Hi everyone. I found this string months ago when I was experiencing the same problems: tingling/persistent feeling in clitoris (similar to a feeling of being "turned on"), some occasional throbbing (not painful) in the labia, increased urination frequency, and a bladder infection that seemed to have kicked the whole thing off (although it may just have been a coincidence). Firstly, let me thank you all for posting about your symptoms--just hearing that other women were having them made me feel a ton better (although I'm so sorry you are all going through this!)
I did a bunch of research into many different things after I read this forum (and others): persistent genital arousal disorder, pelvic floor dysfunction, nerve damage, interstitial cysitis, vulvodynia, and herpes. I visted my OB/GYN and she pretty much ruled out all of the things I mentioned. She recommended I talk to a "sex specialist" but I felt like that would be my last ditch effort if I couldn't find something medically wrong. I talked to a friend who works at a hospital, and she recommended I contact a specialist--and I found one in my area called a "urogynecologist." Upon our first consultation, she wasn't sure could help me, given my symptoms. But after her initial examination, when I had explained to her that annual exams have always been painful to me, and after I had bucked on the examining table due to the high level or discomfort, she said "I know what it is...it's levator myalgia." She pushed on some muscles in my pelvis and said, "does this hurt?" And YES, it did!
Levator myalgia is apparently a muscle that runs along your pelvic floor. If that muscle (and other muscles in the pelvic floor) are very tight, they can cause all sorts of problems (mine was in fact charlie-horsing when I had my exam). In my case, the problems were: frequent need to urinate (they were very surprised I wasn't already leaking urine because the muscles were constantly clenched and over time if your muscles stay clenched consistently, they lose the ability to hold in urine), and this very VERY distracting and anxiety-producing tingling/persistence in the clitoris (the tight muscles further up my pelvic floor--almost toward my hip--were basically restricting blood flow and causing that sensation all the way down in the clitoris). This overall condition is referred to as "pelvic floor dysfunction" and while I didn't intially think I had that based on my personal research, and while my OB/GYN didn't give it much consideration--we were wrong! After the urogynecologist diagnosed me, she referred me to a physical therapist who works only on these types of issues...literally physical therapy for the vagina and pelvic floor.
I'm about 5 months into treatment now, and I still see my PT about once a month (was going twice a week at first). Great news--almost all of my symptoms are gone. Between the PT and the excercises I had to do at home, my pelvic floor is in MUCH better shape. I no longer have that urge to urinate, the throbbing happens much less often, and the tingling/persistent arousal is much MUCH less---and even if it's bothering me, I now have the tools to work the muscles that are causing the problem and/or meet with my PT--and the symptoms lessen again. The PT consists of some massage on the outside and the inside of the pelvic floor, trigger point therapy, some relaxing and unclenching techniques, and then exercises at home with "dilators" which help to make the pelvic floor muscles more pliable again.
I wanted to share this with you all because I was EXTREMELY anxious about my symptoms at the onset. I couldn't concentrate at work and would stay up at night because the tingling was so distracting. Sort of like restless legs of the clitoris. I was so worried I would never have a normal sex life again (wrong!) and completely freaked that I would be like this "for the rest of my life." While pelvic floor dysfunction symptoms can come and go (since some women just tend to hold stress there), I know how to manage it on my own now--and of course I have the PT for bad flare ups. And guess what else? It's not as uncommon as you think. After I was diagnosed, I mentioned it to a friend, and HER friend had the exact same issue a few years before!
My advice to you women with these symptoms--go to your doctor. If you don't like what he/she says, see another doctor. YOU know your body better than anyone else. If I had stopped with my first doctor's assessment, I would still be where I was 5 months ago. Sometimes the symptoms for things aren't exactly what you read in the text book, but if you work with specialists and really explain everything--don't hold back--you will end up in a much better place. If you do end up in PT, make sure you do your exercises at home. I hope you all the get the help you need and feel better very soon.
Best of luck to you all, be strong!
I did a bunch of research into many different things after I read this forum (and others): persistent genital arousal disorder, pelvic floor dysfunction, nerve damage, interstitial cysitis, vulvodynia, and herpes. I visted my OB/GYN and she pretty much ruled out all of the things I mentioned. She recommended I talk to a "sex specialist" but I felt like that would be my last ditch effort if I couldn't find something medically wrong. I talked to a friend who works at a hospital, and she recommended I contact a specialist--and I found one in my area called a "urogynecologist." Upon our first consultation, she wasn't sure could help me, given my symptoms. But after her initial examination, when I had explained to her that annual exams have always been painful to me, and after I had bucked on the examining table due to the high level or discomfort, she said "I know what it is...it's levator myalgia." She pushed on some muscles in my pelvis and said, "does this hurt?" And YES, it did!
