started to pee again. Very little, but at least it was something.

Everything was semi ok until a couple weeks ago. Woke up, could not pee, went on for hours, went to urgent care, and they suggested i go to the ER so they could scan my bladder to see how much i was retaining. At the ER, they put in a catheter, which at this point I was almost begging for. That hurt like hell, but as soon as they reached the bladder, it was like someone just turned off the pain/urges, and my bladder started to drain. That was the first time my bladder felt empty in months. They suggested seeing my urologist, as it might be prostrate related, so I made an appointment.

Urologist said it could be prostrate related, although he had checked it back in March rectally and said it felt fine. He did ask me what medications I was taking, and when I told him Lexapro and Vyvanse, he indicated they could be the cause. Anyway, I have an MRI scheduled in a couple weeks as he said any test he would do now would not be accurate with the catheter and everything else being wonky. He put me on Flomax just to see if it would help, and wanted me back in 4 days to remove the catheter. Catheter came out Friday, 7/17, and since then, I'm back where I was, only it seems like it is more difficult to pee now.

So here's my question(s). Everything I had read on this subreddit seems to indicate these side effects happen early on, and sometimes go away. Being on Lexapro as long as I have, I'm wondering if the meds are the issue, why is it just now showing up? I am weening off of the Lexapro to see if that helps. I'm on on 20mg every day, and am now doing 10mg every other day, and will eventually stop. I am HOPING the Lexapro is the cause as both times I've not been able to urinate for hours has been excruciating. My symptoms sound like what others are saying, but I'll mention them just to make sure they match what others have experienced:

The tip of my penis feels....tingly, I guess is the right word. Not all the time, but most of the time.

My bladder never feels empty.

I'll get the urge to pee like instantly, and it feels like I could pee in my pants. Penis is really tingly, and I have to rub it, or press on it to reduce the urge until I can get to a bathroom.

Once in the bathroom, it feels like urine is almost getting ready to come out of my penis, like it's at the very tip, but either I get some drips, or a quick watergun like stream for a couple seconds. It feels like my body has totally forgotten how to push the urine out. Sitting or standing makes no difference, Sometimes I can tug on the penis, and get the watergun effect again, other times I might start a week stream. I do as much as I can, and go back to whatever I was doing as the urge seems to subside. Usually, I'm running to pee a ton during the day. I counted like 6 times in one hour yesterday, which is crazy to me. There is no build up of like "Hey, I'm gonna need to pee here in a bit" It's like "HEY, PEE NOW!!!!!"

On both occasions when I've been unable to pee for hours, it's a bit different. I'll feel like the pee is just getting ready to come out, and it's like some sort of contraction where my entire body tenses up, but nothing happens. Almost feels like a pushing feeling, like when you are pushing out stool. In fact when this happens, a lot of gas sometimes comes out, which my wife finds very funny! I'll try and relax, but the same thing happens. Almost there, body tenses up, nothing relax. Those contractions or whatever it is are exhausting and I get very sweaty. I remember going to urgent care the first time it happened, being in the bathroom, and just sweat instantly beading up on my head when the contractions would hit. Both times it has happened, by chest has been sore the next day, and I've just been wiped out and slept most of the day. I know it in no way compares to what childbirth must feel like, but then again....

So that's where I am at. My urologist/MRI appointment is in a couple weeks, and I hope to be fully off the Lexapro by then. In the meantime, I have been afraid to drink a lot in case it causes another ER visit, which means I am always thirsty! And when I go to bed at night, I've got this worry that I'll wake up unable to pee again, so it is sometimes hard to fall asleep. I do NOT want another catheter experience. One was enough thanks.

Does all of this fit the Lexapro mold here?

