Why you shouldn't pee in the shower

[pdpatient]

Sane advice for the rest of us dealing with the non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's such as urinary incontinence. In my case it is "urge incontinence" which means I have to try and stop from soiling myself when I have actually reached the "destination"! I have tight control until then.

apple.news/Ao59mdT6NTwuQez0...

Anyone else has the same problem? Please share your experiences and we should not be shy about discussing these things.

RKM

[Missy0202]

I am not shy... I share the same problem as you. I have learned to find a spot outside before there is an issue

[Bolt_Upright]

Everybody knows it is bad for the kidneys to hold it in.

youtu.be/dOlGMPE68Bo(Not working as expected?)

[jeffreyn]

See also this thread from last year:

URINARY URGE.DO YOU EXPERIENCE THIS AS A PWP?

healthunlocked.com/cure-par...

[pdpatient in reply to jeffreyn]

Thank you for the cross link, jeffreyn. I wish that the site had a system for determining prior posts and automatically so , just like Reddit. But oh well, we make do with what we have.

RKM

[Missy0202]

I do find the issue is a lot better since I started B1 thiamine I gm

[1LittleWillow]

Urinary urge incontinence is one of the symptoms that I use to gauge whether or not I'm taking the correct amount of B1 at any given time. When I hit my B1 "sweet spot," I have no urge incontinence. If I stop taking B1, take too much, or take too little, the urge incontinence begins to reappear within just a few days.

[enjoy2013 in reply to 1LittleWillow]

Hi,May I ask when did you start taking B1,

Thank you

[1LittleWillow in reply to enjoy2013]

November of 2018.

[enjoy2013 in reply to 1LittleWillow]

Thank you, that's very interesting. This means that whatever thiamine high dose is doing, it doesn't stay. It's not a cure. But that's fine, it's already incredible to have a treatment with such an impact (I mean when one looks on the different stories)

[condor39]

This is not relevant, but I read that if, in the UK, everyone peed in the shower, it would save 50 million gallons of water a day.

[kaypeeoh]

Not peeing in the shower means I've got to leave the shower to go to the toilet, dripping water the whole way and then back again dripping water and likely slipping on wet tile and slamming my head into the toilet or sink.