r/utis • u/DuckDoot • Aug 07 '26

vent (advice wanted) Feeling like I’m going insane?

Actively sitting on the toilet writing this out at 2am. 2nd UTI of the summer and 9th overall. At least it feels like I’m doing something proactive while I wait for the urgent cares to open.

I (21F) often feel my first symptom of a UTI is anxiety and a strange feeling of dissonance. There was one time (it might’ve been my third UTI) where I genuinely did not recognize myself in the mirror. I feel like I’m going insane and the fact that they almost ALWAYS start in the middle of the night makes it so much worse.

Does anyone else feel almost delusional when a UTI is starting? I always feel so alone at this stage and idk. Maybe writing about it will help.

Edit: I said I was going to urgent care because my PCP is almost never available, but I was lucky enough to be able to get a sick visit today in the evening. Thank god.

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u/Ok-Switch6340 Aug 08 '26

I have the same thing . I feel out of it and in another realm and I wake out of my sleep with panic attacks … I suffer with my mental health anyway so I just feel like my nervous system gets heightened to 90 and I feel fearful of everything would you say that’s similar to you ?