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Urinary Frequency
Dear Dr. Chan,
I felt 急尿 frequently but can’t instantly excrete (need to wait around 5 mins and only excreted a little bit) and a bit scared. Is this normal? I took an antidepressant and anxiolytic as normal practice but the very sleepy benzodiazepine. My menstruation should be starting around this Saturday as well.
This is the first time I felt scared at night after taking the medicine and is this a normal reaction or side effects of the medicine? Thanks very much for your help! 
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Best Regards,
xxx
Reply from Dr. Chan Man Lui, Doris
Dear xxx,
Urinary frequency ( 急尿) is not normal. Having urinary hesitancy is not normal either. You need to find out the cause for sure. The commonest cause for urinary urgency is urinary tract infection. Usually it comes along with haematuria (i.e. blood in the urine) and dysuria (pain while passing urine).
As for urinary hesitancy, it is uncommon in female as the urethra is short in female. The commonest cause is benign hypertrophy of prostate (BPH), which only happens in male counterparts.
As regard to whether the medications causing you this problem, it would be difficult to make a comment on this issue, because different patient has different reactions to medications. Therefore, it needs to be assessed in person to explore this cause.
Therefore you can see a general practitioner for further assessment first. If after assessment and yet you could not find any problem, then it may be due to mood problem, like anxiety or in rare case, related to the side effect of your current medications. By then, you can see me for further management.
BR
Dr. Chan
