First, it turns out that urgency is super common. According to Yale Medicine, up to 40% of ALL U.S. women have an overactive bladder.
That means that at any given time nearly half of the women around me might also be fighting the urge to pee.
No wonder there are always long lines out of the lady’s room!
It also meant that all that time I’d felt isolated and alone, trying to hide my peeing problems, I should’ve been talking to my friends and family.
What really surprised me though, is that it’s nearly as common in men. Yale Medicine also says up to 30% of men suffer with overactive bladder too.
But as common as it is, according to the American Urological Association, it’s actually NOT a normal part of getting older.
So now I knew it wasn’t about my age—and more importantly—I finally had hope that I could find a way to stop peeing all the time.
Second, I discovered that peeing frequently, sudden urges to pee, occasional urine leakage, and waking up to pee at night could all be caused by the same underlying issue.
Third, I learned that the surprising hidden culprit behind all of my symptoms was right under my nose the whole time and easier to fix than I ever imagined.