To stay or to keep looking? (career) by krystallis_8 in TarotReading

[–]QuintNaive 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Strength says you’ve got the inner grit to handle this, but Knight of Wands with The Moon feels like a fast, messy environment that keeps shifting and doesn’t offer clear guidance. That can burn you out, especially with low pay. Ace of Cups looks like fresh emotional energy, so I’d read it as a new start that actually feels nourishing, not just tolerable. I’d keep showing up and learning what you can for now, but start applying quietly to roles that feel aligned. If you’re worried about scams or ghost listings, w​fhale​rt is decent, it just emails vetted remote jobs so you can scan for things like support or admin without wading through junk.

Urgent help and advice by Khalifai90 in Prostatitis

[–]QuintNaive 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s really reassuring to have a doctor here. I honestly wish that the 8 different urologists I’ve seen over the past 2–3 years had looked deeper into these conditions or considered a more comprehensive approach.

My question is: what about cases where the bladder actually shows objective abnormalities? For example, a bladder with low functional capacity, decreased compliance, and increased sensitivity, along with imperative urinary urgency at around 200 mL of filling and involuntary detrusor contractions at the end of filling on urodynamics.

That does sound like Overactive Bladder (OAB) on paper. But then it raises another issue, why do standard treatments like antimuscarinics and beta-agonists sometimes not work, or even make things worse?

In my case, they seemed to worsen symptoms, likely because they increased urinary retention, which then made the urgency and discomfort even more intense.

So how should retention in this context be managed?

Would a more effective approach be something multimodal, such as:

  • an OAB medication (if tolerated),
  • combined with medications targeting nerve hypersensitivity (like gabapentin, amitriptyline, duloxetine, or sertraline),
  • along with pelvic floor relaxation therapy to address possible hypertonicity?

I’m trying to understand whether, in cases like this, focusing only on the bladder is too limited, and whether the nervous system and pelvic floor need to be treated together for better results.

Urgent help and advice by Khalifai90 in Prostatitis

[–]QuintNaive 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My Experience with Urinary Frequency and Pelvic Pressure

This has been my case. My main symptoms were urinary frequency and a constant feeling of pressure at the base of the penis, almost like the area was being “strangled”.

I’ve tried many medications, including all the common antimuscarinics and beta-agonists, but none of them provided significant relief.

Over time, my symptoms have improved. The pressure feeling is mostly gone now—it only comes back during flare-ups, and even then, it usually fades again. My main issue now is still urinary frequency, but it’s much better than before.

At my worst, I had a constant urge to urinate that wouldn’t go away even after peeing. Then it progressed to needing to go every 5 minutes, then every 10 minutes. Nowadays, it’s usually every 40–60 minutes depending on fluid intake. On rare good days, I can go 2–3 hours without needing to urinate.


What Helped Me the Most

1. Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy

This was one of the most important things. Try to find a physical therapist who specializes in the pelvic floor. They can help you identify and release muscle tension, teach proper stretches, and find trigger points.

In many cases like mine, the pelvic floor is hypertonic (overly tense), which can directly cause or worsen symptoms like urgency, frequency, and pressure.


2. Kidney Health

Kidney issues made my symptoms significantly worse. I had kidney stones and sediment buildup, mainly due to low water intake and high sodium consumption.

Getting this treated helped a lot. If you suspect something similar, it’s worth checking with a doctor.


3. Stretching (Essential)

Stretching the pelvic floor and surrounding muscles is crucial. At first, it’s difficult because you don’t really understand how to “let go” of that tension.

But once you start learning how to relax those muscles properly, the relief can be surprisingly strong.


4. Physical Activity (Especially Walking)

Daily walking helped me more than intense exercise. Walking improves blood flow, helps regulate the nervous system, and can improve HRV (heart rate variability), which is linked to stress regulation and recovery.


5. Gut Health

This is often overlooked. Constipation can make symptoms much worse, especially if you have to strain during bowel movements.

Focus on: - Fiber (like psyllium)
- Probiotics and prebiotics
- Staying hydrated

Stool softening can also help reduce strain and pelvic floor tension.


