i have to pee every 20 mins when i sit down or lay down...

standing up im fine...but soon as i lay down or sit down...20 mins tops.

this sucks because i have a job where i have to sit for 4 hrs at a time and cant go piss.




Kidney infection? UTI?

[Edited on October 29, 2007 at 10:13 PM. Reason : how many posts before a STD Joke?]

10/29/2007 10:12:14 PM

I'd go to the doctor.

It's probably something like a UTI that can be easily cleared up with some antibiotics.

[Edited on October 29, 2007 at 10:15 PM. Reason : Kidney infections generally come with fevers and hurt like a motherfucker. UTIs are much tamer.]

10/29/2007 10:14:14 PM

yea get checked out, who knows you might get a finger in your ass while you're at it

10/29/2007 10:23:56 PM

Other than a UTI. Diabetics also have a problem with making frequent visits to the potty.

10/29/2007 10:25:02 PM

Could be a tumor pressing on your bladder.

10/30/2007 12:50:59 AM

^^ Seconded.

Have you been drinking lots of fluids and been more dehydrated as of late? Change in mood, appetite, energy, etc? Basically, do you feel more like crap lately, do you pee a lot more, and drink a lot more, and did you notice any funny yellow crystals forming on the toilet?

If so, you might need to get your blood sugar checked.

Just really got to push this, because if you have diabetes and don't pursue this and catch it early, you might find out that you're diabetic by passing out one day while, say, driving in traffic or walking down the street at night or perhaps somewhere that people won't find you for a while... Yeah, just if the symptoms match get checked.

Either way see a doc. Peeing every 20 mins like that has some sort of treatment.

10/30/2007 12:57:31 AM

since he is fine standing up, and only has to pee every 20 minutes if he sits or lays down, leads me to believe it is not diabetes or an infection, but rather a physical problem, i.e., something pressing on the bladder in the sitting and lying down positions, but not in the standing position.

that's my opinion.

either way, you have to go see a doctor... other than Dr. TWW. and then post here telling us what it was.

10/30/2007 4:00:56 AM

Sounds like a UTI, go to the doctor

10/30/2007 5:15:21 AM

Yeah, go see a doctor.

Quote :

"Kidney infections generally come with fevers and hurt like a motherfucker. UTIs are much tamer."

The term "UTI" actually covers both lower tract (cystitis/urethritis) and upper tract (pyelonephritis) infections.

10/30/2007 5:15:40 AM

go to sick call

they have one almost every morning

10/30/2007 7:24:24 AM

kidney stone

10/30/2007 7:29:50 AM

I had a similar problem and I thought it could be diabetes. Turned out that it was my thyroid. Hyperthyroidism can cause exhaustion, change in mood, and change in apetite. It can cause you to sweat a lot. If you are sweating a lot as well as going to the bathroom a lot, I would get your thyroid function checked. Also, try drinking some gatorade in the mean time. With water you are obviously not getting hydrated enough. Gatorade at least made me feel a little better and I wasn't going to the bathroom nearly as much with that.

10/30/2007 7:58:38 AM

I doubt it's diabetes. It might be a prostate problem.

10/30/2007 8:05:16 AM

do you drink anything before you goto bathroom?

what color is your urine generally?
what do you eat?
do you take any supplements? any calcium?



[Edited on October 30, 2007 at 8:12 AM. Reason : ]

10/30/2007 8:12:02 AM

Haven't you ever seen those prostate commercials?

10/30/2007 8:14:53 AM

You gots the STD from those ECU girls man

10/30/2007 8:23:45 AM

If he wasn't a guy, I would suggest that he might be pregnant.

Just go to the doctor. It really could be any number of things.

10/30/2007 9:56:11 AM

Quote :

"Haven't you ever seen those prostate commercials?"

10/30/2007 10:02:29 AM

Quote :

" It might be a prostate problem."

yeah, that would be my first guess.

Quote :

"yea get checked out, who knows you might get a finger in your ass while you're at it"

yeah, you will--sorry.

10/30/2007 10:10:58 AM

Family Guy already covered this. You're getting prodded.

10/30/2007 10:45:37 AM

Quote :

"Could be a tumor pressing on your bladder."