Levator myalgia is apparently a muscle that runs along your pelvic floor. If that muscle (and other muscles in the pelvic floor) are very tight, they can cause all sorts of problems (mine was in fact charlie-horsing when I had my exam). In my case, the problems were: frequent need to urinate (they were very surprised I wasn't already leaking urine because the muscles were constantly clenched and over time if your muscles stay clenched consistently, they lose the ability to hold in urine), and this very VERY distracting and anxiety-producing tingling/persistence in the clitoris (the tight muscles further up my pelvic floor--almost toward my hip--were basically restricting blood flow and causing that sensation all the way down in the clitoris). This overall condition is referred to as "pelvic floor dysfunction" and while I didn't intially think I had that based on my personal research, and while my OB/GYN didn't give it much consideration--we were wrong! After the urogynecologist diagnosed me, she referred me to a physical therapist who works only on these types of issues...literally physical therapy for the vagina and pelvic floor.
I'm about 5 months into treatment now, and I still see my PT about once a month (was going twice a week at first). Great news--almost all of my symptoms are gone. Between the PT and the excercises I had to do at home, my pelvic floor is in MUCH better shape. I no longer have that urge to urinate, the throbbing happens much less often, and the tingling/persistent arousal is much MUCH less---and even if it's bothering me, I now have the tools to work the muscles that are causing the problem and/or meet with my PT--and the symptoms lessen again. The PT consists of some massage on the outside and the inside of the pelvic floor, trigger point therapy, some relaxing and unclenching techniques, and then exercises at home with "dilators" which help to make the pelvic floor muscles more pliable again.
I wanted to share this with you all because I was EXTREMELY anxious about my symptoms at the onset. I couldn't concentrate at work and would stay up at night because the tingling was so distracting. Sort of like restless legs of the clitoris. I was so worried I would never have a normal sex life again (wrong!) and completely freaked that I would be like this "for the rest of my life." While pelvic floor dysfunction symptoms can come and go (since some women just tend to hold stress there), I know how to manage it on my own now--and of course I have the PT for bad flare ups. And guess what else? It's not as uncommon as you think. After I was diagnosed, I mentioned it to a friend, and HER friend had the exact same issue a few years before!
My advice to you women with these symptoms--go to your doctor. If you don't like what he/she says, see another doctor. YOU know your body better than anyone else. If I had stopped with my first doctor's assessment, I would still be where I was 5 months ago. Sometimes the symptoms for things aren't exactly what you read in the text book, but if you work with specialists and really explain everything--don't hold back--you will end up in a much better place. If you do end up in PT, make sure you do your exercises at home. I hope you all the get the help you need and feel better very soon.
Best of luck to you all, be strong!
hem12 2 weeks ago Maybe this posted by hem12 can help . read it throughly and please tell your mom there's something wrong.there's nothing embarrassing
about it I'm sure your mother wants the whats best for you at all times.
Hi everyone. I found this string months ago when I was experiencing the same problems: tingling/persistent feeling in clitoris (similar to a feeling of being "turned on"), some occasional throbbing (not painful) in the labia, increased urination frequency, and a bladder infection that seemed to have kicked the whole thing off (although it may just have been a coincidence). Firstly, let me thank you all for posting about yoursymptoms--just hearing that other women were having them made me feel a ton better (although I'm so sorry you are all going through this!)
I did a bunch of research into many different things after I read this forum (and others): persistent genital arousal disorder, pelvic floor dysfunction, nerve damage, interstitial cysitis, vulvodynia, and herpes. I visted my OB/GYN and she pretty much ruled out all of the things I mentioned. She recommended I talk to a "sex specialist" but I felt like that would be my last ditch effort if I couldn't find something medically wrong. I talked to a friend who works at a hospital, and she recommended I contact a specialist--and I found one in my area called a "urogynecologist." Upon our first consultation, she wasn't sure could help me, given my symptoms. But after her initial examination, when I had explained to her that annual exams have always been painful to me, and after I had bucked on the examining table due to the high level or discomfort, she said "I know what it is...it's levator myalgia." She pushed on some muscles in my pelvis and said, "does this hurt?" And YES, it did!
