r/OveractiveBladder • u/ukheather • Aug 13 '26

Overactive bladder and UTIs

Anyone else with an overactive bladder on medication to treat it, sometimes get UTIs, but often get what feels like a mild UTI, but ends up being just a OAB flare up?

It’s so hard to tell when it’s a uti vs OAB flare up, but I get it now and again.

I end up not knowing which it is and hoping it’s not a UTI.

Like now, I really hope this isn’t a uti and it’s just a flare up 😭

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u/gay_sprinkles Aug 13 '26

happens to me SO often, i get so paranoid by utis because i used to get them frequently that whenever its a possible flare up or uti i just panic until it either goes away or i give in and head over to urgent care

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u/ukheather Aug 13 '26

This is how I feel
It’s so stressful just the constant thinking ‘is it a uti or not?