I have had urinary issues for a long time. Urgency, frequency, retention, pain. No "incontinence" if i can get to a toilet or get the dick out to pee on the ground fast enough.
Every day is a different combination of the above and I have never been able to figure out what causes each symptom or how to cure it.
I am taking methanamine daily and have fewer UTIs than before taking it. I treat UTIs only when severe and have been fine for over a month now in terms of severe infection.
However last week I suddenly could not naturally void at all. Had to self cath and was really miserable on a walk on the way home having to pee desperately but having no catheter with me. By the time I got home i was screaming in pain and only had 350 ml when i finally did cath and measure it. My bladder is so thick walled and hard that 350 is pretty much my absolute max capacity.
I am not writing to complain but to explain what I have done that might possibly have helped greatly. Since my symptoms are so variable this could be coincidence and the issue might have resolved in time without the herb I am going to suggest.
I absolutely could not pee at all but could get a catheter in. A friend reminded me that plantain can help with urinary issues. Now three days later after drinking copious amounts of plantain tea I am peeing like a champ. Better than I have for literally years. So I have ordered seeds for Purple Perversion to plant in pots and around the house and will be picking up another variety from the local nursery today. A friend has been collecting the plantain for me because there is absolutely none n ear my house and I have looked a lot. Plantain is called the "white Man's Footprint" by natives because it was not a native plant but was brought here by Europeans (there is one variety that does grow on the coast as a native, i think and that is the one i will be picking up today, Plantago subnuda) and whenever the natives saw it they knew white men had been there.