Levator myalgia is apparently a muscle that runs along your pelvic floor. If that muscle (and other muscles in the pelvic floor) are very tight, they can cause all sorts of problems (mine was in fact charlie-horsing when I had my exam). In my case, the problems were: frequent need to urinate (they were very surprised I wasn't already leaking urine because the muscles were constantly clenched and over time if your muscles stay clenched consistently, they lose the ability to hold in urine), and this very VERY distracting and anxiety-producing tingling/persistence in the clitoris (the tight muscles further up my pelvic floor--almost toward my hip--were basically restricting blood flow and causing that sensation all the way down in the clitoris). This overall condition is referred to as "pelvic floor dysfunction" and while I didn't intially think I had that based on my personal research, and while my OB/GYN didn't give it much consideration--we were wrong! After the urogynecologist diagnosed me, she referred me to a physical therapist who works only on these types of issues...literally physical therapy for the vagina and pelvic floor.
I'm about 5 months into treatment now, and I still see my PT about once a month (was going twice a week at first). Great news--almost all of my symptoms are gone. Between the PT and the excercises I had to do at home, my pelvic floor is in MUCH better shape. I no longer have that urge to urinate, the throbbing happens much less often, and the tingling/persistent arousal is much MUCH less---and even if it's bothering me, I now have the tools to work the muscles that are causing the problem and/or meet with my PT--and the symptoms lessen again. The PT consists of some massage on the outside and the inside of the pelvic floor, trigger point therapy, some relaxing and unclenching techniques, and then exercises at home with "dilators" which help to make the pelvic floor muscles more pliable again.
I wanted to share this with you all because I was EXTREMELY anxious about my symptoms at the onset. I couldn't concentrate at work and would stay up at night because the tingling was so distracting. Sort of like restless legs of the clitoris. I was so worried I would never have a normal sex life again (wrong!) and completely freaked that I would be like this "for the rest of my life." While pelvic floor dysfunction symptoms can come and go (since some women just tend to hold stress there), I know how to manage it on my own now--and of course I have the PT for bad flare ups. And guess what else? It's not as uncommon as you think. After I was diagnosed, I mentioned it to a friend, and HER friend had the exact same issue a few years before!
My advice to you women with these symptoms--go to your doctor. If you don't like what he/she says, see another doctor. YOU know your body better than anyone else. If I had stopped with my first doctor's assessment, I would still be where I was 5 months ago. Sometimes the symptoms for things aren't exactly what you read in the text book, but if you work with specialists and really explain everything--don't hold back--you will end up in a much better place. If you do end up in PT, make sure you do your exercises at home. I hope you all the get the help you need and feel better very soon.
Best of luck to you all, be strong!
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about it I'm sure your mother wants the whats best for you at all times.
Hi everyone. I found this string months ago when I was experiencing the same problems: tingling/persistent feeling in clitoris (similar to a feeling of being "turned on"), some occasional throbbing (not painful) in the labia, increased urination frequency, and a bladder infection that seemed to have kicked the whole thing off (although it may just have been a coincidence). Firstly, let me thank you all for posting about yoursymptoms--just hearing that other women were having them made me feel a ton better (although I'm so sorry you are all going through this!)
I did a bunch of research into many different things after I read this forum (and others): persistent genital arousal disorder, pelvic floor dysfunction, nerve damage, interstitial cysitis, vulvodynia, and herpes. I visted my OB/GYN and she pretty much ruled out all of the things I mentioned. She recommended I talk to a "sex specialist" but I felt like that would be my last ditch effort if I couldn't find something medically wrong. I talked to a friend who works at a hospital, and she recommended I contact a specialist--and I found one in my area called a "urogynecologist." Upon our first consultation, she wasn't sure could help me, given my symptoms. But after her initial examination, when I had explained to her that annual exams have always been painful to me, and after I had bucked on the examining table due to the high level or discomfort, she said "I know what it is...it's levator myalgia." She pushed on some muscles in my pelvis and said, "does this hurt?" And YES, it did!