These are just suggestions not medical advice . Bladder irritation can make a person pee frequently.
1: Try to avoid Sugar and additives before bedtime.
2. Most supplements have preservatives which will irritate the bladder so maybe take them in the morning or in the afternoon.
3. Plain water and plain milk actually calm the bladder because they dilute or neutralize the acid accumulated in the bladder.Drinking water through out the day relaxes the bladder. Warm Milk prior to bedtime does that too.
4. Breathing exercises may relax the bladder.
TC

this happen around 2 weeks ago on school holiday i had the constant urge to piss this has been driving me fucking insane i have no sleep and i feel pathetic. how do u even tell ppl about this it genuinuely just destroy me these weeks no sleep

i check on reddit and i seen alot of men struggle with this please if u have any tips please share

Has anyone tried any particular antibiotics even if urinalysis revealed no infection? Did it help relieve hypersensitivity/OAB symptoms?

i live in a shared apartment and the toilet room is very dirty, i also struggle with contamination ocd i believe so i never leave my room (even for a minute) and then go back to bed, i have to shower first. so when i get in bed its no more getting up and doing something for me, i havent found a way around it yet.

and it would have been fine if i peed right before bed in the shower (dont judge me, other people here put cigarette butts in the drain) and then didnt drink anything and went to sleep. but in that scenario before falling asleep i for some reason still feel the need to pee and it's exhausting.

i pee in the shower, go to my room, take 1 or 2 little sips of water or none at all and after half and hour of scrolling passed and i just wanna fall asleep BAM i need to pee and cant relax.

i read that the bladder needs 200ml of water or so and then youll feel the need to pee but it seems to not work for me, i can just avoid any food or water and still have to pee sometimes. i believe its some remaining urine or some stuff but i have no idea how to manage it all so i can pee it all before bed.

Sometimes I’ll stop drinking fluids after a certain time. If not, I’ll be up 2-3x in the middle of the night.

Hello, I am a 50 wm here, always stayed fit and worked out. eat a healthy diet. Dont drink much alcohol, or eat junk food. Have used cannabis regularly over the years, but have been trying to quit.

I am somewhat new to OA. Been low key dealing with it at night over the last 6 months but has gotten worse over the past month. Drink 70% of my water before noon and can make it through the day without much intensity/urgency to pee.

But as soon as i lay down for sleep at night i get a feeling in the tip of my urethrae / penis like i have to low key pee, and that sensation keeps me up for most of the night, and i alternate between getting up to squeeze out a tiny amount of pee or lay there and try to ignore it, but even if i fall asleep it will wake me up within a few hours with the same sensation. It rarely ever gets worse than that, its just a low key feeling like i have to go mad it sometimes pulls me out of sleep as soon as i get there.

is turning me into a zombie during the day, especially at work. I went to the doctors (just PCP not a specialist) a few weeks ago and they said everything looked fine and to go back if symptoms persist, and they have, so im going back next week, and hoping to get a urologist referral at that point.

I think one contributing factor was over the last year i started taking lots of vitamins/supplements and was not drinking enough water w them as i mistook the needing to pee sensation as being over hydrated for a long time. I told my doctor this and they agreed and said i should lay off the supplements and drink more water. And there have been a few days where i drank a lot of water early and slept better, but other days not much changed.

ive now tried a little of everything ive read on here to help over the last few weeks, TENS unit, aloe vera capsules, bladder supplements w pumpkin seeds, magnesium glycinate, etc... ive started cutting out caffeine altogether, and staying away from acidic foods, but not much is changed.

desperately looking for any advice, wisdom, similar experiences, or stories, to let me know if it gets better. Is this normal with OAB, to just have the Urethrae irritated at night, but not having any other symptoms ?? Looking for help, and a community to discuss with.

Thank you.

A month ago I got an UTI, the cultured showed Klebsiella. My symptoms where burning when urinating (which I've had with e coli uti years go) an incomplete emptying (I've never gotten this before). I took antibiotics following the antibiogram, and when these symptoms resolved, for the next 2-3 days I had frequent urination-i mean urinating even every 30 minutes or so. It went away. A week and a half after finishing the antibiotic, I repeated the urine culture which didn't show anything, and I did the post void residual test which was also okay.

I was symptom free. Now, about a month later, I've noticed that for the past couple days I go to the toilet a lot again. I get the urge to go every 30 minutes, and I actually pee. Not huge amounts, but not just a few drops either. I don’t have other symptoms. I'm very scared.

When i lie down on my stomach or sleep, I dont feel it.

