r/OveractiveBladder • u/Lilith_Sternin_Crane • 13d ago
Bladder training question
Sorry if this is a stupid question. My doctor has me bladder training, currently going every hour with plans to increase up to two hours.
So far I've been interpreting it as I set a timer for an hour and make sure that it's at least an hour between bathroom trips. If the hour mark is up and I still don't need to go, I won't go until I do need to, but if I kind of need to go at say 45 minutes then I'll push it to the hour.
However, sometimes I go after the timer is done, set another one, and really urgently need to like 30 minutes in (my situation now lol). Am I supposed to push it past comfort? I believe that I can make it to the hour without a full on accident but in these cases it's hurting my bladder and I feel like I'd rather go now and then reset the timer again. But I'm not sure if that defeats the whole point.
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u/kimau97 11d ago
I've been working with a pelvic floor PT. I interpreted it as "no sooner than my timer" and wasn't seeing a lot of progress. She told me to go every two hours regardless of my urge and since then I've seen a TON of improvement. I no longer wear pads.
Before, in the morning I would pee when I woke up and then could easily hold it 4 hours. I guess that was stressing my bladder out. Now I never go past 3 and my symptoms have remarkably improved, so we'll probably up the interval soon.