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Does anyone have trouble peeing? No matter how much I drink it is so hard to get the stream flowing.
I turn on a tap for the running water to help, but still can take close to 5min before it comes. Frustrating - but is this Lyme or something else? Checked out fine by urologist
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I had this at the beginning of my lyme journey. Sometimes I would get in the shower just to try to start. When I would go to the doctor they attributed it erroneously to "shy bladder" but it was more like rebellious bladder. Cipro would help after a time because I would also get infections and whatever was initially causing the problem, lyme or bartonella, this would help with the no-pee problem. You aren't alone, this has happened to other people.
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Bartonella and Protomyxzoa both affect the bladder so it might be one of those infections causing your problem. I had urinary frequency with both infections and sometimes bladder pain.
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Otter said: "Cipro would help after a time because I would also get infections."
The same thing happened with me (cipro helped). I think it was die off. Glutathione will help clean out your bladder (IV glutathione or glutathione push).
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Thanks. Yes I have alot of neuro symptoms. with so many of my symptoms I think I am going crazy.this is one of them.
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Yes, my 1st llmd called it "neurogenic bladder". My urologist just calls it bladder retention. My neuro just said that lots of "middle aged" women have it, especially if they've had children. He did not think it was a neurological issue I take it.
I was taken off my pain medicine because they thought (my pcp and urologist) that the med was slowing down the process and that it was either causing or making the "retention" worse. I had a kidney stone and it started this whole mess.
Guess what, I'm off the med now and the bladder issue continues. NOT the med. Now to just get the pain clinic to give me something today..
I can go, most times, but have to just push really hard, and the bladder doesn't empty either. It's annoying and frustrating. I've not found any answers for it as of yet.
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Like Otter, I had this at the beginning of my lyme journey. I went off of abx when this happened to me (also had UTI symptoms, but they never found bacteria in my urine). I think it took about a month before it started to improve a little, then I went back on the abx.
It wasn't until a few months after that when I really noticed a difference (remember telling my LLNP this). I had started taking supplements (the basic ones listed in Burrascano's 16th edition protocol). Big difference (improvement). Then a few months after that, I went off abx and went on herbs and more supplements. Bingo, the stream was back to normal.
Fyi, I did treat for bart for two months before I started the supplements, and didn't really notice much improvement (just a tiny bit). But once I went on supplements, that was when my stream flow improved (really noticeable).
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Electrolyte imbalance can contribute to this issue.
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