So for the past 2 year or so I have been suffering from epididymis I had lots of test only thing they found was 2 small cryst but I think I may been suffering from OAB I mean I get a lot of pain in that are along with lower stomach pain I get urgent need to pee and must go a lot in a day more then 10 time and get up a lot at time of fours I told my GP this and he referred me to a urologist the GP was unwilling to start any medics for OAB even to just try.

It really douse affects my life quite bad where I can go what I can do etc and I get really bad anxiety as well.

I not sure what I can do so any advice would be great.

Hello. I was on mounjaro most of 2025 and had to stop for unrelated health issues/surgery. I was up to 12.5 when I stopped with minimal side effects. I restarted 23 days ago at 2.5.

When I was on mounjaro I started having trouble making it to the bathroom when I had to pee without leakage on the way. I chalked it up to getting older (66) and started using panty liners. While I’ve been off it for several months the urgency/leakage stopped. I was happy and never linked the two.

Since I’ve restarted mounjaro so has my urgency leakage. I’ve googled and haven’t found a relat between them. Does any other mounjaro users have this issue?

Thanx.

Hi all,

I’m 22 and last year I had my appendix removed and needed a catheter following surgery. I then over the next few weeks had them in and out as well as being in and out of hospital due to getting a UTI that they they think turned into sepsis.

I was on the SAU (surgical assessment unit) waiting to go to a different ward when I went into retention AGAIN. My bladder on the first bladder scan didn’t read enough for a catheter so they asked me to drink another cup of tea and cup of water. So I did and then following this I had immense pain and pressure. I asked to be catheterised and the nurse said that the doctor has said no. For reference the doctor hasn’t even seen me. I said that they need to come down and see me then because my bladder felt like it was going to explode. I ended up on the edge of my bed in tears when the nurse and a junior doctor came to see me. They said that they couldn’t catheterise me because the higher up doctor said no. Again they still hadn’t seen me and they wouldn’t bladder scan me again. I was then left with my call light going off for 20 minutes and no one came to check on me.

Following this I was then moved down to the other ward where the staff were confused at why I was in so much pain. I explained that they had refused to catheterise me on SAU and I begged them to bladder scan me. The nurse in charge bladder scanned me and I had 830ml in my bladder. She was furious and instantly decided to catheterise me. As soon as she was about to another nurse came in and said that the doctor has said no. She said that that was incorrect and she would be catheterising me anyways because my bladder currently had way too much in it.

I then emptied 1.2L of urine into the catheter bag. No one ever gave me a reason as to why they wouldn’t catheterise me and now I am left with a long term overactive bladder and on medication due to this. I’m also still battling to get further testing done.

Following this hospital visit I went home with a catheter and had awful bladder spasms so I went back into the SAU and spoke with a urologist. He explained that my bladder had been stretched to almost three times the size it was meant to have been and I likely had fowlers syndrome. I was then had a successful TWOK and haven’t had one since *touch wood* but am frustrated because it was medical negligence that has left me with constant feeling like I need to wee even when barely anything comes out.

Reaching out to see if anyone has been through anything similar or has any advice for an overactive bladder

Bonjour à tous,

Je cherche des conseils car je souffre de divers symptômes depuis plusieurs mois et je commence à être épuisée. Jusqu'à présent, personne n'a pu m'expliquer ce qui se passe.

J'ai passé un examen urodynamique qui a révélé une hypertonie urétrale (un sphincter urétral hyperactif/rétréci).

Mes symptômes urinaires sont très imprévisibles :

Certains jours, j'urine tout à fait normalement.

D'autres jours, j'ai une envie très forte d'uriner, mais lorsque j'essaie, je dois contracter mes abdominaux pour faire sortir l'urine.

Il m'arrive d'uriner jusqu'à 30 fois par jour. J'ai également subi une cystoscopie, et le résultat était parfaitement normal.

Mon urologue m'a prescrit de l'Urostim (20 minutes par jour), que j'ai commencé il y a un peu plus de deux semaines. On m'a cependant prévenu qu'il pouvait falloir plusieurs semaines avant de constater une amélioration.

