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writes:hi, ive suffered with this problem for about 6 years. I always used to be able to go about 7 hours without needing to go to the toilet but one day i couldn't stop going to the toilet for a pee nd it was like every 20-40minutes. Now then i was only 11 but since then i have always needed it a lot. About a year later i was able to hold it for an hour without needing it but not all the time and as years progressed i have been able to hold it for about 2 hours and occasionally now 3. Which doesn't bother me now because if i need the toilet in lessons we are allowed to go and also if im distracted by somethig else like just sitting their talking to people i'm fine. I have been to the doctor about this several times and hes always said you need to hold it. Just sometimes its not like that its litterally 10minutes after i have just been and i can feel it because its sort of a weird sensation down there. No a stinging but sort of a heavyness as if it building up wnating to come out. Thing is if i'm travelling by bus it start to need it alot even if im only going 15 minutes away, its lke the minute it goes over one of those speedbumps it sets it off again and thats when its at it worst and its really uncomfortable, it does happen by car too but not as much. But when i need it this often its a fullness down there as if its there waiting to comeout whereas when i wake up in a morning and the occasional time i have held it for 6 hours its sort of a fullness around the abdomen just like people normally feel when they need to go. I honestly can't explain the feeling its just very dfferent and not nice when i get that feeling down ther and i know i have to go. Is there anythig i could do to help this as i'm going on a trip in 4 days and will be on a bus for like 3 hours there and 3 hours back maybe more coming back and i can't stand to have this problem. It also causes alot of inconvinience for me in general life to. Is there any reasons why doing certain things or not doing certain things can cause this. Please help Reply to this Question |
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reader, fulup8  +, writes (24 November 2008):
You may have a bladder infection. Go to your doctor or to an emergency room, tell the physician your problem. Have him take a urine sample and test it for bacteria. If you have an infection, he will give you an appropriate antibiotic. It is possible that you have had an infection for a long while.
The doctor may also refer you to a urologist who will check out your bladder and its capacity.
You used to hold your bladder for 7 hours. That is quite a lot. As you gradually started emptying your bladder more often, you began to need to do that. If there is nothing wrong with your bladder, you can do two things.
1. Strengthen your bladder muscles using Kegel exercises. When you pee, cut off the flow for a few seconds. The muscles that allow you to do that can be exercised. When you are not peeing,tighten them for 5 seconds, then relax for 10 seconds. Do this 5 times, then more often. Do the exercises three times a dayor as often as you can.
2. Begin bladder training. When you feel the need to pee, wait another 15 minutes. Do that for 1 week everytime your need to pee. Then the next week, try to wait for 30 minutes. Do that for another week or two. Then the third week, wait for 30 minutes. And so on very gradually more an more time, until you can't wait anymore. After many months you may find you can wait for 3 or even 4 hours.
Eventually you won't feel you need to pee any more than every three hours, if that is possible for you. Your bladder will tell you when need to go.
Of course this all depends on a normal intake of water, 4 or 5 glasses, 8 ounces at a time, every day. Be sure that you do not excessively take in caffeine beverages, like coffee, tea, or cola drinks. They will increase your need to pee. One or two cups of coffee per day, for example, is enough. A good substitute in your case is cranberry or orange juice. They help with bladder irritation or infections. If you are hydrated well enough, your urine will be a very light yellow or completely clear. In the morning it is a deep yellow or orange color, from impurities expelled by the kidneys during the night as you sleep.
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reader, anonymous, writes (22 November 2008): It is humiliating. When I went on my first day long date with the girlfriend in college, who eventually became my wife, I held my pee for hours to the point of pain hoping that she would excuse herself and go to the bathroom. But she never did. Finally when we stopped to go to dinner, after being on our date for about 8 hours, I couldn't wait anymore and excused myself to go to the men's room. I had held my pee so long that it took about 10 minutes before a drop would come out. Finally, after another 10 minutes I began to dribble. That gave me some relief but I still had a half full bladder. We ate dinner. We went to a movie. I took her back to her dorm. It was 12 hours since we went out. She had not peed all that time. After about six months I got up my nerve and asked her why she never had to go to the bathroom. She said she was like her mother who used to go about 2 hours after she got up. That was it until the next morning. Her bladder held about a quart and a half. She now goes twice a day, morning and 2 hours before bedtime.
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reader, anonymous, writes (9 June 2008): i no how you all feel iv been the docters loads i get tablets lasts a few months and then is always back its just a pain try cranberry juice sometimes that works for me and drink water fizzy drinks are often a problem hope i have helped
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reader, anonymous, writes (1 June 2008): Why not try wearing a Tena (incontinence)pad (from all chemists) just to make you feel more secure? They are not much bigger than ordinary pads you wear for a period but are absorbent enough to mop up any potential accidents and will stop you worrying. Don't panic about buying them, chemists sell thousands of them and would almost certainly assume you were buying them for your mum anyway.
