My mother is 78 years old. She had a heart attack in 2008 and broke her hip the same year. She lives with me and spends her days sitting in the chair.

She doesn’t want to leave the house because she always feels like she has to urinate. Recently she has been having trouble emptying her bladder and wakes up in the middle of the night sometimes and screaming, I can’t urinate.

She has some dementia, She has a history of anxiety/ocd/depression. We took her off most of the medication after she suffered a heart attack because her cardiologist told us the medication may have contributed to her heart attack.

For as long as I can remember for the past 50 years, my mom has always had issues with urination. She was always in the bathroom. Sometimes I think it’s due to anxiety, but I also think it may be due to her being inactive. I don’t want her to take medication because I’m afraid it’s going to cause additional problems. Medications masks problems and creates new problems.

This is what I have observed with my mother. If there is something we can do to naturally relieve her symptoms, I would love to hear about it.

– LM, July 2012