The Secret Reason You Constantly Have to Pee | Oz Health 

Young people also have problems like this

I find myself constantly having to wake up to urinate and it interrupts my sleep.

My mother had this problem and was told by a doctor how to fix it. She told me if you don't empty your bladder you can get recurring infections, which had been happening with her. She said when you are on the toilet and think you are done, put your hands on the seat and sit on them. It changes your position and lets you empty your bladder. In other words you wee again. I do it now as I had this problem. I would come out of the bathroom with a feeling of still needing. Not any more. Thankyou mum.

I'm only 13 years old and I've been having to pee constantly I wake up so many times of the night having to rush to the bathroom and wen I pee it brings pain to the lower part of my stomach and I thank everyone for the advice imma try to make things happen I pray to god that he'll help me through this i m going to put myself in his hands so he can heal me , everyone should thank the lord , amen 🙏💕.

This is one part of a very complex puzzle. First and foremost, make sure you're cleared of any infections whether those be STIs/UTIs/bladder. Secondly, your bladder could be completely empty and you still feel the urge to pee: this could be from habitual habits like holding your pee for long periods of time, "just in case" peeing before you leave the house even though you dont really have to go, etc. What happens is, your brain learns those patterns and they get engrained over time. Another reason are pelvic floor muscles that are tight and pushing on the bladder which could cause a false sense of urgency; a pelvic floor physical therapist (make sure they are specifically trained in pelvic floor dysfunction) can help you work on this. Your breathing patterns/compensations also play a part. And finally, consuming things like bladder irritants so coffee, tea (decaf and non caffeinated), sugar, sugar substitutes, citrus, spicy food, alcohol, carbonated drinks, chocolate...I'm probably missing a few but there are a bunch...that can all play a part. Also, please stop spreading misinformation like this happening in older people because I have had clients as young as 14 where they are experiencing things like this. Perpetuating the idea that this happens in older people increases shame and prevents women and young girls from seeking help early.

Travelling is a no for people who always need to pee like me. 😭

I'm so sad to see so many people suffering like myself

"As you age" I have these problems and I'm only 15 EDIT 2 : I have been diagnosed with autism and I think this is the reason for this , I can feel my bladder and bowel more than regular ppl EDIT:Damn... this post got so many likes and comments , im 17 now and I still have these problems , went to urology appointments and gastroenterology appointments and it turned out, there was nothing wrong with me internally.. I suffer from depression and social anxiety and thts wht thry think its linked to, but who tf knows.. its gone better , but it still isn't good , thty told me to do bladder exercises, which I have no clue if theu have helped , all in all, I still have social abxiety, depression creeps up from time to time, and i still have these toilet problems, not as bad though... If y r reading this, im sorry, all I can say is tht ik ur pain and alot of ppl do aswell, go to the doctors and gp and tell them , or if u have any mental health issues too... i love u, habe a good day ❤

I become to hate my body because whenever I go out of the house, I can't enjoy the moment because I have to always pee. I always try and find a restroom everywhere. Thanks for this video

I noticed what makes you want to pee more is being in cold AC home/places than being in warm humid places with NO cold AC , because you sweat the extra water out of your body.

A real benefit of watching Dr. Oz is that we can learn important things in an entertaining way instead of trying to "force" ourselves to listen to a regular (boring?) medical lecture.

Cerebral Palsy causes it too actually, I've struggled with this for two years and i have accidents sometimes

he's such a great Dr. to listen to! he makes me feel like he cares about helping people! not like other Drs. I've met!

There are also anxiety and panic issues to talk about that can cause the feeling of needing to go to the bathroom. I know when I drink coffee, my anxiety levels are higher and I need to urinate more often.

Thank you for the graphic Dr. Oz! Very detailed and clear!