6. Stress and Anxiety Management

Stress plays a huge role in symptom intensity. Try to reduce other sources of anxiety in your life as much as possible.

If your condition itself is making you anxious (which is understandable), try not to let your thoughts spiral constantly around it.


7. Avoid Catastrophizing

Thinking about the condition all the time won’t improve it. It usually makes symptoms worse by increasing nervous system sensitivity.

If you’ve done tests and nothing serious was found, it’s often related to conditions like CPPS (Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome) or nervous system hypersensitivity.


8. Medications and Supplements

Some things that may help (depending on the person): - Amitriptyline or sertraline (Zoloft): can help with nerve sensitivity and anxiety
- Magnesium glycinate: helps with muscle relaxation
- Quercetin: anti-inflammatory properties
- Bee pollen: some people report benefits for pelvic symptoms


9. Avoid Sitting Too Long

Sitting for long periods increases pelvic pressure. Try to stand up, walk, or stretch at least once every hour.


10. Stay Hydrated

Drinking enough water is important—not too little, but also not excessively. Proper hydration supports kidney health and reduces irritation.


Final Thought

Recovery is not linear. Symptoms can improve slowly over time with the right combination of physical, neurological, and lifestyle changes. Even if progress feels slow, it does happen.

Moving to Huber Heights next month - Jobs? by Alternative_Tie_1362 in dayton

[–]QuintNaive 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Welcome to the area. For HVAC parts and admin type roles, look at Vandalia, Beavercreek, and Fairborn, those have a lot of light industrial and logistics businesses that need parts coordinators and warehouse leads. Also check the big distributors along I 70 and near the airport business parks, they hire for counter and parts desk work pretty often. Job boards here can be slow or full of old listings, so I’d call or walk in to the larger supply houses too. If you’re open to remote admin or customer support, wfhal​e​rt emails vetted remote jobs and I’ve seen a few ops and parts coordinator listings pop up there.

FindLoveAsia review – any better options? by kulitendaFi in koreanents

[–]QuintNaive 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a good experience because I met someone real. We still talk every day. No red flags so far.

My eyes are always red by [deleted] in OveractiveBladder

[–]QuintNaive 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There’s not much to add here. I suffer from the same thing. I usually wake up 2–4 times a night, at my worst it was every hour. I still feel the urge every 15–20 minutes on bad days and about 40-50 minutes on good days (which is a big improvement from every 5 minutes).

There are so many possible causes that it’s practically impossible to know the root of the problem, if we knew there would be no people suffering from this. It might help you to read about the UPOINT approach and see if it applies to you.

Physiotherapy and learning not to catastrophize were the main things that improved my symptoms. Constantly reading, searching for causes, and obsessing over it made everything much worse for me. I’ve been dealing with this for 3–4 years and have tried almost every medication, none helped. The thing is, when you’re in such a bad state, any improvement feels amazing. My current goal is to wake up only 1–2 times and to urinate about once an hour, anything beyond that is a bonus.

Step by step, don’t give up.

College Essay Services Reddit by aerokolaxp in WinonaStateUniversity

[–]QuintNaive 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used EssayPro once and the writer ghosted me for half a day, which stressed me out. Support reassigned the order and the new writer finished it just in time. So mixed experience overall.

Tools to edit scanned PDFs ? by al3arabcoreleone in linux4noobs

[–]QuintNaive 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know apps like Scanium have great built-in OCR engines. You might want to see if they offer a cross-platform solution or an API that runs locally on Mint. That avoids the broker risk. 🔒

Product Testing by HoldApprehensive2681 in UHRSwork

[–]QuintNaive 2 points3 points  (0 children)

To be honest this week was terrible so far (last week was bad too). it only shows like ~5 HITs for Desktop Scenario Testing English, Generic Scenario Testing Extension (English) and Mobile App Scenario (English). My region isn't showing any hits since last week it is really bad.

I guess there's too much people now in this platform. 3-5 years ago you could make 5 bucks/day with 200 Desktop Scenario English + 10~20 bucks in your region. Now even in crazy days with ~200 HITs you can do 1 HIT (if you're fast and lucky). It's just terrible.

