I m 25 and began experiencing pain about 6 months ago. I had a really bad UTI and was treated for that. About two weeks later my symptoms came back and again I was told I had another UTI. This time my symptoms never went away with treatment. I ended up in the ER because I had horrible urethra pain. They gave me antibiotics and told me to visit a urologist . I went to him and he said that I did not have an infection. He eventually performed a cystoscope to look for IC. However, the cystoscope determine i did not have IC. I felt incredibly better after the scope. He decided to put me on overactive bladder medicine to see if it would help. It did for a while but then I got a kidney infection. That has since been treated but now my urethra hurts again. I don t know what to do. I am a very anxious person and deal a lot with unnecessary anxiety . Could this be a physical symptom of that? I ve been tested for stds as well and it all came back clean. I am in generally good health other than that. I just don t know what next step to take. And wonder if this could be related to anxiety or worsened by stress.