I’m a guy and have an enlarged prostate, (BPH) and frequent urination is one of the symptoms. Failure to fully empty the bladder is also a problem. Here is a simple technique that allows you to empty the remaining urine in your bladder. Press on your belly like he says and if you feel the urge, then do the following. Raise both arms over your head as far as you can. Then start counting slowly. By the time you reach 20:or 30, you will feel the urge to pee again and the remainder will come out. It sounds crazy but it works every time for me.

im literally crying i feel the urge to pee again seconds aftee peeing im in crazy constant pain feeling suicidal its horrible the feeling of wanting to pee all the time i booked a urologist finally after not having insurance for a year ,i hope i get this through this 😢 im only 21

Now I gotta go use the bathroom. 😩

Being overweight squishes your bladder,, you feel you have to pee all the time. Wear a pad, try to distract yourself when you feel that, the pad will catch any drops. Retrain you mind.

Dr.oz, 1 of the contributory factors to my bladder issues, is lympedema in my right leg, from an auto accident, and a pin and plate in my ankle was installed...standing for awhile, my right leg bloats up ..at night, I elevate both feet...the kidneys start working overtime, to remove the water on the elevated legs, so getting up in the middle of the night frequently to pee, has always been an issue...

Mine was from prolapse. I am so much better since I had a hysterectomy! It did wonders for me!

Thank you for your wonderful insight and that’s why at night it’s called the wee wee hours of the morning.

Bartonella (cat scratch fever) also can cause urinary frequency. It can be contracted from biting insects that first bite an infected animal, both domesticated and wild, and then bite you, like fleas, ticks, lice, biting horse flies, etc.

I'm in my 60s and have had these issues all my life.....was a bed wetter as a child, life time of infections, in 2nd grade had my bladder stretched 13 times in one year, at age 9, had bladder surgery, as an adult I'd get UTI often. Found out a few years ago, I have 2 urethras , thats the tube your pee flows through, instead of just one, so now I'm on a medication for an over active bladder and a low dose antibiotic to keep infections at bay. I'm told for the rest of my life. Both medications have helped alot!

I pee then 1min later I get the urge to pee but only s little comes out

This is fantastic! Since I've been using about a tablespoon of ground flax seed, I now only have to get up to use the bathroom once a night. I was getting up every two hours. Thank you, Dr. Oz!

This explains so so much. I'm almost 29 and have this issue.

My friend went to Doctors in 2002 to have pelvic ultra sound. She was told to pee before test which she did in restroom. She then got on table and the ultra sound begin when suddenly, she was told to go back to bathroom because she still had pee left. She asked the technician can you see that. The tech reply was yes I can and my friend say nothing is secret not even your pee... doctors reviewed the test and told T she has a condition called incomplete voiding and that there is no cure. So, T told me how this thing has affect her marriage, her confidence and other things. See for her not only do she have urinary incomplete voiding issues. She also have incomplete bowel voiding as well. She was crying when as she explained it to me! I felt for her and that is the reason for her nasty divorce. She won’t get into another relationship for fear of embarrassment and humiliation she said. Prayers for a miracle in both areas is what she needs so she will no longer be insecure and other things...

I'm only 25, and I have OAB. . . Thanks for making me feel old, Dr. Oz. . .

Seems like when I lay down I have to constantly pee

I think I'm not alone .

Its embarrassing when I have to go constantly and sometimes I don't make it in time to the bathroom. I hate going places 😒

I’ve had pee issues my whole life, it doesn’t matter if I’ve had a lot to drink or not. Some days I feel pretty normal but I’ve always peed more than most. On average I pee about once an hour if I’m just laying around. Some days it’s never ending I can go pee and 1 minute later I have to go so bad again and I’m peeing a lot when this happens, not just a little bit. I am affected by drinking certain fluids which is why I avoid caffeine.

