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Please HELP me urinating every 15 mins/extremely depressed

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SassyKJ
SassyKJ

I am 49 never had a UTI or any urinary issues ever.  A month ago I woke up and could not stop urinating.  Its to the point that I cant go to work or anywhere else for that matter.  It was like a light switch this did't happen gradually.  I have been to the Dr 4 times and a urlogist, something is wrong but nobody seems to want to listen or help fix the problem.  I was prescribed Myrbetriq which I have been on for 7 days with NO relief.  I have had cancer in 2012 (lymphoma) and chemo and that was a CAKE walk compared to this.  I am EXTREMELY depressed, afraid of losing my job.  Can something like this start overnight like this?  Only 1 urinalysis out of 4 grew a bacteria called enterococcus faecalis and I was treated with Amoxicillin then Cipro with no results.  I have left kidney flank pain and I truly feel like I have a UTI or Kidney infection but nobody will treat it as such since my urine never shows an infection (probably because I was on antibiodics??)  I am DESPERATE over this.  I cant imagine living like this for the rest of my life.

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  • P.A
    P.A SassyKJ

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    Hi SassyKJ, I've been reading your discussions and I've been having the same symptoms. My frequent urination started about 6 years ago(all of a sudden) and has only worsened over the years. When I did a urodynamics test about 3 years ago, they confirmed it was an Overactive bladder. I have taken medication like Myrbetriq, Vesicare and Oxybutynin, none of which helped. Over the past 3 months I've been getting UTI symptoms one after the other. I took my 3rd dose of antibiotics and I still have UTI symptoms. My recent urine culture showed no bacterial growth so I'm not sure why I have these UTI symptoms. I wake up every 2 hours at night. This has been extremely frustrating, I've seen several doctors (one of them even mentioned it maybe in my head). I know what it was like when I don't have these issues so something is clearly going on and nobody has been able to help me. I've been extremely depressed and this is ruining every single aspect of my life.

    I know this is an older post but I was wondering if you have been able to find a solution? I see that you tried the Interstim procedure and my urologist mentioned it as the ultimate option. I wanted to know how that worked out for you? Please do let me know. Thanks

    • SassyKJ
      SassyKJ P.A

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      Hi P.A....I am so sorry to hear you are going through the same ordeal. It has been 2 1/2 years for me now and I am no further along than I was the last time I was on here. I do have the Interstim, however, it did not help me. In fact it has been shut off for several months now. It seems when I do have it on it causes my heart to race. I found that Medtronic was great during the TRIAL stage, but after it was permenantly placed, I have just been pushed aside. Hard to get a'hold of anyone at Medtronic for assistance.

      Since my last post I have been doing at home bladder instillations as they changed my diagnosis from overactive bladder to Intercistial cystitis, however if you look up IC, typically you do not get* infections*. I am on Macrobid 1 x day for uti prevention along with Oxybutinyn 15mg 2 x day. I have had many test results that show no infection even though it feels like the devil lives in my bladder. If I stop taking the macrobid (which I did as a test) it took me about a week to show a positive infection and each infection is this funky bacteria called ESBL. Each time I get these I need stronger special antibiotics to clear the infection (usually Fosfomycin) my latest infection took about 5 weeks to clear up. Yesterday 06/24/20 I started IVIG infusions as my bloodwork shows I have very low IGG and IGM levels (these are certain antibodies that help fight off infection). It is a lifetime treatment and they are not sure it will help my bladder, but I am sure you understand that I would do ANYTHING to stop the peeing. It is physically exhausting and mentally well I cant even describe how my mental state is due to this.I never had depression or anxiety until this started. This issue has caused me to lose EVERYTHING. I left my job last June, was denied social security because somehow they think you can actually work like this and that caused me to lose my apartment. I am hanging on by a thread. It seems I only leave the house for Dr appointments and prescriptions. I would love to be able to speak with you so we could share our stories. Unless this happens to someone they could never understand what we go through and how we suffer.

  • joshuapryce1987
    joshuapryce1987 SassyKJ

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    I do not believe that antibiotics cause one to urinate more often. They may change the colour slightly for a time though. I think you might need surgery if your peeing every 15 minutes. There is a problem with with liver.

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