Levator myalgia is apparently a muscle that runs along your pelvic floor. If that muscle (and other muscles in the pelvic floor) are very tight, they can cause all sorts of problems (mine was in fact charlie-horsing when I had my exam). In my case, the problems were: frequent need to urinate (they were very surprised I wasn't already leaking urine because the muscles were constantly clenched and over time if your muscles stay clenched consistently, they lose the ability to hold in urine), and this very VERY distracting and anxiety-producing tingling/persistence in the clitoris (the tight muscles further up my pelvic floor--almost toward my hip--were basically restricting blood flow and causing that sensation all the way down in the clitoris). This overall condition is referred to as "pelvic floor dysfunction" and while I didn't intially think I had that based on my personal research, and while my OB/GYN didn't give it much consideration--we were wrong! After the urogynecologist diagnosed me, she referred me to a physical therapist who works only on these types of issues...literally physical therapy for the vagina and pelvic floor.
I'm about 5 months into treatment now, and I still see my PT about once a month (was going twice a week at first). Great news--almost all of my symptoms are gone. Between the PT and the excercises I had to do at home, my pelvic floor is in MUCH better shape. I no longer have that urge to urinate, the throbbing happens much less often, and the tingling/persistent arousal is much MUCH less---and even if it's bothering me, I now have the tools to work the muscles that are causing the problem and/or meet with my PT--and the symptoms lessen again. The PT consists of some massage on the outside and the inside of the pelvic floor, trigger point therapy, some relaxing and unclenching techniques, and then exercises at home with "dilators" which help to make the pelvic floor muscles more pliable again.
I wanted to share this with you all because I was EXTREMELY anxious about my symptoms at the onset. I couldn't concentrate at work and would stay up at night because the tingling was so distracting. Sort of like restless legs of the clitoris. I was so worried I would never have a normal sex life again (wrong!) and completely freaked that I would be like this "for the rest of my life." While pelvic floor dysfunction symptoms can come and go (since some women just tend to hold stress there), I know how to manage it on my own now--and of course I have the PT for bad flare ups. And guess what else? It's not as uncommon as you think. After I was diagnosed, I mentioned it to a friend, and HER friend had the exact same issue a few years before!
My advice to you women with these symptoms--go to your doctor. If you don't like what he/she says, see another doctor. YOU know your body better than anyone else. If I had stopped with my first doctor's assessment, I would still be where I was 5 months ago. Sometimes the symptoms for things aren't exactly what you read in the text book, but if you work with specialists and really explain everything--don't hold back--you will end up in a much better place. If you do end up in PT, make sure you do your exercises at home. I hope you all the get the help you need and feel better very soon.
Best of luck to you all, be strong!
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I am sorry to you.You can try magneto-therapy to reduce it,there are of special vagina-inductors which can help(here the article for you magneto-therapy.eu/inductors.aspx)I hope it will help.Good luck,I believe everything will be fine with you!!
I saw a show about this......I think on tara. This women felt the same thing. Similar to getting an orgasm but not as pleasant. I wish I remembered the name. You're not crazy and it's def not a uti or std
This may sound really strange, but I get a very similar sensation every so often. It feels similar to arousal/need to pee. It is distracting, and not really pleasurable, and masturbation doesn't help.
What always helps me get rid of it is drinking a lot of water. Like a gallon. I find that this pops up usually if I'm dehydrated from drinking, or just not drinking enough water, too much soda/coffee. By drinking a ton of water (8-10 water BOTTLES) I pee a ton and soon enough its gone for good. Or for 5-6 months.
This may not help, this may just be me. But if it can work for you, that would be great!
I have had this problem off and on throughout my life as well. Then I began having a buzzing in my thumb and I went to a neurologist. I was given an EEG and it was found that I had epilepsy. As soon as I got on meds for seizures I have not had near the problems with it as I use to. it does not keep me up all night. On one of the articles I read about PSAS they thought that it may be related to some sort of seizure activity and I strongly believe so. I will occasionally have a hard night and if I take an extra dose of my seizure medication (it has changed throughout the years) it will subside. Benadryl, caffeine, or any of the things that bring on seizures for me can also bring on those "pressure stimulation orgasmic" feeling as well. I hope that this helps and gives you a direction to go... you do need to take it medically serious.
did anyone find help? I am ready to go to the ER but too embarrassed....I would rather die than feel like this any longer..a male friend is stopping over, what do I do????
