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Frequent urination

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angel19629
angel19629

Hello!

I posted something few days ago but I didn't really ask this question and has been nagging at me for months now. I did make an appointment for my GP on Wednesday. I wanted to get to the bottom of my symptoms because it has been at least 3 months. 

Anyways I was wondering how many you who have IBS suffer from frequent urination? and sorry to be explicit how does your bladder feel?

I don't have any pain and I don't wake up in the middle of the night to go to the washroom. I just get this pressure feeling in my abdomen/pelvic region and it feels like I have to pee. I tried to experiment cause lets face it going to the washroom every hour to hour and a half is annoying so I've been trying to not go washroom until at least 2-3 hours. It is uncomfortable but I can do it. I even lasted the whole night when the last time I went to the washroom was at 8pm and I slept at 1 am.  I am worried that this might be ovarian cancer, even though I am only 18, and yes I do know cancer happens at all ages but at the same time it is a slim chance. Also I'm worried since it is going on with my colon symptoms which I have been told from other posts that it seems like IBS. I also worry that this is diabetes though the only symtopm I get is this; I am not excessively thristy. I also woke up two days ago with lower dull back pain that is still lasting, feels like an annoying muscle ache.

I also would like to ask if I should demand my GP to do the necessary tests? if I should, how should I do it?  Last time I went to her in September I only had constipation symptoms and she told me to up my fiber intake and come back in a month if it persists. I didn't because I wanted to observe it since in the summer I kept coming back to her for a persistent cough that I thought was lung cancer. I was afraid that she would dismiss my worries like she did that time by taking at least two months to request an x-ray of my chest even though I asked for it the first time because it was "unecessary" (it was because the cough did go away in the beginnings of september but still if nothing was working from antibiotics to asthma inhaler I would think I would try to see if anything was wrong internally).  

 

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  • ChipWhitley
    ChipWhitley angel19629

    Posted

    I suffer from frequent urination as well. My problem is due to feeling constantly full and bloated. When my bowel movements are normal then I don't have the frequent urination. But if I am constipated and feeling bloated then I notice that if I take just a glass of water 10 minutes later I'm running to the bathroom.
  • louise55264
    louise55264 angel19629

    Posted

    Hello,

    I also have this problem, along with constipation and a feeling of heaviness and sometimes lower back pain on the right hand side. I originally had an ultrasound which found nothing and the Dr diagnosed IBS. I wasn't happy that it was this however and asked the doc to run a CA125 test for ovarian cancer, and I also had a private CT scan. The CA125 was clear but the scan has found an ovarian cyst! I don't know if they are correct but some of my friends who are nurses say ultrasound isn't as reliable as a CT. My advice to you would be to get a scan and a CA125 x

  • taytime
    taytime angel19629

    Posted

    It sounds like me an anxiety issue..When I am anxious I can pee every 20 min and it is ridiculous and the minute I calm down I cannot pee for hours....You might just have a spastic bladder due to stress or anxiety...I hate it but it can be cured 
  • bobcrachet
    bobcrachet angel19629

    Posted

    Dear angel,

    I feel sorry you are obviously very worried about your medical condition, let me tell you about myself, perhaps it will help.

    I worried I had cancer so I paid for a colonoscopy, after the examination they diagnosed me with IBS.

    Back in 1999 I was feeling really tired all the time and wanted to drink lots of water. I went to the GP and he said wee on this bit of paper. The paper went green and he simply said "you are diabetic" it was as simple as that.

    It is worth getting checked out, two of the engineers I worked with were also diagnosed with diabetes, it is very common.

    Frequent urination can be yet another symptom of both diabetes and IBS. I have gone through phases of frequent urination, pain in my bladder and total loss of pressure. It makes me feel that IBS affects the nerves responsible for the entire urination process, it is strange that it suddenly all goes back to normal.

    Please get checked out by your GP remember that most of us have no real medical knowledge, this forum is like having a chat with someone you meet in the GP's waiting room about their condition is affecting them.

    Try not to worry about things as this makes the IBS condition worse. Remember, IBS does NOT lead to cancer.

    Hope you have a really nice Christmas

    robert

  • jenny06596
    jenny06596 angel19629

    Posted

    Hello

    I know this is an old post I have the same symptoms but I have the urge when my IBS is settled but not when I have a flair up. Was wondering if it has all settled for you now.

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