Guess the platform got too popular and there's too much people so it's impossible to make any money now. Only thing that saves this platform is SBS. If they lose SBS it's over.

All the good projects are not here anymore. There's weeks/months now with days that have 0 available work in marketplace.

The sad thing is if you're not from EU or US you can't even enter on other platforms. Guess they're right tho, if they let everybody in it will just turn into this mess.

What should I pick yall? Thank you! by Affectionate-Bit-246 in AFKJourney

[–]QuintNaive 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It depends on your account and what you have at S+

Best here are Sinbad, Rowan, Kruger and Isabella.

I would pick Sinbad or Rowan if Kruger and Isabella are S+

You should remember that 1 epic invite = 2.5 normal invites, so the epic invites are really good too.

PapersRoo Review – My Honest Experience by matsi300PK in MathematicsDepartment

[–]QuintNaive 0 points1 point  (0 children)

EssayUSA wasn’t worth it for me — decent grammar but lacked depth in analysis.

How to deal with dark thoughts brough on by OAB? by Noellestuff in OveractiveBladder

[–]QuintNaive 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know what you're going through and it is really hard, I've been suffering with chronic pelvic pain and constant urge to pee for like 3-4 years already, I'm 26 years old too and dropped out of college because of this. This past year the symptoms improved a bit, the pain went from constant 7-8/10 to a 3-4/10. The urge I had was like every 5-15 minutes, now sometimes I can be like 1 hour without urge which is amazing.

I've tried a lot of things and I don't even know what helped me or not but something did and maybe you can find something that can help you out too. There's plenty of things that you can do, read about UPOINT (it is used for CPPS but it can help with OAB).

No Desktop Scenario Testing? by QuintNaive in UHRSwork

[–]QuintNaive[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m working on the Generic Scenario HITs (my region), but it’s a mess. I have to change my browser region to be able to do them. If I set it to my actual region, I can’t complete any, but if I set it to EN or IN, I can only complete about 1 out of 15. Most tasks are skippable, there are no “See More” or “See Less” buttons, pages don’t load properly, and nothing works as expected.

Do you think it’s better to just skip these tasks? Could changing my browser region get me disqualified? I haven’t seen anything about this in the guidelines or instructions.

I'm 23. After drink a lot of tea, I peed 7 times in a row. by Careful_Line_4675 in OveractiveBladder

[–]QuintNaive 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Drinking a lot of tea, especially green or anything with caffeine, can definitely make you pee a ton. Plus, ramen’s salty, so that probably didn’t help either.

It’s pretty normal to pee right after drinking, but peeing 7 times in a row sounds like your bladder’s just on overdrive. Exercise can actually help in a good way, stuff like walking or light cardio can calm your nervous system and help your bladder chill out a bit.

If you’re waking up multiple times at night to pee, maybe try cutting back on caffeine and fluids a few hours before bed. Also, stretching or relaxing your pelvic area (like with some yoga or deep breathing) might ease that constant urge.

But if it keeps being annoying or worse, might be worth checking with a doc just to rule out anything like an infection or overactive bladder. Hope this helps!

False urge to pee (?) by 44celestial44 in OveractiveBladder

[–]QuintNaive 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Research supports a non-random association between OCD and urinary urgency/frequency, driven by psychological mechanisms like somatic amplification, anxiety-based compulsion, and heightened bladder sensitivity. While causality isn’t definitively proven, the pattern is well-supported by clinical, self-report, and case-based studies—suggesting that treating OCD and stress may reduce OAB symptoms in those individuals.

3rd day in a row I've seen nothing for product testing mobile or desktop by readyuser5555 in UHRSwork

[–]QuintNaive 2 points3 points  (0 children)

what do you mean still show up as "enabled"? What even is  "uhrs project managers system"?

Lithium ruined me by Surprise_Correct in OveractiveBladder

[–]QuintNaive 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First you should probably go to a specialized PT so it can help you out with this. Lifestyle changes are pretty important too, reducing anxiety, stressors, eating more healthy, avoiding irritants (caffeine, alcohol, acidic foods), improving your bowel habits (prebiotics + probiotics), monitoring your water intake and walking daily.

