Posted by noa on March 2, 2003, at 12:40:05
In reply to Re: Not being able to completely empty bladder » Rainee, posted by medlib on March 2, 2003, at 4:25:58
Hi, Medlib! Thanks for the info.
I'm interested in what you said about "overflow" incontinence. I had only heard about "stress" incontinence and "urge" incontinence. I have though I have the latter, which my gyno tells me is from brain's inability to override the urge factor. I guess I thought of it as being related to the serotonin receptors inthe urinary tract, sending signals to the brain, affecting the muscles, etc. and bladder not relaxing to full size. But "overflow" sounds a bit like "stress" incontinence, if the kegel exercises help. My gyno didn't think the kegels would make a difference for me.
I get both the urge incontinence, mostly near misses, plus the retention--ie, sudden strong urge to go, difficulty holding it in, release of small amount of urine (definitely not enough to have warranted the strong, full bladder urge feeling), and then followed by retention. As I said, I have always attributed this to the Effexor, because it started soon after I had reached sizable dose, and was worse at higher doses than now, after lowering dose somewhat.
Any thoughts? Should I see a urologist? Thanks.
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