Re: Urge Incontinence
Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2020 4:38 pm
For me the urgency has unfortunately gotten worse with age and childbirth. I attribute it to pelvic floor dysfunction. My urge incontinence is pretty bad now. I 've tried the meds and the side effects are worse than the relief that I get from them.
Depending on what I eat or drink, I can go from 0 to 100 within 5-10min. If I feel the urge to use the toilet, I start to look for a toilet. Its less of a problem when I am at home. However, I still wear protection because I may be caught outside working on the garden. I always wear protection when I am out and I have added boosters for added protection.
I don't know if others with urge incontinence would describe their symptoms the same as me. For me the urges are so intense that I feel like my muscles just give out. I slowly start to leak as I go to the bathroom and the urgency becomes exponentially worse and becomes a full bladder void at its worst. Early on I would get frustrated about why I couldn't hold it in longer. I was frustrated that I just needed to squeeze harder or do something to keep it in. I would try breathing exercises as I went to the toilet. I would try to talk to myself to reassure myself that I would make it. The words of self-reinforcement didn't help. Telling myself it was just a leak was never true. It was never just a leak unfortunately, it was more often a larger accident than that. Now I just try to do my best to make it and if I don't, I am ok because I am prepared.
Depending on what I eat or drink, I can go from 0 to 100 within 5-10min. If I feel the urge to use the toilet, I start to look for a toilet. Its less of a problem when I am at home. However, I still wear protection because I may be caught outside working on the garden. I always wear protection when I am out and I have added boosters for added protection.
I don't know if others with urge incontinence would describe their symptoms the same as me. For me the urges are so intense that I feel like my muscles just give out. I slowly start to leak as I go to the bathroom and the urgency becomes exponentially worse and becomes a full bladder void at its worst. Early on I would get frustrated about why I couldn't hold it in longer. I was frustrated that I just needed to squeeze harder or do something to keep it in. I would try breathing exercises as I went to the toilet. I would try to talk to myself to reassure myself that I would make it. The words of self-reinforcement didn't help. Telling myself it was just a leak was never true. It was never just a leak unfortunately, it was more often a larger accident than that. Now I just try to do my best to make it and if I don't, I am ok because I am prepared.