He never mentioned any reason for frequent urination, aside from the incomplete urine emptying condition. I have had several pelvic and abdominal ultra-sounds, where you go pee, than get checked immediately after, and i have been told i completely empty my bladder. Yet i still go to the washroom at-least every 30 min, sometimes more often. I have lost jobs because i have to pee so often, and have to change my entire schedule, where i can go and when because of this. So how come he never mentioned any alternative reason? I know there is no urine left behind, and i seem to expel more than i take in. I can go a whole 24 hour period with no fluid intake, and still have to pee at least once or twice an hour.

Several yrs ago I messed up my bladder. I had to have surgery and they said don’t drink after 12am. My surgery wasn’t scheduled until 6pm. My house was 90° when I woke up @ 9am. I drank 8 ounces of Gatorade. 30mins later I was told to come in 4 surgery. I woke up 15 minutes after surgery groggy as can be and I had to go. To this day I don’t remember how long surgery took. I refused to let them help me and made them get out when I went to the bathroom. Bladders been messed up ever cents.

Thankyou so much , you are the first one to address this for me and I've had innumerable appointments about my problems . Even had surgery for a prolapsed bowel into my uretha . This was never suggested ! K

drinking too much coffee causes frequent urination.

I'm 19 and I also have this. Have to pee like 13 times a day and several times each night. Just yesterday I had a post void ultrasound which showed 65ml retention. I hope the urologist and physiotherapist can help me

I have interstitial cystitis...the symptoms are the same as Dr. Oz talks about. I have had this for 40+ years.. I have been lucky and had a wonderful urologist who diagnosis-ed me. I saw him every year. It is the most annoying this to have, especially when I had my knee replacement surgeries....I will go to the BR and then less than 5 minutes later I have to go again. There is not much on the medication front. When I had my knee surgeries, I had to tell the nurses what it was!

Feel so bad for this lady, many people have this same condition. Thank You Dr Oz for this information

I have to pee a lot at night.

This is great information. Being diabetic, I am also prone to urinating a lot and having bladder infections. I have found that after going that if I double over while sitting on the toilet or double over while leaning slightly to the side, I will feel the need to urinate again. Since I started doing this compress the bladder technique, I haven't had a single UTI.

A few of my friends that have that problem; Praise God that I don't have it! Thank you Dr. Oz; very good video.

I'm of the opinion that physicians know the problem but refuse to explain these tips to their patients for fear of going out of business. Many thanks Doc and may you emain blessed.

Anyone that knows why when i go pee and then i wanna go again but when i stand up the feeling is not in me but when i sit for a while i want to go to the tiolet again??????

This happens to me during WINTER TIME, whenever the place is cold, I just keep using the bathroom continuously.

Dr Oz, a year ago, I had to have an MRI that revealed that there’s an 8cm cyst on each of my ovaries. My Gyno said that sometimes causes women to want to pee all the time. I am still waiting for my LBSO surgery to remove both of my ovaries and both of my fallopian tubes because I told my Gyno that one of my sisters had to have chemo and radiation for ovarian cancer so to be safe, my Gyno thinks it would be best to have an LBSO. I’m a 58 year old female.

Great video. Learned something new today and the video wasn’t too long and just the right length. 🙂

Whenever I’m excited, nervous, cold or about to rest it feels like I’ve been holding pee for a year I’m only 13 and I have to severely dehydrated myself so I can go somewhere and not pee myself

A reduction in tea consumption from 5 cups to 2 cups a day, all before 2:00 PM, has helped me a lot with the pee issue, and it has also helped me sleep better at nighttime.

Dr Oz we just love you we love you we love you are so kind , so compassionate you're so loving you so caring you have all the characteristics of a good human being with the title doctor attached to you your humanity for humanity is overwhelming. Blessings to you throughout eternity

Not really an age issue in our modern world unfortunately. I've had this since my early twenties and I'm approaching my 30s soon. I'd like to get this in control.

