Unable to urinate, just trickle, trickle, going out of my mind with worry

I've had a Urinary Tract Infection before, and this doesn't feel like it. I have no pain. I seem to be constipated also. I saw a urologist and told her I had lichen sclerosis and I wanted to have things checked. She booked an appointment for me for January 18. I left a urine specimen and she said she would send it out to have it checked. I haven't heard anything. That was on October 23rd.

I certainly would go to a different doctor. I would go to a urologist. I have both LS & bladder retention. 

Hi Rona,

Yes, I did go to a urologist. I had the cystoscopy my bladder and urethra are ok. There is no blockage. Was it a urologist who told you you had bladder retention. What's causing your bladder retention. I'm still searching. The doctor told me it could be a weak bladder.

Hi Claire,

What is PFD?

Pelvic floor dysfunction. It affects urine stream x

Thank you Claire for your response. I do have lichen sclerosis. Does this usually go with it?

dont think usually but it can be a contributory factor. Any issue that causes pain in your undercarriage can make you unconsciously tense up which creates hypertonic muscles = PFD. 

Meant to say, cos the muscles are extra tight it can affect the bladder and bowel making it difficult to go to the loo. 

I think that probably enters into it also. Everything did feel very very tight -- I mean the back especially. I didn't think I was constipated because my stools were not hard, but I was all along. Also, it's like a vicious cycle. The more fear you have hence the stress and the tighter you get, the tighter you get and can't eliminate, the more fear and on and on in a circle. And believe me, that's what has gotten me here in the first place -- stress.

Regarding your response Claire, I want to add something here. What really peeves me is when some of these doctors fail to instruct you properly or are aloof or arrogant. When I think of it now I get angry. When I went to the Vulva Clinic on Nov 2, I didn't have a urination retention problem. It's what she told me that got me worried. Here she tells me that I should be concerned about my clitoris. I just stared at her and got tongue-tied out of fear. Then she tells me that there's a bit of white on it. And that's it. That's all she told me when she walked out of the room. She didn't tell me what to do about it and gave me an appointment for Nov 2, 2018. I remember coming home and couldn't stop thinking about that and then I started worrying about it. I'm a natural worry-wort anyway. And then, I started having trouble urinating. It's amazing though how subtle the tenseness that evolves from the fear and worry happens and gradually tightens everything, all the muscles. I was not even aware of it. Yes, I knew I was tight but wasn't really aware what caused it. Thanks for enlightening me about it  Doctors are supposed to make you well, not make you worry!

Some doctors are good but in my experience you will get much better advice from your fellow sufferers. If you are on Facebook you can join some fantastic forum groups for LS and PFD. 

Well I wish I could find the good ones. They are very few it looks like and where are the ones that have good knowledge about this dreadful disease? And that's why I joined this wonderful group here some time ago. The people here helped me before on this forum and I thank them wholeheartedly. I don't know about Facebook. I am on Facebook but I don't know if I can trust it's privacy, but thanks for the suggestion. I'll look up their advice though.