Toilet worries

[bekib86]

This is gona sound odd but i cant stop needing the toilet. I dont drink very much in a day but I feel like im desperate for a wee and i go to the toilet and i cant go. or all i can do is a trickle but still feel like i need to go! Then if i do go, im desperate for the loo again 5 mins after ive just been. any ideas?

[lilacben]

Hi I take it you are female and not male. As my sister-in-law has had the same thing this past 12 months. She has had all tests at the hospital and they have just told her it is because she has had children and her bladder has weakend. And she was given some tablets. Nothing seemed to improve so she is now seeing someone and having acuipuncture, sorry spelt that wrong.it is doing the trick and she has been better enough to so on holiday this week. But another friends daughter had the same thing and they found that the tubes in her bladder where narrow, she has had treatment and it has cleared up. As long as you are not getting any pain when you go to have a wee then this may be the help you also need. Make an appointment for the doctor tomorrow. take care. Brenda

[bekib86]

Yes i am female. and i am in pain. Not when i am going to the toilet, but at the end when i feel i need to go more but it wont come out. And the feeling im desperate for the loo all the time isnt great, cuz im at uni and feel like i need to run out of my lectures every 5 mins (which isnt good when they last mostly 3 hours!!) I dont know what it could be, im only 20, no kids (although there is a possiblity i could be pregnant). I think im scared of going to the docs and hoping it will pass on its own. Ive spoke to my friend and she said it sounds like a bladder infection, but i dont know if it is or if it will pass on its own. Im at home now for 2/3 weeks and im not registered at a doctors so guess ill have to wait till i go back to uni if it hasnt settled by then. I dont know why im so scared to go drs, i just really dont want to go. I guess i will have to if it doesnt go away, it only started on sunday but its driving me mad already!

[Pea Pod]

It sounds like Cystitis. The fact that you don`t drink much is compounding the problem. Drink plenty of water and get some cystamine powder from the chemists.Your urine is getting too concentrated and if you don`t flush your bladder problems like this occur. Google Cystitus and see if this sounds like you.

[bekib86]

yes it sounds pretty accurate. Im scared of drinking cuz it will make me need loo more and it hurts, so ive actually started drinking less. Heard cranberry juice helps but i hate the stuff. If it is cystitus will it clear up on its own or should i get it checked out? and if i am pregnant will it have an effect on baby? How many weeks pregnant do you have to be before you can do a test?

[Pea Pod]

Some of the new tests can be done before you miss your first period.I have had cystitus a few times and you think your passing broken glass. You should perhaps go to the GP if only to put your mind at rest.

[Pea Pod]

It wont go without some form of treatment.

[lilacben]

Hi again it sounds very much now like cysitis. Please do not drink less as the more wate you drink the better, it will flush it out of your system. If you think you could be pregnant then I would go to doctors tomorrow, even if you aren't in your own doctors area you can go to any doctors and say you are visiting the area.It could turn into a kidney infection which is very nasty so you do need to see someone and get somethig for it. Or go to the chemist an ask for something over the counter but please mention you could be pregnant.

[bekib86]

If i was pregnant, i would only be a week pregnant, you cant tell that early (I forgot to start my pill pack on time and had sex before then and during when i should have been taking pill). so officially could i be pregnant yet? I feel stupid for missing it, i have never forgot it before but had a lot going on and totally forgot about it. I feel really annoyed with myself cuz it was too late to take morning after pill too, so i dont know what to do. i think this is the reason im scared of going to the doctors also. I think i will have to make an emergency appointment tomorrow. Terrified though. Ive made myself feel sick now, with worry about it all

[Pea Pod]

Worry when there`s something to worry about. Go and get checked out and post back tomorrow. Try to get some sleep.xx

[bekib86]

Been docs this morning and he said the same as you guys, cystitus, and has given me some antibiotics. I told him i could be pregnant and he said its good i told him cuz it alters the tablets im able to take. He said i cant do a test till i miss a period but i saw a test in the shop which you could do 4 days before your due your next period. Just get starting these tablets and hope that it doesnt come to that! Thanks for giving me the encouragment to go doctors!! xx

[natalie_1982]

Wasn't around to answer this Q yesterday, but hope you are feeling better that at least you know that it is cystitis and nothing more serious. i've had it before and it's b00dy awful. Hope the med is making you feel better.

