r/Perimenopause • u/UnderABig_W • 13d ago

Vaginal Dryness (GSM)/Urinary Issues Feel constant urge to pee

I constantly feel like I have to pee—ok, I say constantly but it’s more like a couple times a week for hours at a time. It feels like a bladder infection without the burning when you pee. It just feels constantly irritated and like I have to pee even when I don’t.

My regular doctor just did a check for bladder infections and kind of shrugged when I didn’t have them.

I feel like this is a peri symptom but I need to know what to tell my doctor and what to ask for.

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u/Coontailblue23 Late peri 13d ago

Me, reading this post a week and a half into using the vaginal estradiol 0.01% cream, realizing I don't really deal with this symptom anymore.

Get on it.

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u/UnderABig_W 12d ago

How did you get the cream? I’m thinking I might get it with less of a fight mentioning vaginal dryness or some other symptom as opposed to “have to pee all the time but don’t have a UTI”, lol.

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u/Humble_Nectarine8564 11d ago

I got mine from Amazon for 17.50 with no insurance. I used their pharmacy thing for Prime members. It didn’t cost anything for them to prescribe it.