is this normal?

[healthiskey]

this is something I have actually struggled with for years and always thought it was normal until recently. I suffer a lot with water retention and could never pinpoint why exactly and now I think it is tied to this issue that I have had since as long as I can remember.

I seem to have trouble fully emptying my bladder. When I go to the bathroom to urinate it is usually really fast. Urine cokes out fast and I don’t pee for long and yet my bladder still feels full afterwards.

Anyways, recently I started trying to empty my bladder fully by doing legal exercises and also tapping on my bladder area. Surprisingly the tapping helps a lot and I could sit at the toilet for 30 mins or more doing this and emptying little bits of urine at a time. I could urinate up to 20+ times a day now if I do the tapping technique although as I said only very small amounts of urine comes out at a time when I do this.

I still urinate for longer durations as well as the small amounts. Is this a sign of chronic urinary retention? Also can chronic urinary retention cause water retention? Also I am 26 years old if that helps.

[Prance]

Could be a problem with your bladder muscle. Only way to find out is to get it checked out. Go see your GP.

[CarverD]

You should get checked by your GP who will in all likelihood refer you to a Urologist.