Hope everything goes ok re the possible pregnancy; whatever the result, everything will be ok. If it is positive, there are lots of choices and support out there for you, whatever you decide. Please let us know how you get on x x x

[Pea Pod]

Well done for going to the Docs. Problems always seem worse at night. Drink more.x

[bekib86]

Thanks for all your help, im sure if i am pregnant i will be posting on here for help again in the next few weeks. Although its good to talk to friends and family sometimes its good to get an outside veiw from someone who isnt emotionslly involved, often you get the bigger picture. only taken one tablet so far so need to give it time to work, gona be rattling, taking all this tablets, jus gota remember to take it 4 times in the day! Im revising all day today and have set alarms on phone so i dont forget. Cant wait for them to kick in! Thanks again!!

[lilacben]

I am so pleased youhave been to the doctors and have some antibotics. Don't fo get you still need to drink plenty, water is best. And make sure you take the whole course of tablets, don't leave them once your are feeling better otherwise it wll return.. Hope every turns out ok and good luck with your exams.! Brenda x

[bekib86]

Well, i feel totally better where the cystitus is concerned. i know i got to finish the course, which is another 4 days of tabelts, but im feeling awful. I was in bed at 9pm last night with a migraine, woke up this morning, still with thumping headache, feeling sick, and a really sore throat. Ive been prescribed Nitrofurantoin, i looked it up on the internet and it said that headache and sickness is a side effect, but doesnt say anythin about my throat. Maybe im just coming down with something, but proving hard to revise when feeling like this. Im normally very rarely ill so i think its bit of a shock to the system, feel drained of all energy. Ive put a seperate post up about the medicine to see if anyone else has experienced these effects. I take it i carry on taking the tablets? Beki x

[lilacben]

If they are affectng you that badly phone up the chemist where you gor tables from and ask them. Other than that you can alwas phone NHS help line for advise. please don't just leave it ok. hope you feeling better soon. Brenda x

[winny]

have not found your other post. Nitrofurantoin are unfortunatly good at those side effects and not nice. Ring the gp and see if he really wants you to finish the course or if he will give you something else. There is no point you suffering more than you were in the first place. You still need to drink alot of water about one pint an hour or diluted cranberry juice is good to. Even with the poss preg thing there are still other options.

The four days before the due period tests are good but you have to wait a while till then anyway I would wait till period due it will be more accurate. (yes they can detect the hormone 4 days early but in a lower percentage of women whose hormone levels are high). I would wait till it due and whatever you do use a first morning sample as again these are more accurate. Dont waste money being impatient as you will still say to yourself oh i will do another one maybe that one was too early.

[tickledtrout]

I suffered with cystitis and like you don't like cranberry juice but started taking cranberry tablets and they seem to be working not had an attack for 6 months or so

[bekib86]

Hi. The symptoms have settled down now, so guessing it was just my body adapting to them.
Onto the pregnancy issue, i woke up this morning and am bleeding slighty, im guessing cuz i missed a few pills yer? but what does this mean? that i cant be pregnant? Ive tried to look it up on the net but cant find anything,just keep getting 'what to do if you miss a pill', could have done with that a while ago! thnaks in advance. xx

[rachy!]

hello, i have also been havin simular well exactly the same symtons as bekib86 but i am only 14 and not sure wat to do im to embarresed to go to the doctors ot ell my mum but my frends know. is there any way of getting rid of it with out getting medication?
please reply because it is driving me mad
love rach