The doctor says he has bladder spsams,can't hold more then 60 oz of fluild, but when you only drink 30 oz how is that a problem? He goes to the bathroom every 5 min. and I do mean every 5 min. We are doing a treatment that is to help the spsasm but not helping yet, tried the med's even two at a time but nothing works. Not sure what to do. But you tell him he has been in the bathroom 6 times in a row he sometimes will stop.
I see on your profile that your father also has dementia. The father of one of the members of my local CG support group went through a period of being obsessed with going to the bathroom. Between dementia and spasms your poor dad is wearing a grove to the bathroom door, and driving you nuts! What happens when he gets into the bathroom. Does he dribble a little? Surely he isn't producing any volume that often.
What if you said something along the lines of "Dad, let's try using the bathroom once per hour. Here is a cute little timer we can set, and when it goes off I'll help you to the bathroom. You can wear some protective pads in your underwear, just in case you dribble a little between bathroom visits."
I feel for you. I remember pleading with my husband at 4 am, "You can't possibly need to pee. You peed 6 minutes ago. The human body cannot produce more urine that fast!" (Silly me, it is futile to try logic against dementia.) What finally worked for him was Saw Palmetto, for a slightly enlarged prostate. It took a few months, though. The enlarged prostate was pressing on him and making him feel an urge, and the dementia didn't allow him to reason through this and recognize it was a false alarm, because he had just gone.
Good luck!
A full time foley catheter was a nuisance but really helped my dad. His prostate wass so enlarged he couldn't void.
Crickets right about UTI's too. Could it be a side effect of his regular meds?
Have you tired Detrol LA or like meds?
Thanks for listening
Stopped two different prescriptions at about 100 days. Any suggestions?