overactive bladder

[foxglove]

Has anyone found anything that really helps with OAB? I've tried Oxibutimin and solifenacin, solifenacin helps a bit in the day but I'm up to the loo about 6 or 7 times (sometimes more!!) in the night and I'm quite exhausted. I would love to hear of something that really works ....desperate and at the end of my tether...

[daisie2013]

My husband has been taking Betmiga, Mirabegron 50mg along with Solifenacin which seems to help, he too has tried others but this seems to be the best so far.

[foxglove in reply to daisie2013]

Thanks Have got a phone appt with doc (6th May) to discuss. Good that your husband is doing well Long may it continue!

[whit]

I have the same problem, but with me i am ok for a while then suddenly it's up and down all night i take oxybutin.

[foxglove in reply to whit]

Know the feeling! wishing you well

[Hidden]

I am taking betminga (mirabegron) and Endep which have been helping me a lot. I also find caffeine makes my bladder worse

[foxglove in reply to Hidden]

Agree re caffeine BUT I do love my morning coffee!!!

[X01WOOG]

Thank you for writing about being up so much at night. I am up every half hour to pee. I am so tired--I now look like I am 100. No, I just feel like I am 100. I feel like a zombie all day from being up so much at night. I have actually fallen asleep on the commode--fell off--flew into the side of the bathtub--broke a bone in my neck. Small bone but stoved it and it hurt like I had been in a car wreck with a truck! My grandsons thought it was hilarious that grandma fell off the pot.

[Millbrook in reply to X01WOOG]

Many elderly fall going to the toilet at night. Having nocturia is really terrible because one is fatigued all the time. My husband used to wake up 6-8 times a night. It has improved taking xatral and Honopure. He now goes 3-4 times.

I put a urinal next to the bed at night for him, to eliminate the risk of falling when you are half asleep going to the toilet. My 92 year old mother has a commode chair next to the bed at night too.

Those are practical solutions that will save you from a fall.

[McHargF1]

I have been taking 10mg of solifenacin and 50 mg of betmiga for 9weeks after the solifenacin alone suddenly stopped working. It has been a rocky few weeks but there had been definate improvement. I am trying to manage what I eat and drink and to try and get over the psychological aspects ( ie panicking if I feel the slightest twinge).

I think the combination of the two works best but it takes time and I feel doctors can be so unsympathetic. This is a horrible condition to live with snd and I feel Ive had to fight every step of the way. I am toying with the idea of going private and finding out if botox into the bladder would give better relief.

I hope you find something that works for you.

[foxglove in reply to McHargF1]

Thanks, find it very difficult getting to any doc. let alone a sympathetic one. but keep trying!

[McHargF1]

Hopefully you manage to find something that works. Keep pushing with the Doctor. I know it's difficult but, as someone said, it's their job.

I eventually asked for a different GP who was much better but, there are still hurdles and long waits to see a urologist. I got so stressed trying to live with this that I have decided to try for private treatment. The Betmiga and Solifenacin do help but they're still not perfect and I selfishly want a near normal life.

[foxglove in reply to McHargF1]

Me too, would love a normal life. The waiting is the worse