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I keep wetting myself!

blaze12

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Reply 1

Ethereal

19

Go to the Doctors

Reply 2

mermania

16

you seem to have developed incontinence early in life.
unlucky. you could get a catheter

Reply 3

megustaespanol

I'd recommend you seek medical advice, it may be embarrassing but best in the long run plus your Doctor isn't going to tell anyone, so it will just be between you and him/her. Best of luck!

Reply 4

Kittennffc

15

Has anything happened lately that is traumatic or anything? It could be psycological or physical, in either case you probably should go to the doctors, no matter how embarassing it is. He'll have seen it all before, so he won't judge you :smile:

Before you go to bed, don't drink anything, and go to the toilet, even if you don't need it, just sit there until you go. You could wake yourself up every few hours and go to the toilet; this might eventually control the problem, but i'd certainly see the doctors in the mean time.

Don't worry too much about it though; yes its embarassing, but not uncommon. Hope everythings OK :smile:

Reply 5

matt@internet

12

If your really embarrased go to a female doctor as she may have a better understanding.

Reply 6

Happy1

14

Sounds to me like you just have a weak bladder. many many people have this, and the doctor can help.

However, it could be something more serious, so i say go and tell teh doctor... dont worry, theyve heard worse.

Reply 7

Angelharpist

13

Apparantly pelvic floor exercises help - you basically end up toning the relevant muscles so that they're tighter and you're less likely to 'leak.' All pregnant women are advised to do them once they've given birth, and the sex columnists in Cosmo/Glamour etc always recommend them to improve your sex life/protect against incontinence.

Reply 8

Gem

14

Anonymous

Wear a nappy... :frown:

Oh FFS, not exactly sensitive OR helpful, are we? :mad:

I gotta say well done to the OP for not going anon, it's brave. To be even braver you have to pluck up the courage to see your GP. They're be understanding and will know how to help you so much more than anyone on TSR.

You may, like Suzi-law says, have a weak bladder which could be controlled or helped by pelvic floor exercises, or it could be due to stress like Kittennffc says (you're 16...are you worried about GCSE results?) but you'll only know if you see your doctor.

I know it'll be scary, but you say this is ruining your life, so seeking help is the only way to go about getting your life back. You're 16, this kinda thing should be the least of your worried so be brave and see that doctor, then you can sort it out and have only the normal life you deserve :smile:

Reply 9

Impossible princess

11

You should definately go to the doctors soon as, in the meantime there is a product that is like a sanitary towel, but designed for incontinence. A bit embarassing to buy, but worth it really. There are exercises that you can do that should help, I think strengthining your pelvic floor, have a look on google for those anyway. Don't worry about going to see a doctor it's fairly common.

Reply 10

Ethereal

19

Impossible princess

You should definately go to the doctors soon as, in the meantime there is a product that is like a sanitary towel, but designed for incontinence. A bit embarassing to buy, but worth it really. There are exercises that you can do that should help, I think strengthining your pelvic floor, have a look on google for those anyway. Don't worry about going to see a doctor it's fairly common.

The OP has already said she uses them.

Reply 11

Impossible princess

11

I thought she meant just regular sanitary towels.

Reply 12

Gem

14

Impossible princess

I thought she meant just regular sanitary towels.

They're generally thicker than incontinence pads, so if they're leaking, incontinence pads would be useless I guess.

That said, if someone knows better, just say! :smile:

Reply 13

Impossible princess

11

They're generally thicker than incontinence pads

Really? Well I don't know any better but I would have thought incontinence pads would be thicker.

Reply 14

username47781

20

Gem

Oh FFS, not exactly sensitive OR helpful, are we? :mad:

I gotta say well done to the OP for not going anon, it's brave. To be even braver you have to pluck up the courage to see your GP. They're be understanding and will know how to help you so much more than anyone on TSR.

You may, like Suzi-law says, have a weak bladder which could be controlled or helped by pelvic floor exercises, or it could be due to stress like Kittennffc says (you're 16...are you worried about GCSE results?) but you'll only know if you see your doctor.

I know it'll be scary, but you say this is ruining your life, so seeking help is the only way to go about getting your life back. You're 16, this kinda thing should be the least of your worried so be brave and see that doctor, then you can sort it out and have only the normal life you deserve :smile:

It's ok whoever posted that awful bit of advice it has been removed, as Gem says its more likely because your stressed out, might be best to seek a doctor in this case.

Reply 15

bunthulhu

14

Seeing as this is a recent thing I don't see how it could just be put down to a weak bladder :confused:

You should definitely visit your doctor, OP, they should be able to work out what's wrong and help you out :smile:

Well done for being so brave and I hope things clear up soon :smile:

Reply 16

renna

3

Definitely go to the doctor - help is available. You can look on Google for pelvic floor (Kegel) exercises, and any examinations they may undertake (was checking out BUPA's page... type in 'incontinence' in Google) - you may prefer to see a same-sex doctor.

Good luck with that! :smile:

Reply 17

Juno

20

Gem

They're generally thicker than incontinence pads, so if they're leaking, incontinence pads would be useless I guess.

That said, if someone knows better, just say! :smile:

The Tena Lady adverts always say they're better than sanitary towels