Anyone else dealing with urinary frequency at midlife?

[Anonymous]

And how did you control it? Not leaking. Just the ongoing need to go. I feel like I plan trips around a bathroom!

[Anonymous]

Yes, plus I have kidney stones so am not supposed to hold it in. I just go. I locate bathrooms everywhere. If we drive somewhere, I plan out bathroom stop places because even if we arrive and I don't need to, within a few minutes I will.

[Anonymous]

I don’t have kidney stones. Pelvic floorPT made a huge difference for me.

[Anonymous]

I don’t know if this is relevant to you, but I had a lot of damage after giving birth, and when I did pelvic floor PT, they told me to stop giving into the urge. I was up all night with a colicky baby, so I would P every time I felt the slightest need. They told me I was training my bladder to go to frequently and I needed to stop peeing every single time I felt like it and tried to hold it more. I was surprised because I always thought it was bad to hold P! It worked though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know if this is relevant to you, but I had a lot of damage after giving birth, and when I did pelvic floor PT, they told me to stop giving into the urge. I was up all night with a colicky baby, so I would P every time I felt the slightest need. They told me I was training my bladder to go to frequently and I needed to stop peeing every single time I felt like it and tried to hold it more. I was surprised because I always thought it was bad to hold P! It worked though.

Kidney stone person here. I was told years ago the worst thing I could do was hold it in. I swear before that, i was not peeing all the darn time, but now that I know I am not supposed to hold it in I go at every urge. The good news is any kidney stones I have passed since have been very manageable. Who told you to hold it longer? A doctor?