Anyone had to give up diving bc of bladder pain?

[DivingMellis]

Hi

I'm new to the forum. I was just wondering if anyone experienced/solved this problem. I'm alright on the first dive but on the second I'm in pain within about 10/15 minutes and I start getting really cold. I end up aborting the dive and then struggle to pee when back on board because the pain is so intense. I'm miserable sitting on the boat while everyone else dives. I've googled stuff and came up with Immersion Diuresis but this doesn't explain why I can't just wee in my wetsuit?

Obviously I try not to drink much and wee before I go in the water, this also happens with snorkeling as well and seems to be linked to being too cold. I already can only dive in tropical water in the height of summer, with a thermal undersuit and full length wetsuit on.

Any experience in this matter would gratefully be received!

[Dylona]

Consider booking an appt with a dive doctor

[jturner]

Consider booking an appt with a dive doctor

^^^ This. Doesn't sound at all usual to be honest. IME, being cold and/or in water makes me want to piss like a racehorse and the only time it was painful was when my p-valve hose got kinked and "inflated" my end to a horrific size... Anyway, moving on. I suspect that we'd be guessing on this forum but maybe one of the medically trained forum members might be able to offer some advice. I hope you get it sorted out though. It sounds miserable.

[notdeadyet]

See a doctor.

Having a piss underwater is a bit of a psychological barrier. Mentally I find it hard to do if I'm swimming but easy if I stop for a second. I know people that have to be upright and leaning against something as if they were in a real bog. It can be a bit weird doing it around other people when you're underwater too, shy bladder syndrome is a real thing. But having pain and difficulty on the surface doesn't sound great.

Also, not being well hydrated before either diving or snorkelling is a very bad idea. If you're UK diving then get a drysuit as soon as you can, a cheap drysuit is far better than a top of the range wetsuit.

Don't diagnose from the internet.

[Divemouse]

If you're in a wetsuit anyway, have a practice wee as soon as you're in and keep doing it. I can't go unless I hold hands (this does not happen at home!), but it can be with a boulder or even myself if necessary.

As above though, do talk to an actual medical expert

[wibble32]

Take the good advice offered by @notdeadyet, do NOT limit your water intake it brings other problems.

Rgds

[DivingMellis]

Hello!

Sorry for not replying I didn't realise you don't get notifications so I thought no one had replied

I have a lot of chronic pain so my pain threshold is lower so maybe thats where the pain comes from. I feel reassured by the fact other people have idiosyncrasies when it comes to weeing underwater me bladder seems to just switch off. I bought a 5mm shortie to put over my thermal and full length wetsuit because I get so cold even in tropical waters but by the sound of it I should probably talk to a dive doctor. It's so expensive to dive I hope the dive doctors aren't crazy expensive too but I suppose they are, it is a luxury at the end of the day....

Thank you for your input!

[Dylona]

If you have a lot of chronic pain on a day to day basis with some sort of medical issue, its definately wise to see a diving doc just to make sure your issues are compatible with diving

[Mark Chase]

Ill probably get slated for saying this

The problem with Doctors (ANY DOCTOR) is they err on the side of caution and always seem to say don't dive.

IMHO there's very few health condition that would stop anyone from doing recreational diving. The big one being a history of spontaneous collapsed lung

I have high blood pressure, I have always had high blood pressure

30 years ago I was struggling to pass a dive medical in Malta to go diving, yet since then I have literally 1000s of hours underwater on some pretty extreme dives no problem

I have had periods of Arrhythmia and yet I still dived. Diving for me was therapeutic and calming.

My dad has a list of conditions as long as our arm at age 87 yet at 79 he did his PADI OW and has dived right up till Covid put a stop to it.

Do you know what's stopping him now? His eyesight is fecked after a failed cataract opp.

The body is 90% water so being immersed and under pressure really shouldn't make much difference. The main issue I find is people who struggle to equalize their ears.

An illness that can result in passing out or seizures is probably a bad idea. Diabetes used to be a thing but now there are specialist groups that dive with this issue.

SO if you do take advice from he doctor about diving and it's not a specialist diving doctor, make sure (assuming you want to carry on diving) you push hard on exactly why its an issue.

[Ihsaan]

Seems like you have OAB, overactive bladder. This is often worse in the cold. You say you struggle to pee after the second dive but that’s probably because the bladder is empty but the pain from the spasms remains. You can get treatment for the OAB or take extra measures to stay warm. (DOI-GP with a lot of diving experience)
https://www.wellandgood.com/overacti...der-in-winter/