Urinating a lot during the day?

[Alexander1245]

So for the last week, to put it in simple form, I've been urinatig more than usual. Between 8 and 10 times a day. It doesn't burn when it comes out, and I have noticed I've been going in smaller amounts recently but not by a lot. I used to wake up at night once and go to jribate but that went away after a couple of nights, I can usually get a full night sleep. I don't know if this is a UTI or something else but it isn't normal for me. I usually go 5 times a day not 8-10 times. I'm only 15 years old and I have a lot of anxiety and the thought of this being something bad is always on my mind. I can't stop thinking and keeping track of how much I urinate throughout the day, and it's annoying me. I can't stop thinking about it which is why I think I'm going so much, and as soon as I feel the need to urinate, even is it's not a lot I force myself to go and I just don't know what it is. Any suggestions?

[RubyWitch]

Unless your urine is much darker than normal, has a strong odor, causes pain when you urinate or if there is any kind of discharge from your penis, then you really have nothing to worry about. It's possible you are just drinking more than usual and not even aware of it. (Is it summer where you are? Are you eating more juicy kinds of fruit like watermelon and oranges?)  If we drink a cup of water, an hour later we are not going to pee out exactly one cup of liquid. Some gets absorbed by our gut and some DOES come out, but some also hangs around for awhile. It also depends to some extent on how well hydrated we are. If your body has plenty of hydration, after you drink something, your body will flush out what it doesn't need more rapidly since it doesn't have to sit around waiting to be absorbed. And sometimes if we're running on empty, we can drink a LOT and will produce very little urine because our body has absorbed most of it. Constantly THINKING about urinating, COUNTING how many times you've gone and HOW MUCH you peed is definitely a sign of anxiety. The fact that you've said you usually go 5X a day tells me you were already monitoring your frequency, so any change in that is going to cause you anxiety. You also said that at the first sensation of having to pee, you go, even if you could have comfortably waited until you REALLY had to pee, perhaps that is why your DUR (Daily Urinating Ratio) has increased? Your anxiety could be triggering this behavior as well. I wish I knew of a sure fire way to help you NOT think about how often you pee, but I don't. Anxiety doesn't have an on and off switch, unfortunately. So maybe you could try to keep track of how much you drink in a "low key" kind of way........I mean, don't go out and buy a "Pee app!" Also remember to take into account fruit, popsicles and ice cubes. And then wait to urinate until you really, really need to. But NOT to the point where you're in pain! Just don't go the instant you feel the first urge. See if that doesn't bring your numbers back into YOUR normal range. If you continue to be anxious about this, it's time to see your doctor to rule out any underlying problem, which I don't believe there is. Bear in mind that everybody has different frequency rates and our own can change from day to day. We should probably all pee at least a few times per day, but there is no set numbers of times we HAVE to.