I have an ongoing issue with my bladder or uninary track. The
best way to describe it at first was that I was getting performance
anxiety while having to urinate in a public restroom or leaving a
urine sample while being filmed at my methadone clinic twice a
week. I had no problem doing this for a long time, then all of a
sudden around a year ago I would not be able to void my bladder no
matter how long I wait or tried while I was in these situations. As
much as it sucked, I managed it for about six months until it
started happening at home. But it this case when everything seized
up, there was no external factor that should have done this. The
first time it happened I woke up in the middle of the night and
could urinate. I stood there for 30 minutes and then had to call
and ambulance and be catheterized in the hospital. The second time
it happen in the late afternoon with the sample ending. To make a
long story short this happened 8 times over three months! At which
point I finally got an appointment to get a cystoscopy and see a
Urologist. But, disappointingly the test came back completely
clear... The only reason they could give me was that the muscles
around the urinary track seize up due to anxiety or randomly and
they put me on FlowMax to remedy this. It worked for about one
month and then everything start happening again. And last night I
was at the hospital again getting another catheter put in. This is
honestly ruining my life and I can't keep managing this. The
catheters are getting very painful, and the constant hospital
visits are taking their toll.
I need help.
One thing to consider is that about six month prior to this
starting. I was taken off my prescription of Clonazepam, which
greatly helped reduce my anxiety. I remember though when I had to
urine sample a few times in the past and my prescription had run
out, this exact thing happened. Now I know the easy answer is just
get a new prescription of that. But I moved to a new town and I
dont have a psych here and the waiting list in Sudbury, Ontario is
years long. Plus, recently laws are making those types of
medications much harder to get prescribed. So, I don't think that
is a realistic way to manage this.
Please if anyone has seen this or knows anything let me
know.
Thank you.
