Overactive Bladder

[lumpypuddin]

I've just been diagnosed with overactive bladder...at 33! I've begun taking Myrbetriq to help deal with the symptoms as well as an antispasmotic medication for bladder spasms. When I've looked into this condition it usually talks about women over 40 dealing with this. I feel pretty young to have this issue but here it is and it's really getting the

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[velvetruin]

I finally went on medication at 27 but have been living with it since adolescence. It's not just older women! I don't know if it ever goes away, but since I've been dealing with it so long I basically didn't know any other way to live until less than two years ago. I'm just happy I finally went on medication and don't mind if I have to take it the rest of my life. I'll be fine even if I stop taking the meds since I don't consider it to affect my quality of life. I am used to dealing with it.

Just give yourself time to cope with your new diagnosis and you'll start to see that you can manage it. You'll be okay! :) Life will go on and you'll still be doing everything you always did.

[lumpypuddin]

I guess I will be happy once the medication finally takes effect in a way where I don't feel like I'm still so out of control. I don't trust my body anymore. I had to bow out of a paid training in a city an hour away today because I didn't trust that I could make it there without a dozen stops. The medication has made things much better but I am a victim to the side effects. I've had a headache every day I've been on it. It's so frustrating to deal with not just the agony of having to go all the time but a headache too.

I just hope it does get better because right now it feels like I'm stuck in the bathroom and can't get out.

I couldn't imagine having dealt with it as long as you have. That's awful. It's scary to think our bodies just give up on us at random times and for no good reason. I would just love to know what could cause this so spontaneously. It baffles me to the point of exhaustion. I'm a person that likes to know why and nobody can tell me.

[velvetruin]

It was hard and embarrassing, but I didn't know it wasn't normal. I didn't know others didn't have the same problem and we just didn't all talk about it. In the beginning it wasn't as bad; it got worse over the years. I finally had to go on medication once it got bad enough I couldn't hide it anymore (I had gotten good at doing that).

It's never easy to admit to ourselves when our body needs help. Our bodies work so hard for us, and sometimes they fail. You'll see that once the meds are working that life will be as it was and you'll be able to cope with it a lot better. But, if the side effects are going to be just as bad to deal with, don't be afraid to ask to try a different medication.

[lumpypuddin]

Thank you for your insight. It does help to know I'm not alone in this. I'm hoping that it will get easier to deal with over time. I guess the newness is just clouding good judgment but I guess that happens to us all. I may venture out to a urologist to see if there's anything more they can do that my primary care could not but until then I just have to hope for the best with the meds and deal with it the best way I can.
Thanks again.