Hi my name is Jenny, I m an 18 year old female and I m having some urination issues. Nothing I ve found online sounds quite like what I m experiencing, so I figured I d pose the question. The thing is some days it feels like I ve lost the ability to reach certain muscles down there. Like I cannot contract my bladder muscles at will, when I try I get tension in my stomach instead. When this happens it s usually the same for the back, I don t seem to be able to push with my sphincter muscle and instead get tension in either my lower back and/or stomach. This problem does prevent me from being able to have a bowel movement, but it does not usually prevent me from passing urine, it s just hard to do so like I can t feel it, and I m never completely sure if I passed all I can. Sometimes only small amounts come out. I thought maybe it had something to do with the pubococcygeus muscle but obviously I don t know a lot about this so I m not sure. The most perplexing thing to me is that this doesn t always happen, the symptoms I described come sporadically, I may have it one week and not get the symptoms till a month later, or what made me ask this was I had them on Sunday and then again today. When it happens it never seems to last for more then a day before it goes away. I m thinking of making an appointment to see my doctor about this. Also I don t know if it s important to mention I ve had incontinence before that lasted a month, but it was caused by antipsychotic medications. So it makes me more concerned because I ve had bladder problems before. Do you have any idea what this is or might be? It s really strange.