Going to try to retell this as concisely
as possible.
I'm a 24 year old male. About a month ago,
started with some very frequent urination.
Sometimes immediately after urination, and
sometimes 5-10 minutes after, i would get
a dull sense of urgency to urinate. I
would try to go, but it would be a very
weak stream, and i didn't REALLY have to
go, but felt like i did. minor testicular
pain as well.
Called my doctor, he prescribed cipro for
what he diagnosed as a mild prostatitis.
Took about a week of cipro until it
affected my stomach too much to continue
(antibiotics often do this to me). By the
time i stopped the cipro, my frequent
urination HAD gotten quite a bit better
during the day, although i was still going
2-3 times at night, and feeling like i had
to go a fourth time well before it was
time for me to get up. normal for me is
once per night.
Within about 36 hours of stopping the
cipro, the testicular pain went away
completely, but my urinary symptoms came
back, going frequently, weak stream,
feeling of urgency when i don't really
have to go, etc. went back to my doctor,
he did a prostate exam (normal) as well as
checking my testicles (normal), and did
some basic checks for kidney stones
(didn't think it was that). he prescribed
doxycycline to see if i tolerate it better
than cipro, still assuming it's
prostatitis, and sent me to a urologist
who happened to be able to see me that
same day.
urologist said he doens't think it's
anything, essentially. said to try to the
doxy, and we'll do a CT scan to check for
stones, and a scrotal ultrasound. both
came back normal. i had to stop the doxy
after 48 hours becuase it gave me a pretty
severe skin rash.
now here's where it gets interesting. when
i stopped the doxy, i still had very
frequent urination. however, it started
going away on its own after about a week
to the point of being essentially normal
during the day, and urination 1-2 times at
night.
then...it started coming back on its own.
sometimes i have a split stream, sometimes
weak stream, often feelingl ike i have to
urinate only 5 minutes after going, except
i don't realy have to. he gave be prosed
DS to try, which i did, and it both
doens't seem to help, and didn't even turn
my urine blue as it's supposed to. i have
mild urethral irritation as well (not sure
if it's a true symptom or just a result of
frequent urination). that's where i am
now, and i have a follow up with the
urologist next week, but since everything
came back fine, i don't have high hopes of
anything other than "it's nothing wait for
it to go away." he doens't think i have
interstitial cystitis, he cultured my
urine and apparently no UTI either.
My questions are...are there any other
suggestions? something i'm missing? could
this me ejaculation related, meaning maybe
i have a weak ejaculation where semen
isn't completely clearing from the urethra
and it's causing some issue. could this be
cold related, like cold dieurisis? the
first two times the urination became more
frequent it WAS after a lot of time out in
the cold, but since then it hasn't
followed that path. I'm increasingly
frustrated with this as last night i had
to get up 3 times to urinate and am not
getting quality sleep.
