32 Years Old & Just Got Diagnosed

[Luvsashton]

Hi. I’m new here. I’m 32 and a little more than 2 weeks ago my symptoms began. As someone who already has health anxiety and has been grieving various losses for the past few years, this was a catalyst for me for the worst anxiety I’ve ever dealt with in my life. Yes, I see a therapist and psych and I’m starting Cymbalta on Saturday. After about 5 various Dr office visits and 1 hospital visit where I got a cat scan and every test done, everything came out negative. This is good news but my urgency to pee persists. I went to my gyno today who pressed on my bladder where I feel the discomfort. I was referred to a urologist. I was lucky enough to get in this afternoon and she did an ultrasound of my bladder. She seems to think I have episodic overactive bladder. I really don’t want to have to go on more medication. My anxiety has been through the roof and idk why this is happening to me at my age. I pray I don’t feel this way forever. Does anyone have any advice or words of encouragement?

 

[Stonehouse]

Hi. I’m new here. I’m 32 and a little more than 2 weeks ago my symptoms began. As someone who already has health anxiety and has been grieving various losses for the past few years, this was a catalyst for me for the worst anxiety I’ve ever dealt with in my life. Yes, I see a therapist and psych and I’m starting Cymbalta on Saturday. After about 5 various Dr office visits and 1 hospital visit where I got a cat scan and every test done, everything came out negative. This is good news but my urgency to pee persists. I went to my gyno today who pressed on my bladder where I feel the discomfort. I was referred to a urologist. I was lucky enough to get in this afternoon and she did an ultrasound of my bladder. She seems to think I have episodic overactive bladder. I really don’t want to have to go on more medication. My anxiety has been through the roof and idk why this is happening to me at my age. I pray I don’t feel this way forever. Does anyone have any advice or words of encouragement?

My incontinence occurred instantly over 30 years ago.I am so very sorry that this happened to you. Incontinence requires a different mindset. Medication is not an option in my situation they tried it but was more of a problem really. Diapers are a true blessing really as allow me to manage my incontinence and have a normal life as possible.

 

[lillypad]

Hey @Luvsashton I’m so sorry to hear you’re going through so many medical issues and don’t have firm answers. It really sucks.
I’m almost 30 and have been dealing with severe OAB & mixed IBS following a bad Covid infection then UTI. I’m still undergoing tests and working with specialists to rule out various conditions, so I understand how it feels to be given cocktails of medicine and treatment plans, not knowing if they will fix anything.

Nothing we have tried has stopped my incontinence so I’ve been using diapers to manage. I’m hopeful this is only temporary and we can find a long term solution, but in the meantime my work has been accommodating to me and I have been able to remain active and social without severe embarrassment.
I’ve talked about things in depth with my therapist and if I could offer any advice it would be to talk to someone. A therapist, good friend, family member- find someone you can trust and try to talk about your emotions with them. Also journaling is helpful. You don’t have to go back and read it, but the act of writing it out can be cathartic. It can be hard to verbalize how you feel but identifying your emotions is step one to working through them.

 

[james939]

It’s totally normal to feel shaken after all that testing. You’re doing the right thing seeing specialists and getting support. Things usually improve once a plan is in place.

 

[joey]

Hi. I’m new here. I’m 32 and a little more than 2 weeks ago my symptoms began. As someone who already has health anxiety and has been grieving various losses for the past few years, this was a catalyst for me for the worst anxiety I’ve ever dealt with in my life. Yes, I see a therapist and psych and I’m starting Cymbalta on Saturday. After about 5 various Dr office visits and 1 hospital visit where I got a cat scan and every test done, everything came out negative. This is good news but my urgency to pee persists. I went to my gyno today who pressed on my bladder where I feel the discomfort. I was referred to a urologist. I was lucky enough to get in this afternoon and she did an ultrasound of my bladder. She seems to think I have episodic overactive bladder. I really don’t want to have to go on more medication. My anxiety has been through the roof and idk why this is happening to me at my age. I pray I don’t feel this way forever. Does anyone have any advice or words of encouragement?

This is easier said than done type of thing. You need to control and lower your stress and anxiety. Both of those are leading causes of increasing OAB. Continue on with your doctor listen to their advice and the various options. This is a trial and air process of finding what’s going to work best for you. Allow yourself the time to sort it out and develop your own routine on how you plan on managing it. Do not create a whole negativity thing about this because once again that’s going to increase your stress and anxiety not only making your OAB worse but you’re affecting your own self-esteem in a bad way. Doesn’t matter at what age you develop certain health issues it’s about finding a path of managing it to live your best life. Many of us deal with OAB and have very active lives that are also very social. It’s not life-threatening and it can be managed. Doing the woo is me It’s only looking for a pity party within yourself. Stop it. Put more focus on your mental health and the rest will fall into place a lot easier.