I am panicking, sorry
Please help...I guess I will have to go to ER
I had PT with "myofascial release", etc but the PT is 4 hrs away so I gave up on it....now, I am having about 30 orgasms a day....I am not kidding...I know I should go to the ER, but I am too embarrassed...I cannot relax...I have a "banging" inside my head I am panicking...
I think its possibly from masturbating alot. It happens to me randomly maybe 3x a month. Looks like everyone mentioned masturbating so I could be some sort of "after-shock" after climaxing.
This kept hapopening to me. It was tingling, itchy, and I felt the urge to mastubate and then pee. It usually stops after a good pee. I also find it to stay away when I'm not wearing underwear at night.
I just wanted to add that in response to similar symptoms, I contact my integrative health practitioner. He believe the tingling sensations in the clitoris area (I also have itching) is related to systemic yeast or candida. This makes sense to me based on other symptoms I have had over some time. For me, this will probably lead to a several month very limited and very specific diet to try to kill of the yeast. I'm 51 and while I feel I've had other candida symptoms for awhile, these particular symptoms are a first for me.
DrMooMoo wrote:
what nonsense...I have been researching it, since seeing a urogynocologist...it is known as Persistent Sexual Arousal Disorder, being studied mostly in Holland (no surprise, since US only studies things that make a profit). It is usually caused by dorsal root nerve injury from surgery or injury to the perineum..if I am allowed to do so, I would be glad to post a link to the support site, if anyone is interested...if you are desperate, please know that you are not alone...btw, the reason ppl are "mentioning masturbating" is that, they are desperately hoping that an orgasm will stop the horrifyingly constant sensations....get a clue
poppy82 wrote:
I have been recently experiencing an odd tingling sensation at the top of my clitoris similar to the beginnings of an orgasm. I can feel the same weakness in my legs and the sort of 'lightness' feeling you get all over.
It's the type of tingling that if you climax during masturbation would afterwards go away but it isn't! No matter what I do - baths, creams & even touching myself - it just will not go away. It's extremely irritating as I find it hard to concentrate & also relaxing in order to sleep is tricky.
I am not on my period and I am a virgin so it's not something caused by somebody else.
Its been happening for the last few days and I'm at a complete loss at what to do. All I know is is that isn't normal or I imagine very common....
Please help?!?
I think its possibly from masturbating alot. It happens to me randomly maybe 3x a month. Looks like everyone mentioned masturbating so I could be some sort of "after-shock" after climaxing.
what nonsense...I have been researching it, since seeing a urogynocologist...it is known as Persistent Sexual Arousal Disorder, being studied mostly in Holland (no surprise, since US only studies things that make a profit). It is usually caused by dorsal root nerve injury from surgery or injury to the perineum..if I am allowed to do so, I would be glad to post a link to the support site, if anyone is interested...if you are desperate, please know that you are not alone...btw, the reason ppl are "mentioning masturbating" is that, they are desperately hoping that an orgasm will stop the horrifyingly constant sensations....get a clue
KDelphi wrote:
DrMooMoo wrote:
poppy82 wrote:
I have been recently experiencing an odd tingling sensation at the top of my clitoris similar to the beginnings of an orgasm. I can feel the same weakness in my legs and the sort of 'lightness' feeling you get all over.
It's the type of tingling that if you climax during masturbation would afterwards go away but it isn't! No matter what I do - baths, creams & even touching myself - it just will not go away. It's extremely irritating as I find it hard to concentrate & also relaxing in order to sleep is tricky.
I am not on my period and I am a virgin so it's not something caused by somebody else.
Its been happening for the last few days and I'm at a complete loss at what to do. All I know is is that isn't normal or I imagine very common....
Please help?!?
I think its possibly from masturbating alot. It happens to me randomly maybe 3x a month. Looks like everyone mentioned masturbating so I could be some sort of "after-shock" after climaxing.
what nonsense...I have been researching it, since seeing a urogynocologist...it is known as Persistent Sexual Arousal Disorder, being studied mostly in Holland (no surprise, since US only studies things that make a profit). It is usually caused by dorsal root nerve injury from surgery or injury to the perineum..if I am allowed to do so, I would be glad to post a link to the support site, if anyone is interested...if you are desperate, please know that you are not alone...btw, the reason ppl are "mentioning masturbating" is that, they are desperately hoping that an orgasm will stop the horrifyingly constant sensations....get a clue
no need to tell me to "get a clue".. I'm just saying...what I think ..chill out.