OAB?
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 1:17 pm
This is my first time asking anyone anything about what I have been experiencing.
I had it in my head that I might have a kidney problem as it seemed to me that not long after drinking fluids I experience an urgent need to urinate. I eat healthily and drink plenty of water through the day as I do understand how important it is to be hydrated. but most days, well, every day, I find that these extreme and sudden urges to 'go' just come on really suddenly. so I have been researching on the internet and now wonder if it might be OAB?
I have learned to manage it over the last couple of years just by making sure I know where the loos are wherever I go (I am quite anxious about going somewhere new in case there isn't a toilet or its not accessible). Despite the urgency I have pretty much always been able to keep control of my bladder, though I have definitely had some close calls where I genuinely thought I was going to wet myself. but I have looked up self-help strategies for distracting myself or telling myself and believeing that I won't lose control. Once in a long car journey, stuck in traffic in the middle lane for several hours, I did lose control, which was just awful, so embarrassing, though noone knows about the incident. so I suppose I am a bit worried because I know that it can happen. and when the urgency comes on very strongly I noticed that I begin to leak urine just as I get to the toilet, but I think this is quite common.
but recently I have noticed that the leaking is happening a bit more often. sometimes I use pads, just in case. I have come to believe that this is normal for me, but it is becoming a challenge, not least because I am deeply embarrassed by the whole thing and find it difficult to ask where the toilets are even when I really need to go. I hate people knowing that I have this need.
thanks in advance for any thoughts.
I had it in my head that I might have a kidney problem as it seemed to me that not long after drinking fluids I experience an urgent need to urinate. I eat healthily and drink plenty of water through the day as I do understand how important it is to be hydrated. but most days, well, every day, I find that these extreme and sudden urges to 'go' just come on really suddenly. so I have been researching on the internet and now wonder if it might be OAB?
I have learned to manage it over the last couple of years just by making sure I know where the loos are wherever I go (I am quite anxious about going somewhere new in case there isn't a toilet or its not accessible). Despite the urgency I have pretty much always been able to keep control of my bladder, though I have definitely had some close calls where I genuinely thought I was going to wet myself. but I have looked up self-help strategies for distracting myself or telling myself and believeing that I won't lose control. Once in a long car journey, stuck in traffic in the middle lane for several hours, I did lose control, which was just awful, so embarrassing, though noone knows about the incident. so I suppose I am a bit worried because I know that it can happen. and when the urgency comes on very strongly I noticed that I begin to leak urine just as I get to the toilet, but I think this is quite common.
but recently I have noticed that the leaking is happening a bit more often. sometimes I use pads, just in case. I have come to believe that this is normal for me, but it is becoming a challenge, not least because I am deeply embarrassed by the whole thing and find it difficult to ask where the toilets are even when I really need to go. I hate people knowing that I have this need.
thanks in advance for any thoughts.