One doctor told me i can have an botox injection in my bladder or have a device inplanted in me to cut down on peeing, i didn't want any of these at the time so i went to the healthfood store and found product that can help like dr. oz said flaxseed and stringing nettles, pumpkinseed, celery, cranberries, saw palmetto and pygeum africanum, lycopene, and that really help me but it was expensive! so i made my own

I have gotten into the practice of double-voiding while still on the toilet since given birth 16 months ago. It helps; however, I still have the urge to pee a lot.

I have to pee all throughout the night. It’s not the 12 pack I drink before bed, it’s a medical condition such as this.

I take flax seeds every single day for more than 3 years and i don’t think its doing anything to me😕

I have the opposite problem, I don't have the go pee feeling. I actually have to remember to go pee. I'm 9 months pregnant and I have to remember to go pee every 2 hours so that I don't get a uti. I'm actually afraid that I sometimes let my bladder fill to much so that my bladder might push the baby's head out of my pelvic and the baby might turn breach.

I'm 13 and I constantly need to pee and I'm a girl and I'm fed up of it even though it's only happened today

Dr. Oz you never gave the recipe for the smoothie I hope you can do it. I also know that saw palmetto helps with this issue is this true in your opinion ?

Thankyou to the women who. Got up there

I woke up 5 times last night to pee!!!

I know what you all have experience is very embarrassing and it's just a real pain to have to go through this because I have to I had to go to 4 different doctors and no one gave me very good advice on how to take care of this so I had to venture out on my own to find an answer and I did

I have had to pee constantly since I was a little kid. One of my siblings does as well. I have a partial duplication of the ureter on my right kidney. The only treatment I have been offered is medicine that gives me dry mouth. I feel super thirsty which makes me drink a lot, thus making me pee. --I would rather pee all the time without constant thirst.

I miss your show Dr. Oz. I learned so much from you

So he's saying that even just after urinating there is still urine in the bladder? Why doesn't it just get expelled with the rest of the urine. Why is it being retained like this?

I have done everything, I have done every test like blood test, urine test, and other test but there was no any problem, day or night I have to pee frequently

This started when I was pregnant and hasn't stopped after 14 years.

having kidney stones also causes frequent urination. I have them. Seeing a urologist right now. If you have this issue of yrgency to go all the time, one must go to Doc because there can be multiple reasons for what is wrong. They may have to order an ultrasound, CT scan and/or an MRI of the bladder which shows the Doctor everything.

I pee a lot but I never have had a urinary tract infection...

Her uterus is probably in the wrong place. A prolapsed or misplaced uterus can cause this problem.

For Dr. Oz , what else you put in the flex seed smoothie? Juice,flex seeds and anything else?

I have had no uti’s but when they went to see if I had a tumor in my uterus they said my bladder didn’t empty all the way

Can someone tell me what’s the main ingredient in smoothie which relax your bladder muscle ?

I can't empty my bladder and I have this problem for two years now and also sometimes I only drink one glass of water and I have to pee like 30 times and it's medium to huge amounts, this problem have made me depressed since I can't enjoy life anymore and I have to stay home and I'm only 16 years old male.

I have various health problems so I have hyperbaric oxygen treatment. One of the first results was not needing to get up in the night.

I used to be completely normal until one day for reasons unknown to me I started having to go every 2 hours. Sometimes I can stretch it to 4 hours absolute max. People make fun of me, road trips are unbearable with other people, and it’s mortifying having to constantly make my shake walk to the toilets, constantly excusing myself from conversations with my friends to go pee. I just want to know why.

had this also for years but recently I’ve taken a quarter of a tablet called VIRLIX PLUS I got over the counter at a pharmacy - I take it the odd time and sleep very well. I don’t take a quarter tablet until I need to. I also found not drinking a glass of red wine in the evening and having lots of water from early morning until 6pm was a great help. My energy increased also. I take pineapple and noni juice which has all the minerals we need for the body to repair itself. Lots of exercise daily is beneficial (30 minutes to 2 hours inc walking ) Dr John Bergman says we can all reset our sleep patterns within 7 days. He’s awesome for helath and wellness as is Dr Eric Berg and Dr Vernon Coleman in my experience. Peace , Long life and happiness in whatever you do is important with as little stress as possible.

