Tell me about your quality of life, help needed (please).
I am F(15) and have bladder issues. I have had these since I was five years old, and I constantly went to doctors and got shut down instantly + tested for a bunch of stuff. I am at a point where I have had tests and ultrasounds on my bladder and kidneys. The doctors said my organs looked healthy, extremely healthy even and that there should be no reason I have these issues. I was told my only hope is to age out of it in my twenties, and if I dont, I"ll have these problems forever. I am on solifenacin for OAB, but I still havent been diagnosed. My quality of life is not great right now, but I think itll be the best I can get. Ive done everything medically possible to make sure I dont suffer more. All the exercises, the medications, the training etc. However, I know my bladder issues are either trauma or anxiety based. Probably both.
My current situation is every 12 hours at home, but every 30 minutes in public. I know neither of these are healthy at all. I am lowkey fed up after suffering for ten years and still no solution. But, I want to hear from older people with OAB too. How do you deal with it and how do you navigate life? I am scared because I dont think ill ever pass my gsces, my driving tests, or even be able to ever use public buses because of a lack of toilets. I am frightened to become an adult because how am I going to get a job and survive? How will I travel to said job if I cant take public transport or drive? I know you cant drive on solifenacin because of drowsiness. Im so scared. I hate having the bladder of someone much much much older than me at fifteen. I feel like my life is ruined. I dont want to have to depend on urinary incontinence equiptment just to take a bus or learn to drive, and my carers say I am not bad enough to need these things.
Can someone older tell me how they experience life now with it ? I just want to know if I can have an okay life like this. Im terrified.