worried about night time symptoms
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I'm 34, male and for more than 2 months now I've been experiencing some strange, vague symptoms which are actually hard to describe as there is no pain or anything severe physically.
It's like a slight sensation of fullness with a very slight urge to pee which is more prominent at night and can disturb my sleep. I wake up around 3/4 am on and off for these 2 months with that slight sensation. Last few nights I've woken up with it but then it seems to ease up fairly quickly the longer I stay awake. However, my actual urination frequency is largely normal, that's volumes (about 2-2.5l a day) and number of times I'm going (4-5 times/day), it's just that at night time I keep waking up at these odd times even though I didn't drink anything before bed.
I've never had pain or burning or straining when peeing and there's no pain whatsoever anywhere else.
I've had urianalysis samples done 4 times, all normal, tested my blood glucose level several times using home testing kits before/after meals and that's normal too. I then finally had a DRE and to my surprise, the doctor said it was enlarged however it was very smooth and normal in that regard. I didn't expect someone my age to have this but the doctor wasn't overly concerned about it and said it's not abnormal and this can happen and it's nothing hugely to worry about. Nevertheless I asked for a PSA.
Am I right in thinking that the smoothness and surface/texture of the prostate is more important than the actual size?
He thinks that my symptoms are more likely due to a slight over-active bladder than anything else.
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paul96555 ru58350
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In case any of this is in some way useful : I do sometimes wake up early, then annoyingly am aware of a mild need to pee when really, I know that I don't. I think lieing on your back, or front, with nothing to occupy your mind, can make you feel a very mild need to pee when, for same level of fullness, you wouldn't if standing up or if your mind was otherwise occupied. Turning on my side and curling a little makes that feeling go away. (or I might indulge it and actually go for a pee, but then I'm even less likely to get back to sleep).
?A solution I used to use, to this tiresome uunwanting awakening, but now avoid, was to (not always, but sometimes, to try and get a night's deep sleep e.g. Saturday night when could sleep in next day) take a non-prescription anti-histamine, Phenergan. It is not addictive, won't get you to sleep fast, but did seem to enable me to get back to sleep after not long if you wake up too soon, are tired, yet unable to get back to sleep (often my situation). It worked well as an occasional "reset" when getting very tired. However, there have been stories of a mild/suspected link to dementia, so I now avoid it. Haven't ever found an effective alternative; stuff like 5-HTP doesn't seem to work for me. Have never tried prescription sleeping pills, as I know they are addictive.
paul96555
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Thinking abou this prompted me to google. Porridge/oats before bed is said to help, made with milk as calcium helps too, and maybe a magnesium tablet. "You can obtain tryptophan and serotonin to help you sleep from 100 percent whole grain oats, brown rice, corn or quinoa". I'll try it.
dennis47445 ru58350
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Wish I could help more, but to your question about prostate size being too large or the smoothness of the prostate, my uro told me that when he feels the prostate, with his finger that, if it's smooth, he feels that the prostate is OK. Lumps or bumps, could mean a tumor, such as cancer.