Has anyone experienced the inability to urinate when constipated?

Validation always helps-so thank you.
I just started seeing someone for digestive issues, she also didn’t believe me. I was sent for CT scan with contrast. Even though I had a bowel movement every day that week, plus 3 the day of, my test results came back that I was constipated.
I have gone weeks without a bowel movement- that’s what I consider as constipated😩 .
I did mention the issue to my GYN , whom I have only seen twice, her words were “ that makes no sense “. She then told me to go see a digestive person.

You’re welcome! Ok I know I’ve already replied, but I just saw your reply now.

Yes…it totally is a thing to have multiple bowel movements and still be withholding stool on x-rays. It’s called “heavy stool burden.” And that totally happened to me. It is real.

Sometimes GI doctors aren’t so helpful…it just depends.

I found this blog post helpful; she is a GI dietician (I have a GI RD as well, and she is extremely helpful to me): https://www.fodmapeveryday.com/stool-burden-and-the-low-fodmap-diet/

If you truly feel you’ve tried everything for constipation with no improvement, I would ask for a referral to a pelvic PT for constipation. They can check to see if it’s a nerve/muscle issue. Good GYNs or GI doctors should in theory know about this, but some do not… It’s annoying. But if it’s something you wanted to try, hopefully you can ask for an order from one of them or from your PCP. And I’m also crossing my fingers you live in an area where you can find a pelvic PT, because sometimes that can be difficult.

Also, if you are drinking a normal amount of fluids and not urinating at all, that to me, again I’m not a health professional, sounds serious enough for a ER visit. It happened to me once after a surgery and I couldn’t make it past 12 hrs the pain and pressure were so intense. The fluid in your bladder could back up into your kidneys.

You are 100% correct! I actually texted through my Health app to my Doctor Who told me to get to the emergency room. The unfortunate thing is the emergency room was packed since it was right before Christmas. I was pretty low down on the triage list, so instead of waiting, I went home to try to deal with it myself. I knew the constipation was why I wasn’t able to urinate, so I figured I could deal with it on my own. Unfortunately, it took me another full day before anything happened.

Hello @scolio
Yes to your RLS question- I have had it since childhood ( so I am going to assume genetics are to blame) . I was on pramipexole for almost 3 years, but it wasn’t working so well anymore and some of my behaviors finally made me do a deep dive into the med. I just stopped it cold turkey 3 days ago. I wish I had found this site sooner, I never would have taken it at all.
As far as the constipation goes, I tried all the usual things doctors suggest, I was even a participant in one of the drug trials for a very popular drug often recommended. First of all, let me state that a high fiber diet is one of the worst things for me, it binds me up terribly. I have relied on certain foods that seem to help my system- Australian black licorice-, & low fat ice cream with fake sugar. I used to wait up to 2 weeks of constipation before I would resort to these, but now I don’t wait any longer than 5 days. I started eating 1 cup of a cold oats (Brekki) every night, so far my body has been responding well. Last week I added a probiotic capsule with 60 billion CFU.
I am scheduled for a colonoscopy in a few weeks, but they are making me start the protocol a week before- no vegetables, fruit, nuts, seeds, plus miralax every day, then the usual pre day prep.

possible cystocele?