it totally sucks ive been going through thsi for a long ass time I have to avoid drinking anything before going out.

I understand, I have urgency issues, I am runnig for the bathroom, in public I wear a pad, and that helps protect me. But at home I wake up several times a night. There is meds to help with this. But here is a trick I have learned. When u are done stand up, then sit back down and try to pee again. Sometimes that helps.
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Honey, join the club. I was "Watering a little" all the time until I realized the second I felt like I had to go, there was no time to screw around. I can't finish making the bed, I can't answer the phone...I must GO NOW. I know there are meds, but I am avoiding them for now. Talk to your doc and know you're not alone.

I'm a Union Steel Worker... and I've soiled myself. live that down...

It was worse for me when I had a vitamin D defieciancy, its still bad but not as bad.So as Fiesty said "Join the crowd"

That is a part of MS,. unfortunately! I take Ditropan 2/day and an extra if i am going out but that has its downside too, Too much Ditropan plugs you UP....BIG time. And it hurts....sooo I make it a habit to go to the can every 2 hours. If u can keep that schedule it works and takes the worries out...but you need to be sure you empty your bladder! If not fully emptied you will have a huge urgency to pee again very shortly after.
This stupid disease is so about you learning to reafd your body. (Thats what 'they' say and i am still learning after 20 years living with it.)

Join the crowd is right...I always go twice before leaving the house. Has been somewhat better since I've started being a little more proactive about it. I read on here that saying hydrated helps, so I've been drinking A LOT of water the past few days... Diane

How do you know if you have fully emptied your bladder? Does it hurt?

Ya MS is lots of fun. What I did was go to a urologist. He did some test on my bladder and so he could see just what my bladder was doing, then he proscribe the right meds for my bladder. So far they are working well.

Your problems might not be MS at all. Sometimes when I start peeing a lot it is because I have an bladder infection. Another illness which can make you pee a lot is diabetes. I would get checked for that, too.

welcome to the club

You KNOW you are finally a full fledged member of the I HAVE MS club, and if you can HAVE TO pee every 20 minutes with 3-8 minute warning signs, and say BUT IT DON'T HAVE ME, then you're THERE.

I was ready for a long dirt nap. I couldn't leave my house.

If LDN did NOTHING else for me, it fixed BU and BF. That was the worse few months of my life. I was losing hope. I couldn't leave home without knowing where my next stop safely was.

And it's not like you're full but if you don't tend to it, there's enough to piss ya off ;) for sure.

http://www.larrygc.com/mystory Day 11, in the first post there. That was the neo day for me. 4 hours!

July 2003 I went 8-11 hours, felt like a camel.

Now I can sometimes get 6-8 hours sleep on a good night, but 4-5 is usually it.

I often wonder what the worst SX's were. I'd say the bladder urgency and frequency are the worst, especially when together!

Even my dad noticed a difference, he's on it for stomach cancer.

It also got rid of my RLS, that was the 2nd worst SX I ever had and that was for decades prior.

thanks for the advice! it just gets so irritating when it seems like all i do is run to the bathroom!

yeah, well, it's one thing when you run to the bathroom... it's another when you don't make it there!

I had a tough time asking anyone about this one, too. Thanks for the Internet!

yeah well there's been a few times...it used to happen when i was younger everyonce in awhile, but i usually had more of a warning, it just seems like lately i have absolutely no warning!

yep, when it's no warning, it's a problem.

do you go to chiropractors? it's in theory a spinal communication problem so a subluxation could add to the issue.