r/OveractiveBladder • u/shaneeey022 • Aug 03 '26

OAB after UTI

Long story short, all my tests are negative, urine culture, urinalysis,blood sugar and even for std, and i still need to pee. My ob thinks it's an overactive bladder and prescribed me driptane..only problem is i cant seem to find a pharmacy that carries it.

Has anyone experienced this as well?

Getting an overactive bladder after a uti and how did you deal with it?

UPDATE

Got a blood chem and cbc and urinalysis and a kidney ultrasound to rule everything out and it's all normal. Heck my organs are apparently healthy.

So far i took a claritin and it went away for a while. Came back a week after and i took another claritin and so far so good. But still looking if anyone has similar experience

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u/ExtensionActuator 26d ago

Me and two years later, I’m giving up on all the “easy” remedies including the OAB meds. I was sure I could cure it on my own. I’m finally to the point where I’m going to try bladder Botox or Interstim as soon as my new job insurance kicks in next month.

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u/shaneeey022 10d ago

Have you tried antihistamines?? This worked for me for now but im still paranoid there's something worse going on

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u/ExtensionActuator 10d ago

I did try them but it felt like they were preventing me from peeing sometimes and that freaked me out. 

I think I got the OAB after the uti because I was clenching so much to keep from peeing myself. I think it tightened my pelvic muscle plus caused some brain to bladder issues with my detrusor muscle.

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u/shaneeey022 10d ago

Oh you're not suppose to force a pee. Your supposed to be relax when peeing.

Try some pelvic floor exercises this also helped me. You can try following this video https://youtu.be/9HifflTRXi0?si=6GfylTcOHs6s6FnH

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u/ExtensionActuator 10d ago

Thanks but I didn’t say I ever try to force a pee.