Neurogenic bladder is all to common in MS and can lead to urgency (gotta go! gotta go NOW!), frequency (going to potty way too often), nocturia (getting up at night to pee) and urinary incontinence! Nobody’s got time for all that!
Here we review a simple, easy tip to improve bladder control: TIMING YOUR VOIDS. Start scheduling visits to the commode every 2 hours while awake. You can then shorten or lengthen the interval between scheduled bathroom breaks based on your need
For example: When you schedule voids every 2 hours you don’t h have to go, but when you wait 4 hours you have urinary urgency and almost wet yourself! Based on this, try scheduling bathroom breaks every 3 hours!)
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