Obligatory IT'S NOT A TUMAH!!!

10/30/2007 10:47:12 AM

aids

10/30/2007 11:03:59 AM

or maybe you just have overactive bladder there's a pill for it. it says so on TV

10/30/2007 2:11:05 PM

^ But antispasmodics like Detrol and Ditropan seriously dry you out, so I hope for his sake that it isn't that.

10/30/2007 3:11:30 PM

Sounds like you have a "growing problem".

10/30/2007 3:12:37 PM

Am I the only one who read the title of this thread to the tune of "Party all the time" by Eddie Murphy?

10/30/2007 3:14:04 PM

PROSTATITIS

10/30/2007 3:34:15 PM

quit drinking all that alcohol 24/7.

10/30/2007 3:49:41 PM

Quote :

"Sounds like you have a "growing problem"."

how can we bring it down to size

10/30/2007 4:24:45 PM

now that you mention it...i am thirsty all the time. i mostly drink milk, juice, and green/white tea. i havent had alcohol in over a month.

my urine is usually clear to light yellow.
i usually eat damn near anything. well balanced...veggies and protiens and carbs. i eat good. no supplements.

ive had a UTI's before...but it doesnt feel like that before. its wierd.

my dad and grandma had diabetes...damn now im worried.

guess im going to sick call tomorrow morning.

ill keep you guys informed.

[Edited on October 30, 2007 at 8:45 PM. Reason : yea]

10/30/2007 8:44:22 PM

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10/30/2007 8:44:32 PM

My vote goes to BPH, even though you're a bit young. Seriously, you should go see a doctor.

10/31/2007 11:16:12 AM

when you urinate, does it feel like you have to go real bad, but when you pee its not as much as you though?

10/31/2007 11:33:12 AM

how much green and white tea do you drink? Both of them are natural diuretics, which will cause you to be thirstier and have to pee more often. green tea made me feel like I had to pee every half hour.

10/31/2007 12:49:35 PM

^yeah. i noticed that too.

im surprised with drinking all that crap your piss is white.

do you think a lot of water?

10/31/2007 12:58:00 PM

I would definitely suggest switching over to drinking only water for a while, if only because you've been so thirsty. It doesn't have to be diabetes, but if you're thirsty all the time you might just want to give your body water instead of all that other stuff. Drinking the caffeinated beverages might not help, heh.

Good luck on whatever it is.

10/31/2007 1:52:21 PM

have you seen a doctor yet?

10/31/2007 2:20:55 PM

i had this problem like a month ago. it wasn't a UTI, actually the doctors didn't know what the deal was

don't have it anymore though. but it was seriously annoying

10/31/2007 3:02:31 PM

was your Dr. an MD.

or one of your friends?

10/31/2007 3:13:52 PM

obligatory "sarcoid" and/or "lupus"

but with the family history this kind of sounds like diabeetus

10/31/2007 8:05:51 PM

Whoa I think we need House over here to diagnose. I think its prostate related. I'm at a sit down job, and i drink a shit ton of water there b/c its free and always available.

10/31/2007 8:23:32 PM

yea i went to the doc today. they really dont know what it is. they took blood work and urine samples and i go back today. this sucks.

11/1/2007 1:18:26 AM

if you aren't concentrating your urine (sounds like you are not since its pale to clear) and you are thirsty all of the time

it could be diabetes insipidus.....so its a good thing you finally went to the dr

you could have had a pituitary tumor and wouldnt have known about it until shit hit the fan.

11/1/2007 4:59:47 AM

Yeah good luck with the doctor again.

Hopefully it's not something too serious.

11/1/2007 5:29:59 AM

i love the navy.

they said it was either overhydration or stress...

11/1/2007 7:29:06 PM

i have the same issue Steven, with my father and my grandmother both have diabetes. I dont have that (yet) but I piss alot. Especially when drinking beer, prolly like every 5 minutes easy.

doc told me it was irritating diuretic fluids like beer/coffee and things like that as the culprit. That doesn't help much but apparently some bladders are more sensitive than others and although there's technically nothing wrong with you, you have to deal with that shit much worse than the next guy. Sucks.

11/2/2007 2:39:36 PM

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11/2/2007 2:48:06 PM