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reader, anonymous, writes (16 May 2008): hey, im 19 and have just started having this problem. I get really worried about just leaving the house for a journey that takes 10 minutes. I find myself wearing dark jeans just in case I have an accident, which has never happened, but I worry that it will. I constantly think about it and cant get it out of my head. As soon as I sit down in a car I feel as though I need to go, I try to tell myself that I don't need it, but then I think 'well what if I actually do need it this time' and then I panic that I will wet myself. whenever we go on trips, I have to drive so i'm in control of when we stop. I worry that other people notice how many times I go to the toilet and if they think im weird. Its starting to control my life!
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reader, anonymous, writes (27 April 2008): i have this all the time and its all in my head and its hard for me because my brother goes motor crossing and we go to london and places really far away and it takes like 6 hours to get there and i need it when i have just set of my dad gets mad for keeping on stopping for me and when i went to this place about 2 hours away with my friends i had to ask to pull into the services to go but it did make me feel a bit better knowing nearlly half the bus needed as well as me i am 10 and i cant get the thought out of my head and iam going futher than 6 hours next weekend and i want to no how to get this thought out of my head i need it about every half an hour bad or what so i need help can anyone give me any advice
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reader, anonymous, writes (22 April 2008): Hi , im sorry i dont have the answer! but I have the exsact same problem as i always need to go in lesson and in between but at home not doing anything , and when i know there's a toilet near im fine and can hold it for ages! i am worrying because i have my exams coming up!!!
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reader, anonymous, writes (9 March 2008): I totally understand where your coming from,I'm exactly the same!I thought i was strange but I guess I'm not the only one.I'm a 14 yr old female by the way.I think it is all in my head and the doctor said this to,to be honest that wasn't much help as I can't understand how to get this out of my head.I to get that horrible heavy sensationand I think thats what makes me feel I need it when I probobly dont. I also tend to start panicking or my hands start to sweat and ill get fidgety but im guessing thats the whole anxiety bit.I need some advice on how to overcome this to,it has stopped me from going on school trips and at one time I wouldnt even go on a 40 minute drive.I'm getting a little better and try to force myself not to think of it. But I have a school trip next month and probobly won't go because of this. My friends understand and I have a toilet pass for school, but I dont want people to think of me as the girl with the bladder of a 3 year old. I think I may just have to live with it,but if anyone cud give me some tips or a magical cure I would be eternaly greatful.
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reader, anonymous, writes (14 February 2008): I know how you all feel I dont think that this type of problem is always medical, its probably worrying about it that makes it worse. Its also the embarasing side of it u feel stupid and embarased when others seem to never go to the toilet and you always do but just remember chill out dont drink to much if your going on a journey and that there are millions of peple just like you good luck xx
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reader, anonymous, writes (8 February 2008): ok i dont have it as bad as you but i need to go about every two hours and it serisouly annoying, my freind is like a camel she can go the entire school day and longer (a lot longer) but me, i have to go at break and at lunch and after school and sometimes in lesson and i cant go on any shool trips because the bus ride takes about 3 hours it started when i was about seven and i needed the toliet on a school trip and the group i was in had to go back early then i over heard them say about a girl who had to pee in a bucket maybe its anxiety but i'v been searching for an answer every where if anyone has any answers plaease tell me, just to let you know im a kid so i cant go to the doctor and my mum doesnt really help please you get so tierd of it after a while and people are begining to relize. help!!!!!!!!!!!
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reader, anonymous, writes (10 December 2007): Hey, i have this problem too. Its espesially bad when i have exams. Im like you. if i think about it i need it every hour. If i dont i can go foreever normally like anyone else. I am yet to sort this out but i just thought id let you know i have this too and im male. I doubt its an infection as ive had it a long time. seemed to satrt wen i was as young as 7 in france. (now 15) Its just when i worry and think about it. All i can say is make sure you are very, very dry down there each time you go. It seems to stop that feeling you get. I understand what you mean. But im still yet t osort it. All you problems like speed bumps ect i get. i believe this is a mental thing which you can overcome. As mine seems to be brought on when im contious of it. I think it causes me to do stuff weith my muscles which sort of brings it on if you know what i mean. Ive read cranberry juice can sort urinary infections. So maybe try that as a slight answer. But yer id really like to find more out about this. Too often ihave to go in exams and people may get to know me as the guy who always goes in exams heheh.
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reader, rubina +, writes (2 December 2007):
 first of all have you had youre kidney function checked? bloods such as urea and electrolytes can be tested at youre GP surgery. if you go on long journeys are you drinking too much and are holding it in as this can cause bloating also if you drink a lot of caffiene this acts as a diuretic and can make u wee more often. failing this you could keep getting urine infections caused by a number of things take a urine sample to GP good luck rubina x
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