It seems most people with this issue who are younger have a bladder capacity issue. The more you pee, the lower your capacity. You have to re train your capacity and also your mental health to not get anxious and give into the initial sensation. Your bladder can hold at least another hour after the initial sensation. Stop the fixation and Over thinking.... that's the root cause. Start with tracking daily how much you pee and then try to reduce it day by day to once every 3 hours at least.

Very informative Dr. OZ. Thank you.

Good idea for a show.Ive had this as a kid too. I can stand up wash my hands and go again.

I’m up constantly having to empty out my bladder and nothing just dribbles comes out and losing sleep

Urologist put me on tamsulosin generic Flomax I've been taking it twice a day for almost 2 years now sometimes it seems to help and other times it doesn't. Tonight while I'm watching this video I went 20 minutes before I put the video on and I had to go again while I was watching video. I think I'll try this ground flaxseed

I'm going in for a procedure where my Urologist will inject Botox in my bladder to stop me from urinating every 5 mins. I get up 10 to 12 times a night and during the day I urinate about 25 to 30 times a day. It's driving me insane

Flaxseeds can work with frequent urination, it is also diuretic; so if you take too much flaxseed you will be running to the bathroom more than before.

At night i try to remain sleeping and pressure myself not to go to the restroom but that last only 10-15 minutes. I miss young age when you sleep the whole night without these hourly interruptions.

It’s the hardest thing when the doctor has to fill your bladder to take an ultrasound and he’s pushing right on your full bladder with the device and you’re forced to hold it.

A lot of older women have problems with UTIs and excessive urination if they've had and hysterectomy without a bladder extension that puts stress on your bladder.

I used to wake up in a soaking wet bed or wake needing to pee and as I sat up it all let lose. The urologist found my bladder was reposition a little off when I had surgery for a bowel to bladder fistula. However there are prescription medications for overactive bladder that have helped. I no longer have to wear a diaper or use a mattress protector, thank God. Physical therapy showed me how to strengthen and tense some muscles so I can make it to the bathroom. They are NOT kegel exercises. I wear an Incontinence pad just in case but it is soo much better than it is was.

It comes from the nerves in your spine not functioning properly.

i want to die , been dealing with this for 4 months , i feel like it’s been getting worse with more and more constant urges , my blood and pee came back clean it’s just ugh kms

This makes SO much sense!

Thanks so much for the video - the information provided is most helpful. I find myself at times consumed with this problem - the direction provided is greatly appreciated.

I just went to pee and I felt I had to pee again. At night I pee many times. After I had urethra enlarging. I go pee only 1 time at night if I do not take vitamin during a day. 2 times at night if I take glucosamine and fish oil during the day. I am 46 and I a.m. premenopausal.

I missed the video cause i had to pee! dr. oz is such a quack! he quacks me up!

What's the "normal" average time gap between pees during waking hours? Say within (24 - 8) = 16 - hour period. Anyone?

I think it’s because I drank half of a slushie, a small bit of water & a whole bottle of oasis summer fruits juice, I don’t think it’s anything bad, btw the amount of times I peed in that hour was 3 times which is alot as a person who usually hold their pee until someone else goes in (reason is being paranoid about bugs fsr)

I have to wake up to pee in the morning at 6-7 AM everyday and it's been interrupting my sleep. I've been having this problem for 3 months now. What do I need to do?

It's bizarre that at work in 8 hours I go to pee max twice. At home 8pm to 9 pm at least 4 times, overnight at least 4 times without much intake of water after 7pm 🙄

I’m just learning about mold toxicity. It does cause frequent trips to the ladies room.

I used to have this problem but after 7 months on keto and 70 pounds lost I no longer have it.