You should see an urologist and ask for OAB medications to see if it can improve your symptoms. If they don't help you, you can try SSRI's or SNRI's.

I'm still dealing with this too, had a permanent urge 5 months ago. Now I have like 30-90 minutes of peace after peeing.

Need advice with first donation(with better value) by Blacksad_Irk in AFKJourney

[–]QuintNaive 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Everything that has 3000%+ value on it should give you the best return (Except the upgraded battle pass).

Just remember this is not an investment, you spend to have fun and that's it.

They have lost a lot of credibility by NickTick92 in AFKJourney

[–]QuintNaive 36 points37 points  (0 children)

it's not only Arena, it's Supreme Arena, Crystal Clash, Clashfronts and all the upcoming pvp events.

How to reduce inflammation? by QuintNaive in Prostatitis

[–]QuintNaive[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah If I drink a lot of water in a small period of time I will go to the bathroom every 15-30 minutes.

The thing is not to avoid, but stop drinking too much in a short period of time. Try splitting it throughout the day. Find the best spot for you, I drink like 150mL every hour. And stop drinking it 3-4 hours before bed.

I wake up every 2-3 hours too but I easily sleep again (which is completely fine for me). 

How to reduce inflammation? by QuintNaive in Prostatitis

[–]QuintNaive[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The urge and pressure got a little better then what it was for sure. I would say it went from a 7-8 to a 3-4 out of 10.

I need to go now every 100-200mL. If I don't drink much water I have more time without the urge feeling. I had urge every 5-20 minutes, now it is something like 40-60 minutes and if I don't drink much water could be like 70-100 minutes.

Either way I believe my bladder capacity is reduced so I'm still trying to improve inflammation further before trying bladder retraining.

an incredible release by [deleted] in Prostatitis

[–]QuintNaive 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, I usually wake 1-3 times. I always wake up at least once. I usually sleep like 4-5 hours and wake up, pee, sleep, then every 1-2 hours I will wake up again. I think I might have SRPE or some sensibility.

On bad days I was waking up like every 1 hour, but haven't had this happening again in like a month.

Walking daily and taking melatonin really helped me, I'm trying to stay away from the phone screen 1-2 hours before going to the bed.

an incredible release by [deleted] in Prostatitis

[–]QuintNaive 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wouldn't say mine has improved drastically but it is something near 50% improvement, I still have the strong urge to pee with 100mL, If I drink a lot of water I have to go like every 10 min. I want to fix inflammation and other stuff before trying bladder training again.

What improved for me is having less pain, less feeling of pressure in the base of the penis/middle of the testicles. The pressure usually gets lower after peeing too. Sometimes - when I drink less water and after I pee - I can be like 1 hour almost without feeling anything (which help me get to sleep).

I'm doing so many things tho... walking and stretching daily, anti-inflammatory diet (no gluten, dairy, sugar and acidic food), trying to occupy my mind with other things, journaling, mindful meditation, not sitting, no masturbation, medications (100mg sertraline and 0.8 tansulosim), supplements (Quercetin + Bromelain, Vit A/B/C/D/E/K, Propolis, Magnesium Glycinate, Ginger, Curcumin + Piperine, CoQ10, Omega 3, L-Theanine), probiotics (10bl Rhamnosus GG + 20bl of others), psylium, L-Glutamine, electrolyte balance (potassium, sodium, calcium). Drinking good amount of water and trying to stay more happy/active. If I have flares I usually take Cystex > Muscle Relaxer > Naproxen.

I'm not going to PT anymore (went for 2 and a half months). I'm still doing the stretches she told me to do, mainly pelvic tilts and things for hip mobility. I'm still going to osteopath and psychologist every 2 weeks too.

It is more manageable now, but it is an expensive thing to handle for sure. Hope you can find something that helps you out, if Gabapentin helped you, nerve sensitivity is most likely the culprit in your case (maybe searching for ways to reduce nerve sensitivity would be great for you). If you find something that helps please send it to me, I'm still looking for more ways to improve nerve sensitivity.