Frequent urination?

[romanticroyalty.livejournal.com]

I looked through the memories, recent posts, and well..a lot of the Internet XD, but didn't find much to help me out. Sorry if the answer is really obvious!

For about a week now, I've had to urinate frequently. Sometimes I feel like I have to urinate, but when I try, nothing comes out.(Sorry if that sounds horribly crude; I didn't know how else to put it!)

Now, I went to the doctor a few months ago because I had some itching and burning down there, and she gave me meds for a urinary tract infection and a yeast infection, because we weren't sure what it was (the bacteria count in my urine sample wasn't high enough to be a UTI, but it was still higher than average, and since I had symptoms of both infections, she decided to just treat me for both).

I brought it up with a friend of mine, and she said that she always gets that right before her period. I've never had it happen to me before, though, so I'm slightly concerned. When I Googled it, the only results I got were things about pregnancy (and there's absolutely no way that I could be pregnant), and things about UTIs.

I guess my questions are:
1.) Is it normal for a female to get these frequent urges to urinate, right before her period?
2.) Is it possible that I do have another UTI, so close to the last one? Keep in mind that I've been having a glass of cranberry juice a day ever since my last one, and I also drink a lot of water (but not enough to make me feel like I constantly have to go, especially when I just went).

I'm going on my annual three-day family vacation next week and I'd really like to get this cleared up before then. And by "cleared up," I mean "not have to go to the doctor, because I don't want to have to pull down my shorts." ;]

Thank you so much for any help that you can give me!
Kelly

Comments

[romanticroyalty.livejournal.com]

I haven't been checked for it, though my doctor wanted to check me for it when I went in a few months ago (she couldn't, since I'd eaten breakfast before I went in). It's actually been a concern of mine, since it runs in the family and I have some of the signs. I'll either get my grandfather to test my blood sugar, or my doctor--whoever I see first!

[daisycake.livejournal.com]

i don't get the frequent urination but a vitamin c tablet is loads more effective than like, a gallon of cranberry juice :)

[romanticroyalty.livejournal.com]

I've heard about that! I'm going to look into getting some of those, maybe they'll help out with this.

[patientgirl.livejournal.com]

i could be totally offbase, buuuut........

i had a uti....and after it cleared up, i still had symptoms. the urge to pee all the time, and when i did, it burned during and for ages after. i did some research online and found something that sounded exactly like what i had, except that it's sufferers are usually women post menopause.
i was 25.

http://www.mamashealth.com/women/vulvdys.asp

whilst nothing burned or itched then, it was just sort of an all over pain...a reoccurrence months later fit the symptoms more so then when it first kicked in.

i dunno that my doctor would have thought to test for it if i hadn't identified it myself and asked her to do so.

i hope you get it all figured out!

[romanticroyalty.livejournal.com]

Ach! I'm sorry that you have that! I hope it's not what I have. *crosses fingers* I'll have to bring it up with my doctor and see if she'll test me. Thanks for the information! I want to find as many things as possible that it may be, so that I can look into them all and hopefully get this cleared up. Such a drag!

[zambonigirl.livejournal.com]

I felt that way when I had a bladder infection once. Or you could just be expelling more water right now, particularly if you're getting over a UTI. Regardless, give the doc a jingle, and see what she says. It never hurts to call them.

[romanticroyalty.livejournal.com]

You're right--the best thing to do is really to go in! Thankfully my doctor is not very busy, and she can get me in tomorrow. I hope this clears up quickly, whatever it is!

[whoremoan.livejournal.com]

Right before and during my period I always feel as though I have to pee constantly and when I try nothin' or very little happens. I think it's just the extra pressure in the region during that time (at least for me).

[t0morrowistoday.livejournal.com]

lots of pms meds have diuretics in them to make you pee a lot so you lose some of the water weight. so if you're taking midol or anything before your period, that could be the cause of it. but i don't know about the other symptoms.