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Always feels like I have to pee. Not a UTI

I'm a male, 26 years old.

For the past two weeks it's been a nightmare. All day long it feels like I have to go pee. When I do, I'm relieved for about 5 minutes, then the feeling comes back. You know when you have to pee really bad, and it almost hurts, that's how I've been feeling.

I've been to the doctor, they took a urinalysis, and nothing showed up. So the next thing they did, was check my prostate. They said it was enlarged. So the diagnosis was prostatitis. So they prescribed me cipro, and yes, thats for an infection. They didn't prescribe me anything for my enlarged prostate. So I went with it, took that for 4 days, and no signs of improvement. So I went back to the doctors, this time a different doc, and he said I did have an enlarged prostate, so he prescribed me another antibiotic, and this time flomax.

After the first couple of days it seemed to be getting better. So I thought it would work, but it was slowly getting worse and worse. Then Sunday, it was back at its worst again. Constantly feeling like I have to go to the bathroom. I'm in such discomfort trying to fall asleep, it takes me a couple hours!!

So today I called the doctor again and told him how its not getting better and I wanted to see a Urologist.

Does anyone have any indication to what I may have?
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Thanks for your advice.

Unfortunately, the earliest appointment I could get was for this coming Monday. So I guess I will have to wait. Is there anything I could do in the meantime to relieve some discomfort? And can I take sleeping pills while taking flomax & doxycycline?

Thanks.

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Hi

It is about time that you seek a urologist's assessment. A cystoscopy may be necessary here to ascertain any involvement of underlying structures as this procedure will help directly visualize the urethra and the bladder. It may also be used to strengthen the differentials of  interstitial cystitis.

Interstitial cystitis and prostatodynia or chronic pelvic pain syndromes are likely differentials for your case. These disease conditions require a urologic evaluation as early as possible.
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