How Much Should I Pee?

Have you ever wondered if your bladder volume is normal? In this video, we will explore what a "normal" bladder volume is according to the International Continence Society. This is important to understand if you have pelvic floor dysfunction, which can impact normal healthy bladder function.

This is the second video in this series on bladder function and overactive bladder. Make sure to subscribe so you don't miss more in this series.

00:00 What is normal bladder volume
00:31 International Continence Society definitions of normal bladder volume
00:50 Studies on which normal ranges are based
01:13 Inappropriate to define single set of "normal" values
01:33 Bladder - detrusor muscle - needs to be able to contract
02:01 Larger volumes can reduce bladder contractibility
02:10 Holding for too long can reduce bladders ability to contract
02:18 Conclusion - size of person impacts size of bladder and therefore bladder volume

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[ThanhNguyen-wncz]

Glad I have found this channel. Thank you ❤

[liljewymafia]

What do you recommend doing if it's tough to control the pelvic floor muscles? Stretching helps with awareness and feeling of them (using the rubber balls in perineum) but the other stretches without them seem to activate hamstrings.

[Naallaa]

AlhamdulilAllah i can hold in full for hours and I can go almost 2 liter, I'm 5'6 girl. I hate getting up to go when sleeping

[maddlad]

Your videos are great. What are the dangers of chugging water before going through security at the airport? Sometimes I chug up to two bottles of water as I hate wasting the water. One time I chugged two bottles of water and my pee was transparent an hour later, this continued for the next three pees. I guess that's just my body naturally getting rid of that water I drank?

I always pee before boarding a flight even if it's only a short 1 hour flight. Sometimes the turbulence can be rough and the toilet cannot be used.

Do you chug water before security and also go pee always before getting on a flight?

[TWTW]

I think my water drinking is normal(2000ml~3000ml) and I pee about 2~3 times in a day since teenage. I had measured my bladder volume which is over a liter . Is it normal?

[lenorapalminteri]

What do you consider "holding it for too long"? Like, how many hours is holding it too long? Just curious. LOL!

[AsimKhan-ubmj]

Hi Doctor! I have a weird issue if you could kindly guide me. I have started bladder training recently.

My comfort zone is around 200 ml. Till this amount I can essily reach the toilet and urinate.

After this I can hold on till I get a sudden strong urge and this could be anywhere between 270 ml and 370 ml.

Now there's a weird zone between 200 ml and the final urge. I can hold on with increasing discomfort above 200 ml but as soon i decide to go to the bathroom, I get a very strong urge. The strength of this urge depends on how far I was from the perceived final urge by the bladder. For example yesterday i was sitting comfortably and I decided I should pee and got a really strong urge near the washroom door. My urine volume was only 250 ml. Two days ago I had held on for a while and then decided to go. I didnt feel any strong urge but when i measured the volume it was 270 ml.

This weird buffer zone between the complete comfort zone (200ml) and the final urge point bothers me because I could literallaly be holding comfortably 270 ml and it suddenly shoots the urge up when i decided to go.

I have been told that this could be a mental door in lock syndrome thing but the fact that it happens after 200 ml means that there is something more to it.

What I want to know is that while training the bladder should I hold onto the till final urge comes (anywherr between 270 and 370 ml) or should I wait for a certain point after 200 ml?

At around 200 ml I start getting constant signals to urinate which are not super uncomfortable and I can hold on beyond that.

My target is that I should be able to hold 350 to 400ml of urine without rushing to the bathroom due to strong urge as soon as I decide to go. When my bladder was not overactive, I could hold onto till about 400 ml and then go without experiencing a super strong urge when i decided to go.

I have no medical issues with bladder or kidneys.

My OAB issues started in Feb 2022. For two complete years preceeding my first urgency incident, I had been peeing just in case non stop. Like I would sometimes literally pee when there was less than 50 ml in my bladder due to urinary OCD and to get that "just right" feeling. I was at home with an attached bath during these two years. I have never been duly dehydrated paryicularly during winter my entire life. I highly doubt I would have urinated above 250 ml during this entire two year period. Even before 2020, I was a just in case peeir but due to academic or professional work or some other matters, I would sometimes hold my bladder till max, but after Jan 2020, that was never the case.

The other factor worth mentioning is that I took an antidepressant by the name of Tretol (sertraline). I took it just for two days and it wreaked havoc on my body with side effects like weird stool, jaw clenching and shaking etc. I didnt experience urgency immediately but just 15 days after taking that medicine I had my first urgency incident. The side effects of the medicine didnt last for more than two days since i stopped taking it immediately and like i said urinary urgency didnt occur till 15 days later.

So how long after 200 ml should I hold my urine so that my comfort zone where i can calmly go to pee can expand? Thanks a ton in advance!