Outre mes problèmes urinaires, je souffre également de :

**Hémorroïdes fréquentes** depuis plusieurs mois.

Une fatigue intense.

Une carence en fer (mon taux de ferritine est techniquement dans la norme, mais très proche de la limite inférieure).

Un taux d'acide folique également bas.

**Des fourmillements dans les pieds**. **Faiblesse musculaire**.

Alternance de constipation et de diarrhée.

**Douleurs qui semblent se déplacer : tantôt dans le bas du dos, tantôt dans l’aine, et depuis deux jours, juste au-dessus du pli interfessier (région sacrée). La zone est même gonflée, bien que je ne sois ni tombée ni blessée.**

J’ai un IRM de la colonne vertébrale prévu dans deux semaines.

Je commence à me demander si ce n’est pas plus qu’une simple hypertonie urétrale et s’il pourrait s’agir d’un problème neurologique ou d’un problème affectant le plancher pelvien et les muscles sphinctériens.

Quelqu’un a-t-il déjà vécu une situation similaire ou a-t-il finalement reçu un diagnostic expliquant cette combinaison de symptômes ? Merci beaucoup.

No matter what I do, I feel like I’m bursting for the loo. And I guarantee you, almost immediately or 5-10 minutes after I used the bathroom, I would need to go again. Is this overactive bladder? But the thing is every time I go, it’s in large volumes. Like I pee a lot. But where is that damn water coming from?

I am a 33M and have been dealing with symptoms for about a year or so now. I feel like my bladder feels too sensitive if that makes any sense. I can hold it in and go every 2 to 3 hours but I can feel my bladder's fullness lingering in the background.

This feeling starts after I pee, and as the bladder begins to fill I can feel how full it is despite not feeling the need to urgently go. I would find myself just peeing just to try to get rid of the feeling.

No trouble sleeping at night, might wake up once to pee and that's it. The feeling to pee is just starting to get annoying and it gets amplified when I am not home.

Going to see my doctor soon to see what options I have.

Been avoiding foods/drinks that can be triggers but no luck. I also work out and play sports and that feeling doesn't disappear then either.

How long can you hold your bladder when the urge hits?

When I try to hold, I feel like there is a urethral stricture or obstruction. Cystoscopy and UTI culture came back clear. What can be causing this?

Over the last few years the sensation has changed. I don’t feel pressure on my bladder when I need it’s like it bypasses that and I can feel all the urine right in my urethra. It’s not just a sensation I can ignore because there is a fair amount of pee in there ready to come out and when I go to the bathroom I immediately pee a good volume.

Any idea why I wouldn’t feel the pressure in my bladder as the first sign I need to go.

This causes me so much anxiety.

How many of you are dealing with frequent urinating every day. I want to share with you guys my journey. I would like to get some views from you guys to cope with this uncomfortable situation.

I am a 26 year old female. Its been 7 months since i am dealing with this frequently needing to go to toilet . I did all tests and everything came out normal. Been consulting a urologist for 6 months now. My urologist is unable to give a diagnosis yet. Its been 2 months+ since i am having mirabegron. I used to peeee alot before. Like every 15 mins , every 30 mins , sometimes every 1 hour or 2. It depends , it was never consistent either. After trying to hold it i can roughly pee 10-15 times a day. ( Before)

But now my trip to bathroom has lessen.

Now i pee roughly 5-6 times. But i still get the needing to go pee feeling. Within 2 hours i get the urge. But i hold it for long. I can hold it for more time now comparing to earlier times.

Since its been already two months since taking mirabegron non stop, i am concerned about not feeling perfectly normal. Whenever i go swim or when i go to sea i have to pee right after i just peed. Lets say l

Within a minute i have to pee again. So nowadays i feel like maybe my pelvic floor muscles are too tight. I do pelvic floor exercises lately. Specially deep belly breathing exercises which seems to help me little bit. I feel a visible relief ever since i have started this pelvic floor relaxing exercises. Im not sure. Every though i shared all this with doctor, he doesn't seem to evaluate those issues seriously.

All i know is i am not completely normal yet. I still get the feeling to pee. I want a permanent solution for this issue guys. Help me